Commander Masters: an exclusive preview of two new Magic: The Gathering Cards, and a chat with the set's architect.
, reprinted from the Commander 2020 set, is a defensive instant that lets you retarget an incoming spell or ability wherever you choose. Though not a game-winner, it's a fun"you just activated my trap card" turnaround to surprise someone with, and the new art features a dismissive-looking dragon slapping some incoming magic aside with enough force to send it over the top of the card's title.
"My favorite cards are the ones that make for memorable moments," says Max McCall, the architect of Commander Masters, who was responsible for its overall design, direction, and vision."Deflecting Swat is great for drama. If you control your commander, Deflecting Swat can be cast for free, so you can really pull the rug out from under someone who thinks they're just about to claim the upper hand.
As is always the case with Masters, the booster packs will contain purely reprints. The preconstructed decks, however, come with 10 new cards including their commander. Each deck seems designed to suit an archetype that's already popular, if hard to pull off. One is colorless and another is every-color, while the remaining two are built around enchantments and the"Super Friends" archetype where your deck is stuffed with powerful planeswalkers.
The aim was to make the preconstructed decks not just enjoyable to play, but also useful to pull apart and work into your own decks with the same themes—themes that have previously received less love in expansions."Colorless Commander decks, for example, are cool, but are hard to build because they don't typically get much support in new sets," McCall says.
Preconstructed is how I like to play Commander, because putting together an entire deck out of random boosters on the night is a sure way to lose half the time you could spend playing. McCall is happy to play either, depending on his mood."Sometimes I want to play with my Daretti, Scrap Savant deck and smash around with gigantic robots and play the deck I know and like," he says."and sometimes I want to open some packs and see what I can put together on the fly.
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