MTG Star Trek Spoilers Reveal Seductive Trigger-Doubling Super Staple and One of the Best Mana Dorks in Commander

Despite the weekend coming and going, MTG Star Trek spoiler season continues, with a ton of surprisingly powerful cards previewed. Multiple iconic characters from the franchise have now been revealed for the first time, and they all look incredible for Commander.

This set is definitely for the 99-players out there, with several cards over the last few days upgrading entire colors. With this in mind, these spoilers may be the best MTG Commander cards to come out of Star Trek.

MTG Lwaxana Troi, Charming Guest

Between being “very horny” and an otherwise kind of awful character, many MTG Star Trek fans despise Lwaxana Troi. Unfortunately for them, this may very well be the best Bracket 3 Commander card in the set. Offering a custom trigger doubler for any red Commander, this card could, and should, go in almost every lower-bracket red Commander deck.

Unlike most doubler effects, Lwaxana Troi doubles all triggered abilities from the creature she entices, making her an auto-include in everything from Sauron, the Dark Lord Sauron, the Dark Lord Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1.
Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards. to Vivi Ornitier Vivi Ornitier {0}: Add X mana in any combination of {U} and/or {R}, where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent. . Heck, Lwaxana Troi is even playable in Typal decks like Krenko, Mob Boss Krenko, Mob Boss {T}: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control. , thanks to doubling your Commander’s tap effect and flooding the board with Goblins.

If you want to take Lwaxana Troi further, nothing’s stopping you from copying her ability with Rings of Brighthearth Rings of Brighthearth Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. , allowing you to triple up on your chosen creature’s triggered abilities. With Commanders like Fire Lord Azula Fire Lord Azula Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Whenever you cast a spell while Fire Lord Azula is attacking, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.) or Jodah, the Unifier Jodah, the Unifier Legendary creatures you control get +X/+X, where X is the number of legendary creatures you control.
Whenever you cast a legendary spell from your hand, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a legendary nonland card with lesser mana value. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. , this can easily flood the board with value.

While Lwaxana Troi needs to tap, which can make her a bit slow, you should have enough time to use her in most games. Of course, Haste enablers like Hit it! Hit it! Creatures you control have haste.
When this enchantment enters, look at the top five cards of your library. Put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest into your graveyard. or Rhythm of the Wild Rhythm of the Wild Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.) can speed things up, ensuring you use this card immediately. With how easy it is to create value with Lwaxana Troi, she’s bound to be a popular card once MTG Star Trek hits shelves.

MTG Jadzia Dax, Living Legacy

Continually offering more mana as time passes, Jadzia Dax, Living Legacy is likely among the top five mana dorks in Commander for Bracket 3 and below. With plenty of time on your hands in Bracket 3 and below, this creature can grow and provide mana to accelerate your game plan. Better yet, Jadzia Dax isn’t a dead draw in the late game, too, since her Channel ability functions as a combat trick.

While this makes Jadzia Dax a consideration for any green Commander deck, she gets far better with Commanders that can buff her. Legends like Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice Flying, vigilance, deathtouch, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) , The Wise Mothman The Wise Mothman Flying
Whenever The Wise Mothman enters or attacks, each player gets a rad counter.
Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures, where X is the number of nonland cards milled this way. , and Ms. Bumbleflower Ms. Bumbleflower Vigilance
Whenever you cast a spell, target opponent draws a card. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains flying until end of turn. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, you draw two cards. are incredible homes for Jadzia Dax. Not only can she ramp into these extremely popular Commanders on turn three, but they can buff her, too, giving you tons of mana on your follow-up turns.

Even as a Commander herself, Jadzia Dax has potential, since this guarantees you’ll always cast her on turn two. Pair her with something like Hardened Scales Hardened Scales If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. , and you can quickly ramp into something like Nissa, Who Shakes the World Nissa, Who Shakes the World Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}.
+1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land.
−8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. on turn three. Of course, other +1/+1 counter staples, like The Ozolith The Ozolith Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature. , Forgotten Ancient Forgotten Ancient Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures. , and Inspiring Call Inspiring Call Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.) are all incredible with this Commander, too.

While Jadzia Dax, Living Legacy may not be strong enough for cEDH, this is likely one of the best mana dorks in Commander for Bracket 3 and lower decks. Her need to produce mana at the beginning of your main phase is undeniably a significant downside. That said, her scaling ability, combined with the ability to repurpose her as a combat trick, puts her a step ahead of other popular options.

MTG Branching Timeline

As long as you’re playing a deck with three or more colors, Branching Timeline may be another auto-include for most Commander decks at bracket 3 and below. Even with two-color decks, with the vast amount of different utility and fixing lands, most of your lands will have different names more often than not. This makes Branching Timeline an extremely powerful eight-mana sorcery for any Commander deck that is composed primarily of permanents.

Of course, while Branching Timeline can be a decent addition to any deck with big permanents, it’s particularly strong with Ramp Commanders like Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may draw a card. . Here, you’ll have tons of lands and lots of mana, letting you drop a massive Branching Timeline early. Heck, even Commanders like Animar, Soul of Elements Animar, Soul of Elements Protection from white and from black
Whenever you cast a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Animar.
Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar. is a great fit for this card thanks to it commonly running massive beaters like Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre When you cast this spell, destroy target permanent.
Indestructible
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library. .

Going further, Branching Timeline can be absolutely devastating with Commanders that can copy it, like Riku of Two Reflections Riku of Two Reflections Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay {U}{R}. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, you may pay {G}{U}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature. or Kalamax, the Stormsire Kalamax, the Stormsire Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax. , loading your board with permanents. Storm, Force of Nature Storm, Force of Nature Flying, vigilance
Ceaseless Tempest — Whenever Storm deals combat damage to a player, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn has storm. (When you cast it, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.) can be particularly powerful here, giving you dozens of copies of Branching Timeline, but only if you have meaningful permanents to hit in your deck.

While this is the least impressive of the three cards discussed here, all of these new MTG Star Trek cards look fantastic for a wide variety of Commander decks. Even if you aren’t a fan of the set, I’d advise picking up these singles for your collection, so long as they aren’t too expensive.

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