The third precon is the WBG Enduring Enchantments precon. It's an enchantress deck (with a focus on noncreature enchantments) with a sacrifice and enchantment-in-graveyard subtheme. Called forth alongside, Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is our 3-color Saga commander. Decklist is here.
And the tokens. Yes, there are a lot of Copy tokens thanks to Anikthea. Once again, note that each pair of tokens presented here moving forward represents 1 double-faced token.
Side commander: oh that was quick Tom Bombadil might get a minor hype spike this is a SSS tier card for him
Saga: that’s cool chapters 1 and 2 is grasp of fate basically then chapter 3 you get a Avacyn, Angel of Hope without the indestructible anthem for everything
Boon: that’s a enchantment version of door of destinies in my eyes but they missed the most important part of the they put “Kami of the balance” from the concept art from neon dynasty on the right (The duck balancing 3 heads and a cup and tea kettle on its back)
Cacophony: that’s not what I expected if you cast it (yes you can still get effect with bola's citadel)myou get extinguish all hope ETB and it turns into Cacophony from “Constellation” including itself (the sad part is we still don’t have a depiction we only have the hand. Lore is ashiok created this god)
Demon: ok basically “once per turn” and enchantment exclusive Bola's citadel I like the touch of enchantment sacrifice.
Behemoth: hey look at that a enchantment version of Ghalta, Primal Hunger (creatures don’t work with this version sadly) but it’s a hair better since you can sac enchantments to give it indestructible safety. And remember there’s enchantments creature token makers so that will make it harder to get rid of if those are in play.
Dancer: that’s definitely one of the cards it’s a correct call to give it the “once per turn” clause since certain enchantments are just back breaking especially doubled. grave pact is a good example
Composer: I’m surprised this didn't happen earlier of getting a Constellation of cheating a land from hand into play…. “Sees six or more enchantments part”…… ok I’m sorry but are they insane cheat a creature for 6+ enchantments in play there’s a truckload of aura's that are cheap cmc. And several things that can repeatedly make enchantment tokens. (Infact one reprint in the deck is Heliod, God of the Sun)
Impetus: just like gavin teased a new one based on Ikoria impetus's but the difference this one gets a reanimate version of rancor and this impetus gives the goaded creature deathtouch. (And that might be no laughing matter because it makes it way scarier to block because they don't want to lose their creatures.) (in other words I think we got are potentially winner of are True-Name Nemesis/Dockside Extortionist of the decks)
And for reprints this has the best one yet Dryad of the Ilysian Grove that just exploded in hype very quickly when first previewed in theros beyond death since it’s creature version of both Prismatic Omen and exploration
Wow, well I feel like this set and the commander precons have really turned out to be a Baulder's Gate situation, as in a set Wizards is charging a premium for that really should have been normal priced. Not a bad set or bad commander decks, but by no means worth the extra MSRP markup.
So the PW deck so far is the only one with a decent mana base. This deck is.....fine, for $40, good even for that amount, but for $80+? Haha, no. There are a couple decent reprints in here, but for the most part many of the cards are $3-$4.
I do have to wonder what's with WotC and their Saga obsession right now.
On the one hand, the mana base is absolute trash mad it isn’t worth the asking price. For many people, this is the start and end of the conversation.
Looking at the deck itself, though, it seems to be relatively solid. 7 different enchantress effects, starfield of nyx, dryad of the ilysian grove, grasp of faith, sanctum weaver… it needs the 1-mana ramp auras and a couple of of enchantments to act as win-cons but it looks surprisingly solid out of the box if you turn a blind eye to that mana base.
On the one hand, the mana base is absolute trash mad it isn’t worth the asking price. For many people, this is the start and end of the conversation.
Looking at the deck itself, though, it seems to be relatively solid. 7 different enchantress effects, starfield of nyx, dryad of the ilysian grove, grasp of faith, sanctum weaver… it needs the 1-mana ramp auras and a couple of of enchantments to act as win-cons but it looks surprisingly solid out of the box if you turn a blind eye to that mana base.
That's what I saw too aside from the mana base this is a solidly build deck that don't need too much core cards to work well. I'd even to as far as to say that the secondary commander is better at helming the deck than the main one, and is a pretty neat theme to build around too.
These precons are a joke for the price. The LotR decks have more value for almost half the price (at release) with better lands. Will definitely be voting with my wallet and skipping these.
resounding ehhhhhh
nobody should buy these decks at msrp
If I can find these for ~$60 I'd consider buying them, but for $80+ these are just bad. This might be the first Commander precon, that isn't UB, that I skip on purpose due to the astoundingly bad choices WotC made with these.
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Spoiler EditorSide commander: oh that was quick Tom Bombadil might get a minor hype spike this is a SSS tier card for him
Saga: that’s cool chapters 1 and 2 is grasp of fate basically then chapter 3 you get a Avacyn, Angel of Hope without the indestructible anthem for everything
Boon: that’s a enchantment version of door of destinies in my eyes but they missed the most important part of the they put “Kami of the balance” from the concept art from neon dynasty on the right (The duck balancing 3 heads and a cup and tea kettle on its back)
Cacophony: that’s not what I expected if you cast it (yes you can still get effect with bola's citadel)myou get extinguish all hope ETB and it turns into Cacophony from “Constellation” including itself (the sad part is we still don’t have a depiction we only have the hand. Lore is ashiok created this god)
Demon: ok basically “once per turn” and enchantment exclusive Bola's citadel I like the touch of enchantment sacrifice.
Behemoth: hey look at that a enchantment version of Ghalta, Primal Hunger (creatures don’t work with this version sadly) but it’s a hair better since you can sac enchantments to give it indestructible safety. And remember there’s enchantments creature token makers so that will make it harder to get rid of if those are in play.
Dancer: that’s definitely one of the cards it’s a correct call to give it the “once per turn” clause since certain enchantments are just back breaking especially doubled. grave pact is a good example
Composer: I’m surprised this didn't happen earlier of getting a Constellation of cheating a land from hand into play…. “Sees six or more enchantments part”……
Impetus: just like gavin teased a new one based on Ikoria impetus's but the difference this one gets a reanimate version of rancor and this impetus gives the goaded creature deathtouch. (And that might be no laughing matter because it makes it way scarier to block because they don't want to lose their creatures.) (in other words I think we got are potentially winner of are True-Name Nemesis/Dockside Extortionist of the decks)
And for reprints this has the best one yet Dryad of the Ilysian Grove that just exploded in hype very quickly when first previewed in theros beyond death since it’s creature version of both Prismatic Omen and exploration
I do have to wonder what's with WotC and their Saga obsession right now.
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On the one hand, the mana base is absolute trash mad it isn’t worth the asking price. For many people, this is the start and end of the conversation.
Looking at the deck itself, though, it seems to be relatively solid. 7 different enchantress effects, starfield of nyx, dryad of the ilysian grove, grasp of faith, sanctum weaver… it needs the 1-mana ramp auras and a couple of of enchantments to act as win-cons but it looks surprisingly solid out of the box if you turn a blind eye to that mana base.
That's what I saw too aside from the mana base this is a solidly build deck that don't need too much core cards to work well. I'd even to as far as to say that the secondary commander is better at helming the deck than the main one, and is a pretty neat theme to build around too.
nobody should buy these decks at msrp
If I can find these for ~$60 I'd consider buying them, but for $80+ these are just bad. This might be the first Commander precon, that isn't UB, that I skip on purpose due to the astoundingly bad choices WotC made with these.