Where are people getting the Kiora rumors? I've seen it in forums but no one seems to have a source. I don't remember Gavin Verhey saying it in his announcement video, either.
It’s just speculation. Ikoria is the Kaiju plane and Kiora loves her some huge sea monsters. Not to mention we haven’t seen her in a while outside of her uncommon in WAR. It’s not the most unreasonable speculation you’ll find here but it’s speculation none the less.
True but kaijus
The only water creatures that’s her catergory that will be on Ikoria is krakens and leviathans
For anyone who didn’t watch the video, the Ikiora commander decks will have a total of about 70 new cards between them, the zendikar decks will only have 3 per deck (which seems small?), and the commander set will have 20 cards per pack with one foil card per pack... which likely spells out some pretty high prices.
Kind of upset that the new commander cards will likely carry some unkind prices.
The higher number of new cards with the Ikiora deck is interesting. It will let wizards actually print a larger number of on-theme cards for each deck... which potentially opens a ton of design space. Unlike previous years where the themes chosen had to be pretty supported to start with (as you’d only get 2-4 new on-theme cards), wizards could potentially choose a theme or tribe with almost no support and print a dozen new cards to add consistency. Tethering the decks to the theme of a specific set is a bit restrictive (even though the set in question seems to match the “battlecruiser” mentality of EDH) but I’m tentatively optimistic.
The theme is Ikoria
So if tribal deck is one of them (which is very likely) it’s forced to kaiju or whatever type they make and probably give the errata wave cards the typing for the deck
1: sets getting commander precons doesn’t mean we won’t also see brawl ones associated with that set.
2: the precons releasing alongside Ikoria ARE our yearly commander precons. They just have thematic ties to Ikoria. We aren’t losing the yearly precon set. We’re just going back to five decks.
i didn't say the brawl decks aren't happening they are just switching it up to commander rather than brawl for those sets
besides they didn't say anything about theros so those will probably be brawl decks
True but kaijus
The only water creatures that’s her catergory that will be on Ikoria is krakens and leviathans
That’s practicually locked for commander legends and possibly a playable Kiora in one of the Ikoria decks
The theme is Ikoria
So if tribal deck is one of them (which is very likely) it’s forced to kaiju or whatever type they make and probably give the errata wave cards the typing for the deck
i didn't say the brawl decks aren't happening they are just switching it up to commander rather than brawl for those sets
besides they didn't say anything about theros so those will probably be brawl decks
one will be a new and improved Baron Sengir
and the other is jeska which is Phage the Untouchable before she became that
THEY DID IT!!! A SUPPLAMENT SET THATS FOCUSED ON COMMANDER!!!
And Ikoria and Zendikar are getting commander decks not brawl
Question is does this retire annual commander decks (no 2020)
Edit: oh the 5 ikoria decks is commander 2020 shame no older lore characters will pop up in those atleast the draft set will handle that