Cut out the less impactful Merfolk and the deck runs a lot smoother, enabling you to drop those lands you've Explored onto the battlefield sooner with BurgeoningBurgeoning, doubling your triggered abilities withRoaming ThroneRoaming Throne, and reacting to your opponents with CounterspellCounterspell, Swan SongSwan Song, and Raise the PalisadeRaise the Palisade
These were available for advance purchase at select tournament venues before the official release
Lillie is classified as a 2-Stars card in the Deluxe Pack: ex set
This list highlights the best mono-blue commanders that offer powerful gameplay but also explore the niches and facets blue offers as a strategy
Theres could change in the future and collectors ten years from now may be paying a premium for one version or the other
Notable Cards: Reprints and $$ Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients Neverwinter Hydra Chaos Dragon Dragonborn Champion Druid of Purification Wulfgar of Icewind Dale Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient Skyline Despot Rishkar's Expertise Kindred Summons 100-card ready-to-play Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Commander deck Deck includes 2 traditional foils plus 98 nonfoil cards 1 foil etched Display Commander 10 double-sided tokens plus life tracker and deck box Reduced-plastic packaging Planar Portal Prosper, Tome-Bound | Illustration by Yongjae Choi Commander (1) Creature (20) Chaos Channeler Chittering Witch Dark-Dweller Oracle Death Tyrant Dire Fleet Daredevil Dream Pillager Etali, Primal Storm Fiend of the Shadows Gonti, Lord of Luxury Grim Hireling Izzet Chemister Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant Lorcan, Warlock Collector Loyal Apprentice Marionette Master Ogre Slumlord Piper of the Swarm Pontiff of Blight Tectonic Giant Wild-Magic Sorcerer Instant (9) Bedevil Bituminous Blast Chaos Warp Commune with Lava Hellish Rebuke Hurl Through Hell Rakdos Charm Terminate You Find Some Prisoners Sorcery (12) Apex of Power Consuming Vapors Danse Macabre Disrupt Decorum Fevered Suspicion Hex Ignite the Future Light Up the Stage Phthisis Reckless Endeavor Throes of Chaos Vandalblast Enchantment (5) Dead Man's Chest Share the Spoils Shiny Impetus Theater of Horrors Warlock Class Artifact (14) Arcane Signet Bag of Devouring Bucknard's Everfull Purse Chaos Wand Commander's Sphere Ebony Fly Fellwar Stone Fiendlash Mind Stone Orazca Relic Rakdos Signet Sol Ring Talisman of Indulgence Unstable Obelisk Land (39) Bojuka Bog Command Tower Exotic Orchard Foreboding Ruins Mortuary Mire Mountain x13 Rakdos Carnarium Shadowblood Ridge Smoldering Marsh Spinerock Knoll Swamp x14 Tainted Peak Underdark Rift Zhalfirin Void Commander, Theme, and Strategy I dont want to play into stereotypes around heavy metal fans and all that, but I love warlocks and characters who make deals with otherworldly beings for power
