Earlier today, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) previewed the upcoming set schedule for next year. We’re going back to Kamigawa and Dominaria, with a few new planes mixed in too. We’re also getting a bunch of new and exciting Secret Lair drops with Universes Beyond.
But, there are a couple of other product releases that flew under the radar during the stream, in particular, Commander Collection: Black. Late last year, we saw Commander Collection: Green which saw highly desirable Green cards such as
Sylvan Library
Sylvan Library
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
and
Worldly Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
reprinted to player’s delight. Fortunately, the Black offering looks to yield similar excitement for Commander players.
Commander Collection: Black Contents
Coming soon, the Commander Collection: Black offers a suite of eight powerful cards for any Commander Black mage. Included in the box is
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
,
Phyrexian Arena
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
,
Command Tower
Command Tower
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
,
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Ghoulcaller Gisa
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
,
Reanimate
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
,
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Liliana, Heretical Healer
Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
,
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
{T}: Add {C}{C}.
, and
Ophiomancer
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
.
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More importantly, Commander Collection: Black will have a 1/1 Black Deathtouch Snake token for the first time with
Ophiomancer
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
‘s reprinting. Originally,
Ophiomancer
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
was printed in Commander 2013 which didn’t come with tokens in the pre-constructed decks at the time. There have been calls from the MTG community for years to print a token since the Human Shaman is featured heavily in Commander decks and Cubes. However, if you want to grab one, you’ll have to acquire one through purchasing the product.
Commander Collection: Black will be only available at your local games store, with an option for a foil variant for WPN Premium stores. There is no official release date yet but expect Wizards of the Coast to announce that soon.
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