MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander Deck Boxes Leaked!

Even though Murders at Karlov Manor officially released in paper just over a week ago, we are already starting to get more and more information about a variety of upcoming sets. We got an initial glimpse at MTG Fallout back in October, but with the set’s release date less than a month away, we are in for a bunch of previews this week. In fact, we even got a surprise spoiler yesterday that works perfectly alongside Dogmeat, Ever Loyal Dogmeat, Ever Loyal When Dogmeat enters, mill five cards, then return an Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.") .

Speaking of surprises, it appears we also now know what the Commander deck boxes for the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander Precons look like. This information was supposedly leaked by Flipside Gaming, though the information has since been taken down from their webpage.

Importantly, as a disclaimer, because this information were unofficially leaked, there’s a possibility that these deck boxes turn out to be fake. Because the original source has since deleted any information associated with them, there isn’t much proof of legitimacy regarding these Commander deck boxes, even if they look real.

If you would rather wait until the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander decks are officially spoiled before looking at any potential leaks, consider this your spoiler warning. Now, let’s see what these Commander decks might have in store for us!

Desert Bloom

First up, we have a Naya deck with a rather simple theme. The goal is to put Lands into your graveyard with the intention of bringing them back, likely at low cost. There are a ton of very powerful cards that can bring back a bunch of Lands all at once, including Splendid Reclamation Splendid Reclamation Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. and the new Worldsoul’s Rage Worldsoul’s Rage Worldsoul's Rage deals X damage to any target. Put up to X land cards from your hand and/or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped. . While it’s obviously unclear exactly what reprints and new cards will be included in each Precon, there is certainly room for speculation.

As far as discarding Land cards is concerned, there are plenty of strong discard outlets that let you generate value in the process. Cards like Seismic Assault Seismic Assault Discard a land card: This enchantment deals 2 damage to any target. come to mind, for instance. From there, Inti, Seneschal of the Sun Inti, Seneschal of the Sun Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until your next end step. and the like can reward you further for discarding cards.

Where this Precon likely differentiates itself from other Land-focused Commander decks is with the fact that “Deserts” likely play a big role. There’s a good chance this deck’s new Commanders have a specific reward for playing or discarding Deserts, and there are even some Deserts with Cycling like Desert of the Fervent Desert of the Fervent This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) that seem like great additions.

Unfortunately, this Precon will have a lot of competition against Hazezon, Shaper of Sand Hazezon, Shaper of Sand Desertwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Desert.)
You may play Desert lands from your graveyard.
Whenever a Desert you control enters, create two 1/1 red, green, and white Sand Warrior creature tokens. as another Naya Commander with a Desert theme. Nonetheless, it’s great to have options, and we could definitely use more Desert cards and payoffs in general.

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Grand Larceny

Next, we have Grand Larceny, a Sultai deck that appears to feature Gonti as the character of choice. The two main themes for this deck are to steal cards and generate mana. As far as stealing cards is concerned, Gonti is the perfect character, as Gonti, Lord of Luxury Gonti, Lord of Luxury Deathtouch
When Gonti enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. did exactly that. The one downside to a card like Gonti, Lord of Luxury, though, was that you still had to invest a lot of mana if you wanted to cast an impactful spell that you stole from the opponent.

There are a lot of ways our new Commander could solve this problem. Generating Treasures when you steal cards, for instance, could help alleviate the costs associated with casting your opponents’ cards. Given that this deck is focused on mana production and stealing cards, Villainous Wealth Villainous Wealth Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs. is almost certainly going to be included. Various Control Magic Control Magic Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature. effects would also be very appropriate.

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Most Wanted

Our next Commander deck certainly leaves a lot of room for interpretation. There’s a solid chance the character in question is Olivia Voldaren. It’s also fair to assume that Treasure tokens will be involved in some way. The part that is a bit confusing is the “buy outlaws” portion of the deck. My best guess would be that there is a way to sacrifice a certain number of Treasure tokens to help summon powerful Creatures. Maybe a reanimation subtheme where you get to “rebuy” Creatures from the graveyard by burning Treasures?

One thing that is quite clear that players have been looking out for is a new Vampire-focused Commander deck. After all, Edgar Markov Edgar Markov Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if Edgar is in the command zone or on the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token.
First strike, haste
Whenever Edgar attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control. is far and away the best Mardu Vampires Commander and frankly, it isn’t even close. Not to mention, Edgar Markov is almost $100 according to TCGPlayer market price. As such, a new Commander that rewards a Vampires shell would be quite well-received.

It’s unclear whether Most Wanted will deliver in that regard, but given the outlaws theme, I’m skeptical. Still, there are a lot of different directions the design team could have taken with this, so we will simply have to wait and see how these themes mesh.

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Quick Draw

Finally, we have a clear spell-slinging Commander deck that likely thrives off of casting a bunch of spells in one turn. The “unleash big turns” potential of this deck makes it sound like you will get some major payoff for casting a certain number of spells each turn. From Case of the Ransacked Lab Case of the Ransacked Lab Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card. to the all-powerful Erayo, Soratami Ascendant Erayo, Soratami Ascendant Flying
Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo. that is banned in Commander, there are a lot of strong cards that reward you for slinging spells.

One thing that decks like these always need is a way to reliably keep your hand chock full of cards. Given the name “Quick Draw,” it’s very likely that the featured Commander has the ability to fuel your hand in some capacity. Even if this isn’t the most unique theme, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a welcome inclusion.

We’ve got a long way to go until Outlaws of Thunder Junction is officially released, but it’s nice to get this potential sneak peek at what the Commander Precons may have to offer.

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