Expensive Game-Breaking Card Headlines Additional Commander Spoilers

Commander Masters spoilers are underway, and we have of exciting reprints on the way. While the set is certainly expensive, there are a high volume of expensive and much-needed reprints to look forward to. From an exciting cycle of unique mana rocks that debuted over 25 years ago to a big chunk of powerful mythic rares of all shapes and sizes, these reprints should provide a fun draft environment and help make some staples more affordable. With a ton of spoilers already under our belt, let’s take a look at what Commander Masters has in store.

Massive Creatures

A Commander set would not be complete without some massive legends and enormous haymakers, and Commander Masters is no exception. First up, we have a bunch of legendary Creatures to take a look at. Godo, Bandit Warlord is a cool Commander option that allows you to search your library for powerful Equipment. It also serves as a great leader for a Samurai deck, letting your Samurai get into the red zone an additional time.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Ghalta, Primal Hunger This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) is a massive body that can be cast on the cheap as long as you have a lot of other big Creatures in your deck. Experiment Kraj Experiment Kraj Experiment Kraj has all activated abilities of each other creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. is an interesting legend that distributes counters among your other Creatures and then gains their activated abilities.

Heartless Hidetsugu Heartless Hidetsugu {T}: Heartless Hidetsugu deals damage to each player equal to half that player's life total, rounded down. can reduce everyone’s life totals in short order. Of course, the card gets significantly scarier when paired with any card that doubles damage to your opponents, such as Dictate of the Twin Gods Dictate of the Twin Gods Flash
If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead. , which can outright kill all of your opponents (so long as they have an even-numbered life total).

Another scary Commander, and a popular one too, is Nekusar, the Mindrazer Nekusar, the Mindrazer At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player. . Nekusar punishes your opponents for drawing extra cards. When paired with “wheel” effects such Wheel of Fortune Wheel of Fortune Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards. or Windfall Windfall Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. , you can deal a lot of damage to your opponents in swift fashion.

Another enormous legend spoiled is Lorthos, the Tidemaker Lorthos, the Tidemaker Whenever Lorthos attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, tap up to eight target permanents. Those permanents don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps. . Lorthos is expensive to use, but if you get to attack with it and pay eight mana, you can tap and stun eight different permanents that your opponents control, which can be a huge swing.

Avatar of Slaughter Avatar of Slaughter All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able. and Archfiend of Despair Archfiend of Despair Flying
Your opponents can't gain life.
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.) , while not legends themselves, can definitely end games quickly. For anyone who doesn’t like Commander games taking hours to finish and enjoys Creature combat, these cards are for you. This set does come with a lot of beefy Creatures, but it also is jam packed with some game-altering spells.

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Game-Breaking Instants and Sorceries

While many Commander games are centered around legends and enormous haymakers, Instants and Sorceries can have a massive effect on how games play out. One of the biggest groan tests in Commander is getting a reprint in Commander Masters, and that is none other than Cyclonic Rift. Cyclonic Rift was ironically also spoiled in Explorer Anthology Three but is much more suited for Commander than anywhere else. The card can be absolutely devastating in many games, given how far players will go to develop their boards. After playing Cyclonic Rift for its Overload cost, the coast is clear for you to make any big attacks, and you likely have a lot more time to develop your board. Given that the card also sits at $32, this will certainly be one of the cards players will hope to open from packs.

Cyclonic Rift isn’t the only splashy spell in the set. Another card capable of turning the tides on your opponents is Savage Beating Savage Beating Cast this spell only during combat on your turn.
Choose one —
• Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.
• Untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Entwine {1}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.) . Like the name implies, this card can be a major problem for your opponents when Entwined, producing a ton of damage out of nowhere.

Aminatou’s Augury Aminatou’s Augury Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Until end of turn, for each nonland card type, you may cast a spell of that type from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost. is another huge spell that, while it costs eight mana, certainly impacts the game in a big way. As long as you diversify your card types, this card can let you cast a lot of cards for free.

While not quite as flashy, Heroic Intervention Heroic Intervention Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. is another spell that can be backbreaking. Casting it in response to a board wipe can often put your opponents so far behind. Combine the card with mass Land Destruction like Armageddon Armageddon Destroy all lands. , and winning the game becomes trivial.

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Expensive Reprints

Beyond Cyclonic Rift and Savage Beating, there are plenty more pricey cards that have been spoiled. First, we have Grand Abolisher Grand Abolisher During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments. , which currently costs $22. Grand Abolisher helps any deck that wants to make big plays without getting disrupted.

Ohran Frostfang Ohran Frostfang Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. functions a lot like Edric, Spymaster of Trest Edric, Spymaster of Trest Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card. by letting you draw cards when you connect with Creatures. The difference is that Ohran Frostfang gives your attacking Creatures Deathtouch, which really puts each of your opponents in a bind. The card is currently sitting at $14 and is a great addition to any green deck with lots of Creatures.

Next up we have Champion’s Helm Champion’s Helm Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip {1} . Outside of a Masterpiece printing, this card has only been printed in original Commander, and will be receiving its first foil treatment. Champion’s Helm does a great job protecting your Commander from opposing interaction, and only costs one mana to Equip. This card is reminiscent of Swiftfoot Boots Swiftfoot Boots Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) , but your Commander gets a buff instead of Haste. The card is $24 right now, but likely will start to fall in price given its lack of reprints.

Another card that is likely to fall in price some is Extraplanar Lens. Extraplanar Lens lets you exile a Land card you control, and then doubles all mana produced by Lands with the same name. This obviously works best with basic Lands, but given that it helps your opponents, it might be wise to play snow-covered basic Lands to try to keep the benefit as one-sided as possible. This is yet another card that only saw one printing, this time in Mirrodin, outside of a Masterpiece feature. It has a price tag of $26 right now, but could definitely go down in the coming weeks.

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Mediocre Cycles

Of course, not all spoilers are going to be as exciting as these. Both a Land cycle and spell cycle have been spoiled, and neither are very exciting. The Lands are a group of “Thriving” Lands. Each Land, such as Thriving Isle and Thriving Moor, enter tapped, and produce one color automatically or another color of your choice (you choose when the Land enters the battlefield). While they are generally upgrades over lands like the Guildgates, they’re nothing fancy.

The spell cycle featured stings a bit more, given that each card takes up a rare slot. This is the cycle of “Confluences.” Each Confluence, such as Fiery Confluence or Mystic Confluence, have three modes, and you can choose any combination of modes three times. This does let you choose each mode more than once, which is a bit different than how typical modal cards work. These are flexible, but are all pretty cheap, which is unfortunate given how expensive Commander Masters product is currently going for. There seems to be a mix of pricey cards, bulk rares, and common and uncommon filler so far, but definitely keep an eye out for more spoilers in the coming days.

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