There are a lot of sweet looking cards coming in War of the Spark. I’ve already done one post boring you with cards I like the look of. Here are some of the other spoilers that caught my eye.
Plus I promise this will be my final post on the spoilers. Which for some will be a massive relief.
First up let’s look at a Planeswalker that shuts down burn decks until they take care of the Planeswalker. The Wanderer has been the subject of much fanboy speculation about their identity. I’m sure there will be a grand reveal at some point. Five colours in Standard? I’m sure some will try so they can play Nicol Bolas. I’m just not sure it’s that feasible. But Commander its much more achievable.
More Commander cards.
God-Pharoah’s Statue makes my Death and Taxes deck. Jace is the anti my mill deck. Although the idea of milling myself is intriguing. I think this is possibly the first Jace card I like. Kaya’s Ghostform I like for my Scarab God deck. Although I can see it used in Standard too. I might try it in my Golgari deck.
Dambreak is not only a candidate for the Horrors from the Deep deck, but also Atraxa. As is the Flux Capacitor, sorry Channeler. No Escape is definitely a counter spell for my Simic deck to counter that Jace Planeswalker I like above.
Tibalt is the anti life gain deck. That mono white Challenger deck, and the one Michael at my FLGS plays. This shuts them down. Gleaming Overseer is going straight to my Scarab God deck. Leyline Prowler gives Golgari ramp and life gain. I like this a lot.
Mono red Goblins has a new Krenko joining it. Is it good enough to be the Commander? Not quite but as one of the 99, oh yes. Nissa. I’m a Nissa fan. I like the static ramp ability. So that’s nice especially in my big green stompy deck. Weaponise lands, and then if you ultimate her protection against mass land destruction. Worth a slot I think.
These final two I’ve chosen are such sweet sweet Commander cards.
And that’s it from me on the spoilers. There are daily ones coming out, and I’m seeing even more cards I like. For me as a set from what I’ve seen so far there are plenty of cards to strengthen my Commander decks. Plus cards I think are standard playable in decks I currently play. What the set will be like for draft or sealed who knows? We’ll find that out once people are cracking packs and building decks.