MTG Salvation

Quote from ColossalDreadmaw »

https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey/status/1265681881397248003

Gavin Verhey said

"I would compare Commander Legends to neither of those. The big difference is tons of awesome new cards. There are some cool and notable reprints, for sure, but the focus with the set is really on the new cards. Over 70 new legends is just the tip of the iceberg. :)"

So besides the 70 new legends there will be a lot of new cards

This, combined with the fact that we got a surprisingly high number of commander reprints in core 21 and jumpstart, make me think that we really need to tamp down our expectations for reprints in commander legends. Wotc knows they can space out the reprints and sprinkle them however they want. This set gives them the chance to create over a hundred new chase cards for the format, and they don't have to worry about balancing them for constructed or modern.

Does the white leyline plains go with the "feathered friends" deck? I'm a little confused on that one. The angel plains could easily be "feathered friends" too.

EDIT: never mind, I got it. The leyline plains goes with the doctor deck - which I don't think we have seen much of yet. The one with birds is feathered friends, and the one with feathers is angels.

Really glad that Terror of the Peaks is in one of these packs, hopefully that keeps the price to a reasonable level.

Quote from Tiro of Meletis »

So mill get yet another boring legend and krakens don’t get anything. Got it

Being really, really, really into a certain creature type or tribal can be fun, but it can also be damaging for your mental health long-term. You aight?

This is a really weird list.

Imagine finding out that force of will, brainstorm, and River Merfolk were all getting banned in Legacy.

I like that they're putting a core set 2021 mythic (that is likely to be sought after in a bunch of EDH decks) into these packs!

That Branching Evolution is going to be huge in EDH.

Quote from Yandere Sliver »

There are 46 themes.

A theme can have one of three rarities: common, rare, mythic.
A common theme has 4 variations, a rare theme has 2 variations, and a mythic theme only has 1 variation.

Dog is a rare theme so there are 2 Dog decks. 2 variations of the same theme.

Overall there are 121 variations, so when you open a Jumpstart booster you open one of these 121 half decks.

THANK YOU! I'll probably need to refer back to this a dozen times.

Quote from Hunter »

It has been confirmed that there are 46 themes.

I'm still a bit confused, so dogs 1 and dogs 2 are two different themes or 1? I think it is 46 or whatever different themes but that some themes have multiple variations... do we know how many total different packs we have, then? I'm wondering how often to expect some of these rares that only appear in one pack (like the planeswalker theme ones, or rhystic study which only appears in 1 of the "well-read" packs even though there are four different well-read variations)

These land arts are all so good. Dang.

These reprints are great! Aether spellbomb was actually getting up there in price and/or just hard to obtain cheaply, nice to see it in all these packs. And scarecrone and vedalken archmage are cool.

The island is also fantastic. Do I need to pick up 30 of these for my Emry deck? (Why oh why couldn't they have made all the basics the "theme basic" for each pack?)

And chain lightning! Basically, that lightning pack will be stacked with powerful red burn and one of the most classic aggro creatures of all time.

Maybe this is where the "lightning bolt and birds of paradise in core21" rumors came from. BoP could be in one of these jumpstart packs as well, maybe a birds or rainbow theme.

I love the art of release the dogs, specifically the fact that it implies each of those dogs are the same power and toughness. Yes the little cutie in front is just as dangerous as the big boys behind him.

I love that jumpstart is going to bring down the price of the (non-Ugin) core21 walkers and their signature rares.

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Quote from Ryperior74 »

We have are first ever dimir aristocrat commander

I would argue that Vela the Night-Clad already holds that title.


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They should definitely be best friends. I like Kels more for this, though, since she has both the sacrifice outlet and the sacrifice reword stapled on. Vela is only half the equation.

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