Commander is one of Magic: The Gathering’s most popular formats. Revolving around constructing unique singleton decks, up to four players battle it out. While almost any card is legal, Wizards of the Coast has developed a series of pre-constructed decks filled with new and powerful cards. Set to release on August 23, Commander 2019 is shaping up to be an especially strong set. With the first cards revealed at this year’s Gen Con, preview week has begun for these upcoming decks.
Below are all of the preview cards for MtG’s Commander 2019
(Author’s Note: We will update this list throughout the day.)
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1. Rayami, First of the Fallen
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If a notoken creature would die, exile that card with a blood counter on it instead.
As long as an exiled creature card with a blood counter on it has flying. Rayami, First of the Fallen has flying. The game is true for first strike, double strike, death touch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, and vigilance.
2. Pendant of Prosperity
Pendant of Prosperity enters the battlefield under the control of an opponent of your choice.
[Two Colorless], Tap: Draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. Pendant of Prosperity’s owner draws a card then that player may put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield.
3. Thespian’s Stage
Tap: Add One Colorless Mana
[Two Colorless], Tap: Thespian’s Stage becomes a copy of target land, except ithas this ability.
4. Scroll of Fate
Tap: Manifest a card from your hand. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana costr if it’s a creature card.)
5. Ixidron
As Ixidron enters the battlefield, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They’re 2/2 creatures.)
Ixidron’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.
5. Volrath, the Shapestealer
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature.
[One Colorless Mana]: Until your next turn, Volrath the shapestealer becomes a copy of target creature with a counter on it, except it’s a 7/4 and it has this ability.
6. Vesuvan Shapeshifter
As Vesuvan Shapeshifter enters the battlefield or is turned face up, you may choose another creature on the battlefield. If you do, until Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has “At the beggining of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down.”
Morph [One Colorless, One Blue]
7. Gift of Doom
Enchant Creature
Enchanted Creature has deathtouch and indestructible.
Morph – Sacrafice another creature.
As Gift of Doom is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.
8. Bane of the Living
Morph [X, Two Black Mana]
When Bane of the Living is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
9. Stronic Resonator
[Two Colorless Mana], Tap: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
10. Grismold, the Dreadsower
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, each players creates a 1/1/ green Plant creature token.
Whenever a creature token dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Grismold, the Dreadsower.
11. Thieving Amalgam
At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, you manifest thje top card of that player’s library.
Whenever a creature you control but don’t own dies its owner loses 2 like and you gain 2 life.
12. Nantuko Vigilante
Morph [One Colorless, One Green]
When Nantuko Vigilante is turned face up, destroy target artifact and enchantment.
13. Kheru Spellsnatcher
Morph [Four Colorless, Two Blue]
When Kheru Spellsnatcher is turned face up, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting of putting it into its owner’s graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.
14. Stratus Dancer
Flying
Megamorph [One Colorless, One Blue]
When Stratus Dancer is turned face up, counter target instant or sorcery spell.
15. Apex Altisaur
When Apex Altisaur enters the battlefield, it fights up to one target creature you don’t control.
Enrage – Whenever Apex Altisaur is dealt damage, it fights up to one target creature you don’t control.
16. Trail of Mystery
Whenever a face-down creature enters the battlefiled under your control, you may search your library for a a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it’s a creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
17. Vraska the Unseen
[+1]: Until your next turn, whenever a creature deals combat damage to Vraska the Unseen, destroy that creature.
[-3]: Destroy target nonland permanent.
[-7]: Create three 1/1/ black Assassin creature tokens with “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.”
18. Chromeshell Crab
Morph [Four Colorless, One Blue]
When Chromeshell Crab is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.
19. Den Protector
Creeatures with power less than Den Protector’s power can’t block it.
Megamorph [One Colorless, One Green]
When Den Portector is turned face up, return target card from your graveyard to the your hand.