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Magic: The Gathering Commander Legends Announced, Will Feature 70 Brand New Legends


What if you can combine Magic: The Gathering's booster draft format with Commander?

Magic players will soon be able to experience that when Commander Legends comes out

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MTG Senior Designer Gavin Verhey recently appeared in the new video of the Command Zone to announce upcoming Commander products that will be released next year, and the biggest one he announced is called Commander Legends, a brand new set that will give players a draftable Commander experience, and it will feature 70 brand new legends. He also revealed that the booster packs will have 20 cards each, and there's a foil card and two legends in every pack.

Watch the video below:

When Verhey was asked which plane Commander Legends will be set in, he said that it could be anywhere. He also revealed two new art that will be featured in the set: a new Baron Sengir art and a mysterious planeswalker. "There's all kinds of deep cuts from Magic's story, a bunch of cool new characters," Verhey said. "This is the set I'm most proud of working on."

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Credit: Wizards of the Coast
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"I've always wanted to draft Commander, but there's a lot of logistical trickiness there, " Gavin wrote in the Wizards of the Coast article. "Fortunately, after plenty of work, we cracked that nut in Commander Legends. It's really fantastic to sit down, draft, build a Commander deck right then and there, and then play! Plus, at the end, you have a great inspiration for what could be your next Commander deck!"

And here's the official symbol for Commander Legends:

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In addition to the Commander Legends booster draft set, there will also be two new Commander Legends preconstructed decks that players can buy. There will be three new cards per deck, and both products will have tons of reprints. Commander Legends will be available in Q4 2020.

It looks like 2020 is going to be an epic year for Commander players. Are you excited to play Commander Legends and the other Commander products WotC will be releasing next year?


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