Commander Anthology Vol. II

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

Commander Anthology Volume II is Magic: the Gathering's second collection of classic decks from across Commander history, showcasing some of the game's most renowned, legendary creatures.  The four decks featured are some of the most iconic and hard to come by in the Commander series.These preconstructed Commander decks will be released by Wizards of the Coast on June 8, 2018 and have an MSRP of $165.

The anthology box contains four classic decks from four different commander releases, including thirteen premium foil commanders. Namely Commander (2011), Commander 2014, Commander 2015 and Commander 2016. All legendary cards have the special card frame that had been introduced with Dominaria.  Each of the decks features alternate Commanders to encourage different play styles and deck building experiences.

Contents: 
• Four 100-card decks, including 13 foil commanders
• Sixty single-sided token cards
• Four deck boxes, each capable of holding 100 sleeved cards
• Four 100-point spinning life total trackers
• Rules and information insert

The Decks in this collection include -

Devour for Power, Blue / Black / Green : graveyard as a resource theme.
Commander - The Mimeoplasm
Alternate Commanders - Damia, Sage of Stone, Vorosh, the Hunter

Built from Scratch, Mono-Red : artifact / salvage theme
Commander - Daretti, Scrap Savant
Alternate Commanders - Feldon of the Third Path, Bosh, Iron Golem

Wade into Battle, White / Red : large creatures theme
Commander - Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
Alternate Commanders - Anya, Merciless Angel, Gisela, Blade of Goldenight

Breed Lethality, White / Blue / Black / Green : +1/+1 counters theme
Commander - Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
Alternate Commanders - Ikra Shidiqi, the Ursurper, Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker, Reyhan, Last of the Abzan


Full decklists are featured at this link.

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MTG Commander Anthology

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Happy Monday MTG Peeps,

Just a quick note about the Commander 2017 spoiler last week on Thursday.  It appears that the original poster of those Magic: the Gathering leaks, 'turn1thoughtseize', had deleted their instagram account.  Our thoughts are as they had always been - we do not condone leaks / spoilers and would of course never post them - but - if the MTG community is already talking about them, we'll wait 12 hours and then talk about 'em too.

Anywhoos, we do have some more Commander News - this time, from the article linked here on the Wizards of the Coast site, which had previewed the contents of the Commander Anthology product being released soon on June 9th, 2017.

Four decks previously printed in the Commander series, and collected in a deluxe package.  For a suggested retail price of $165, this product includes four specialized life counters (these are awesome by-the-way!), required tokens, and all cards included in the following original decks:

Heavenly Inferno, foil - Kaalia of the Vast

Kaalia of the Vast alone holds the forces of Angels, Dragons, and Demons within the palm of her hand. Watch her toss each bone-crushing creature onto the battlefield with merciless glee while your horrified enemies are sliced, diced, and then deep-fried.

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Evasive Maneuvers, foil Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician wants dominion over every aspect of the battlefield.  this commander's tactical expertise confounds her enemies as she undermines their plans with her cunning strategies.

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Guided by Nature, foil Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury

This was the set, which for first time Wizards of the Coast designed and crafted a Planeswalkers to be Commanders. Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury protects the forest and the elves who dwell there, and they protect her in return.  She can summon legions of loyal elves to her side and unleash the full might of the natural world upon her enemies. 

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Plunder the Graves, foil Meren of Clan Nel Toth


The primary theme of the deck is graveyard recursion, and the secondary themes are sacrificing permanents and +1/+1 counters. Meren draws power from death itself, so the sooner her minions fall, the faster they rise again to fight her battles.

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Magic Origins SDCC Promo

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Happy Monday (again) MTG peeps,

This is our second article today - to catch our earlier one covering off all the new Magic Origins previews out today, hop on over to here.   This, our second article is our particular interest to Magic: the Gathering players who may be attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con 2015, running July 9th to the 12th.  SDCC is typically when we have a panel from Wizards of the Coast addressing several upcoming products, foremost of which is the next block - this being Battle for Zendikar.  In past years, WotC has also released an SDCC Exclusive in the form of an alternate 'black on black' set of the core set Planeswalkers.


Here's the 4.1.1. for this year's SDCC exclusive from IO9 -

At San Diego Comic-Con 2015 the Hasbro ToyShop offered a limited edition collection of double-faced planeswalkers cards from Magic Origins (the last core set) for sale. The five cards were presented with unique "black-on-black" illustrated by Wayne Reynolds.  This year’s SDCC Planeswalker set also includes a book exploring the backstories of the five planeswalkers featured in this summer’s Magic Origins expansion: Chandra, Jace, Nissa, Gideon, and Liliana. This is expected to be selling at $120.
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Check it out !

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DD Anthology Sneak Peak

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

We realise that the new Magic: the Gathering supplementary box set Duel Decks: Anthology is not due out until 5th December but we really can't contain our excitement.  

Sure we've picked up some singles from these four duel decks from MTG Mint Card in the past but we've got a truckload of regrets for not picking up the full sealed product for some time - now is our chance apparently.  This excitement is whetted by a 'sneak peak' video posted just today.  Here's a few screen caps / eye candy -

Here's the 4.1.1. on this rather cool product -

Duel Decks: Anthology

These eight, ready-to-play, 60-card Magicdecks showcase our first four dueling match-ups. Rejoin the fray as the game's most famous Planeswalkers go head to head. Relive the Divine clashing with the Demonic, and Elves confronting Goblins. Replay the original duels, or mix and match the combatants to create new battles across the Multiverse.

Duel Decks: Anthology is held within a sturdy box containing all eight decks from the first four Duel Decks products.  Here's what you get:

• Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
• Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra
• Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
• Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
• 8 premium deck boxes that will hold fully sleeved decks
• Two spin-down life counters
• 35 token cards

Official Three-Letter Code: DD3
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGAnthology
Languages Available: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
MSRP: $99.99

We really like the storage box, and the fact that the individual deckboxes are large enough to hold sleeved cards.  We're also happy that Wizards of the Coast had also provided for convenience the 35 tokens.  The only thing that has us wishing for, is the inclusion of some blurb on the flavour of the duel decks - maybe WotC did and just has not mentioned it in the information so far.
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