![]() Not every deck would have to be deeply tied to what was going on in the set, but at least some of the decks could be. Which means that sometimes there are set themes without a good legendary creature to build a Commander deck around! Energy in Kaladesh, Werewolves in Innistrad. And, quite often, we have to cut them for a different rare. Even when one does show up, it muscles out some other cool card from the set. Often, we have to ding legendary cards made for Commander because of how they'll impact Standard, which results in less exciting cards for everyone. Because they're in the set, they are bound by Standard.Well, in the past, legendary cards in a main set have had to carry a lot of weight, especially the weight of being commanders that you can use to showcase the set themes. Otrimi, the Ever Playful | Art by: Victor Adame MinguezĬommander could be a part of a big set release: we could show off more of the world and highlight some of the themes in the decks as well. So, we had an idea: what if we aligned the two? You all get so excited about these worlds, and everybody talks about them. Not just designwise-we build out these worlds and create tons of characters for them. Yet, the decks were always a hit, growing in popularity year after year! There was definitely an appetite for more.Īt the same time, we put so much time and energy into releasing new sets every year. Releases were scheduled wherever they could fit in and often didn't have ample space to breathe. These were decks, disconnected from everything else we were doing, dropped somewhere in the year. ![]() what we were releasing hadn't grown at all! In fact, we kept the same model that whole time. Players new and old are all getting into Commander.īut with this surge of popularity in mind. And over those nine years, the format has grown into one of the most popular ways to play Magic in the world-it's now the de facto default format for tons of Magic players. Since 2011, we've released one dedicated Commander product a year, usually the preconstructed decks. ![]() How did this come about, how did we design it, and what are some things you can expect? Let's get right into it! We have a large slate of Commander products, and it's the first time that we're lining up a Commander release with a main booster set.Ĭommander is really jumping up to the big leagues here: our primary sets are getting in on the fun! This represents an evolutionary shift for Commander. ![]() Kalamax, the Stormsire | Art by: Cynthia Sheppard ![]()
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