Buckle Up is a blue and white deck from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty that centers around vehicles and other artifact-related strategies. The deck has some truly insane new-to-Commander cards, plus a few key reprints.
Many cards in Buckle Up are desired by other Commander decks. But you don’t have to buy the entire Buckle Up deck for $40.00+ to get them. You can just get single cards instead, and I’ve rounded up the best of them for you in this article.
Best New Cards to Buy From Buckle Up
The new Commander cards exclusive to Buckle Up are ridiculously good. Several of them may become format staples. Naturally, a variety of Commander decks will want access to these cards.
Drumbellower
The closest comparison to Drumbellower is probably the Commander staple
Seedborn Muse
Seedborn Muse
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
. While Drumbellower only untaps creatures, whereas Muse untaps every permanent, Drumbellower does have some other advantages. It cost less mana. And it’s in a different color identity.
This effect is perfect for untapping mana-producing creatures or Commanders with powerful activated abilities.
Captain Sisay
Captain Sisay
{T}: Search your library for a legendary card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
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Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
{1}, {T}: Draw two cards, then discard a card. Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater."
Crew 8 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 8 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
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Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice
Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
{1}{G}{W}, {T}: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
are all examples of Commander decks that can take advantage of Drumbellower’s ability.
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Swift Reconfiguration
Swift Reconfiguration seems like a pseudo-removal spell. But it also has the ability to make infinite mana with
Devoted Druid
Devoted Druid
{T}: Add {G}.
Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.
. Because Reconfiguration removes Devoted Druid’s creature typing, you can put as many -1/-1 counters as you like on the elf. At that point, you can untap Druid to its own ability, make mana, and repeat.
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Kappa Cannoneer
Kappa Cannoneer is one of the most hyped, and most expensive cards from either Neon Dynasty preconstructed deck because of its impact on Legacy. (You can read more about this including Kappa Cannoneer’s infinite combo here.)
Despite its Legacy hype, the Turtle Warrior still packs a punch in Commander. Decks like
Sai, Master Thopterist
Sai, Master Thopterist
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
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Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
{T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
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Tameshi, Reality Architect
Tameshi, Reality Architect
Whenever one or more noncreature permanents are returned to hand, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
{X}{W}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Return target artifact or enchantment card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
, and other artifact-centric decks all make great homes for Kappa Cannoneer.
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Imposter Mech
The average rate for a
Clone
Clone
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.
effect in Magic: the Gathering is about four mana. That’s why two-mana clones like
Phantasmal Image
Phantasmal Image
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
, and now Imposter Mech, become Commander staples. Imposter Mech might even be stronger than Phantasmal Image. It doesn’t sacrifice itself as Image does and it has potential artifact synergies.
Best Reprints to Buy From Buckle p
Even if you’re not excited for any of the new cards from Buckle Up, the deck has plenty of good reprints that are now more accessible and cheaper for players to pick up.
Sai, Master Thopterist
There are so many popular artifact-related Commanders in the game and Sai makes for a solid inclusion in just about all of them.
Saheeli, the Gifted
Saheeli, the Gifted
+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
+1: The next spell you cast this turn has affinity for artifacts. (It costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control as you cast it.)
−7: For each artifact you control, create a token that's a copy of it. Those tokens gain haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
Saheeli, the Gifted can be your commander.
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Urza, Lord High Artificer
Urza, Lord High Artificer
When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
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Breya, Etherium Shaper
Breya, Etherium Shaper
When Breya enters, create two 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
{2}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Choose one —
• Breya deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
• You gain 5 life.
, just to name a few, can all leverage Sai’s token-producing ability.
Sai was about $5.00 before its reprint in Buckle Up. But now you can pick up a copy for about $1.00.
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Mirage Mirror
Its reprint in Buckle Up brought Mirage Mirror’s down from $7.00 to less than $3.00.
This card is extremely versatile in that it can become a copy of almost any permanent type for one turn. The possibilities with Mirage Mirror are nearly infinite in Commander.
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