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As part of MagicCon Amsterdam, Wizards of the Coast has laid out its entire 2027 plan for Magic: The Gathering’s in-universe slate, including three new sets and four more MagicCon events spread throughout the year. Nestled among those announcements, however, was one that made my ears perk up: Mystery Booster Commander.
Mystery Booster 1 and 2, for those unaware, are specially-curated sets filled with reprints that are only available at MagicCon events and through Convention-In-A-Box drops on the Secret Lair website. In Mystery Booster 2’s case, a handful of cards from Magic: The Gathering Arena saw their first-ever printings, while other reprints featured special Future Sight frames.
Mystery Booster Commander looks to continue that tradition, but with the ultra-popular casual format its primary focus. The set will feature packs of 20 cards each, and will include a myriad of reprints from throughout Magic’s history that can be drafted into on-the-fly Commander decks for quick games.
In a Mystery Booster first, this Commander version will feature 59 all-new cards only found in these packs, with the MagicCon panel previewing two of them. First, we saw Joven and Chandler, a legendary creature card that combines two recognizable faces from 1995’s Homelands set into a single card.
Next came Tolabow, Loch Rascal, a cute litter otter in blue. Tolabow shows off the new Rulebreaker mechanic, which allows a creature to break one of the rules of the Commander format if it is set as your commander; Tolabow, despite being mono blue, can have instants and sorcery spells of one additional color not in its color identity, and any basic land cards to pay for that second color’s cards.
With so much unknown about Mystery Booster Commander outside of this initial announcement, I immediately wondered what sort of reprints I’d want to see in a Mystery Booster Commander set, whether it’s because they’re Commander format staples or they’re expensive and could use a reprint. Here’s a quick list of five ideas that first came to mind.
The Fetch Lands
OK, this is cheating because it’s ten cards in one entry, but the more reprints we can get of the ultra-powerful fetch land cycle, the better. Bloodstained Mire, Arid Mesa, and the rest each run around $10 a pop at minimum–and that’s with the Special Guest reprints in Tarkir: Dragonstorm and their run in Modern Horizons 3. More fetch lands, please.
The Ancient Dragon cycle from Battle for Baldur’s Gate
Ancient Copper Dragon headlines this group, but all five of them make an impact in the decks that feature them; ask anyone who has watched an Ancient Brass Dragon revive an entire graveyard’s worth of creatures. We’ve seen a few reprints of Ancient Copper Dragon in bonus sheets here and there, but the majority of this cycle has been ignored. Time to fix that.
More cards with Background
This would fit into the “59 new cards” section of the set, but I find Background to be a very neat mechanic. Having anything other than a creature in the command zone always makes for interesting deck building possibilities, and a handful of new creatures with “Choose a Background”, as well as a few new Backgrounds, would be fun.
Mox Amber, Mox Opal, and Chrome Mox
These are some of the most powerful cards in the Commander format, but their infrequent reprintings have sent the price of each of these cards into the stratosphere. Placing them in Mystery Booster Commander would be a fantastic way to make this product unmissable.
Imperial Seal
Everyone talks about Demonic Tutor being a fantastic card, and it is, but Imperial Seal does a bang-up job of finding the one card you need at any moment in exchange for a small bit of life. Imperial Seal hasn’t been reprinted since 2022, while both Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor have been reprinted since then. It’s time to give the Seal its due.
Now, don’t think I’m proposing that every idea I’ve shared here go into the set; one or two items from this list would be incredible. However, for Mystery Booster Commander to make the mark Wizards wants, it’s going to have to pack some heaters. These would get the job done.
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Mystery Booster 1 and 2, for those unaware, are specially-curated sets filled with reprints that are only available at MagicCon events and through Convention-In-A-Box drops on the Secret Lair website. In Mystery Booster 2’s case, a handful of cards from Magic: The Gathering Arena saw their first-ever printings, while other reprints featured special Future Sight frames.
Mystery Booster Commander looks to continue that tradition, but with the ultra-popular casual format its primary focus. The set will feature packs of 20 cards each, and will include a myriad of reprints from throughout Magic’s history that can be drafted into on-the-fly Commander decks for quick games.
In a Mystery Booster first, this Commander version will feature 59 all-new cards only found in these packs, with the MagicCon panel previewing two of them. First, we saw Joven and Chandler, a legendary creature card that combines two recognizable faces from 1995’s Homelands set into a single card.
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Next came Tolabow, Loch Rascal, a cute litter otter in blue. Tolabow shows off the new Rulebreaker mechanic, which allows a creature to break one of the rules of the Commander format if it is set as your commander; Tolabow, despite being mono blue, can have instants and sorcery spells of one additional color not in its color identity, and any basic land cards to pay for that second color’s cards.
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With so much unknown about Mystery Booster Commander outside of this initial announcement, I immediately wondered what sort of reprints I’d want to see in a Mystery Booster Commander set, whether it’s because they’re Commander format staples or they’re expensive and could use a reprint. Here’s a quick list of five ideas that first came to mind.
The Fetch Lands
OK, this is cheating because it’s ten cards in one entry, but the more reprints we can get of the ultra-powerful fetch land cycle, the better. Bloodstained Mire, Arid Mesa, and the rest each run around $10 a pop at minimum–and that’s with the Special Guest reprints in Tarkir: Dragonstorm and their run in Modern Horizons 3. More fetch lands, please.
The Ancient Dragon cycle from Battle for Baldur’s Gate
Ancient Copper Dragon headlines this group, but all five of them make an impact in the decks that feature them; ask anyone who has watched an Ancient Brass Dragon revive an entire graveyard’s worth of creatures. We’ve seen a few reprints of Ancient Copper Dragon in bonus sheets here and there, but the majority of this cycle has been ignored. Time to fix that.
More cards with Background
This would fit into the “59 new cards” section of the set, but I find Background to be a very neat mechanic. Having anything other than a creature in the command zone always makes for interesting deck building possibilities, and a handful of new creatures with “Choose a Background”, as well as a few new Backgrounds, would be fun.
Mox Amber, Mox Opal, and Chrome Mox
These are some of the most powerful cards in the Commander format, but their infrequent reprintings have sent the price of each of these cards into the stratosphere. Placing them in Mystery Booster Commander would be a fantastic way to make this product unmissable.
Imperial Seal
Everyone talks about Demonic Tutor being a fantastic card, and it is, but Imperial Seal does a bang-up job of finding the one card you need at any moment in exchange for a small bit of life. Imperial Seal hasn’t been reprinted since 2022, while both Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor have been reprinted since then. It’s time to give the Seal its due.
Now, don’t think I’m proposing that every idea I’ve shared here go into the set; one or two items from this list would be incredible. However, for Mystery Booster Commander to make the mark Wizards wants, it’s going to have to pack some heaters. These would get the job done.”}]] Read More GameSpot – All Content
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