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 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, 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, allowing you to triple up on your chosen creature’s triggered abilities. With Commanders like Fire Lord Azula or Jodah, the Unifier, 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! or Rhythm of the Wild 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, The Wise Mothman, and Ms. Bumbleflower 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, and you can quickly ramp into something like Nissa, Who Shakes the World on turn three. Of course, other +1/+1 counter staples, like The Ozolith, Forgotten Ancient, and Inspiring Call 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. 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 is a great fit for this card thanks to it commonly running massive beaters like Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre.
Going further, Branching Timeline can be absolutely devastating with Commanders that can copy it, like Riku of Two Reflections or Kalamax, the Stormsire, loading your board with permanents. Storm, Force of Nature 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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