Commander 2014 New Arts

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

Magic: the Gathering players love getting new cards and here at MTG Realm, we had ordered a bunch of Commander 2014 singles from MTG Mint Card even though we actually owned a one or two of the reprints.  Why? - because we also love getting updated card illustrations.  You may recall from previous posts that we'll sometimes play a card with an epic art even though the spell itself might be janky.  Well all the Commander 2014 cards granted new illustrations are far from janky and they all have absolutely lovely art.  Here's the breakdown with some images borrowed from 'Original Magic Art', who has a great poll to register your personal proclivity for the classic art or new hotness.

Cathodion
Urza's Saga - illustrated by Henry G. Higgenbotham
Mirrodin - illustrated by Eric Peterson
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Izzy


 

Diamond Cycle
Charcoal Diamond
Classic Sixth / Seventh Edition - illustrated by David Martin
Mirage - illustrated by Drew Tucker
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Lindsey Look

Fire Diamond
Classic Sixth / Mirage - illustrated by Richard Thomas
Seventh Edition - illustrated by David Martin
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Lindsey Look

Marble Diamond
Classic Sixth / Mirage - illustrated by Jeff Miracola
Seventh Edition / DD: Divine vs. Demonic - illustrated by David Martin
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Lindsey Look

Moss Diamond
Classic Sixth / Mirage - illustrated by Donato Giancola
Seventh Edition - illustrated by David Martin
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Lindsey Look

Sky Diamond
Classic Sixth / Mirage - illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory
Seventh Edition - illustrated by Tony Szczudlo
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Lindsey Look

 

Desert Twister (Vintage Masters print)
Revised, Fourth, Fifth, Arabian Nights,  - illustrated Susan Van Camp
Mercadian Masques - illustrated by Kevin Murphy
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Noah Bradley

 

Exclude
Invasion - illustrated by Mark Romanoski
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Greg Staples

 

Forgotten Cave (Vintage Masters print)
Onslaught, MTG Commander, DD: Elves vs. Goblins, DD: Izzet vs. Golgari, Commander 2013 - illustrated by Tony Szczudlo
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Noah Bradley

 

Medallion Cycle
(Emerald Medallion, Jet Medallion, Pearl Medallion, Ruby Medallion, Saphire Medallion)
Tempest arts - illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown
Commander 2014 arts - illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren

 

Sacred Mesa
Mirage, Time Spiral - illustrated by Luca Zontini
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Robbie Trevino

 

Skullclamp
Darksteel, MTG Commander, FTV: Exiled  - illustrated by Robbie Trevino
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren
 

Sylvan Safekeeper
Judgement - illustrated by Pete Venters
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Magali Villeneuve

 

Tornado Elemental
Fifth Dawn, Planechase - illustrated by Alex Horley-Orlandelli
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Richard Wright

 

Wellwisher
Onslaught, DD:Elves vs. Goblins - illustrated by Christopher Rush
Commander 2014 - illustrated by Karl Kopinski
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Tumblr Tuesday

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

The overarching theme this last weekend for Magic: the Gathering fans at least in our corner of Canada was Commander 2014.  It appeared that more gamers were picking up the full (all five boxes) of C14 than we recall last year.  There was a lot of excitement at our local card shop, OMG! Games here in Barrie and we were happy that locally, the big box stores did not appear to yet have them on shelves which equates to a healthier / happier brick 'n' mortar WPN retailer. 

For today, we wanted to wish everyone a safe / reflective Vetran's Day (south of the border) or Remembrance Day here in Canada-Land.  As for today's post, we are visiting our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr to see what those scamps have been up to lately.
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Photoset

November 10, 2014

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Magic: the Gathering - CosPlay

Cosplay from Baikal Otaku Festival, Irkutsk, Russia on 8th November 2014, held at ДК имени Горького DK Gorky Palace of Culture.
Photos by Sasha Sychyov, Cosplay, Cosplay artists unknown.
Косплей-дефиле
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (New Phyrexia Mythic Rare)
Maelstrom Archangel (Conflux Mythic Rare)

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Photoset

November 10, 2014

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Magic: the Gathering - Christmas Shopping List
The ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Holiday Gift Box can hold more than 2,000 Magic cards and is available worldwide in English on November 14, 2014. You do get more than just a beautiful box to store your cards in for the MSRP of $19.99, though!  Here’s what’s inside :

• Four Khans of Tarkir booster packs
• Beautiful storage box that can hold more than 2,000 Magic cards
• Twenty Khans of Tarkir basic lands
• Six illustrated plastic dividers
• Sticker sheet for customizing the dividers
• An alternative-art Sultai Charm from the Khans of Tarkir set

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Photoset

November 08, 2014

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Magic: the Gathering - DD Elspeth vs. Kiora Ultra•PRO
Releasing on the 27th February 2014, Ultra PRO will have deck boxes, dividers, and container including a very cool playmat to go along with your new Duel Deck.
Would the playmat be called a Duel Deck Double Playmat ?

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Photoset

November 06, 2014

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edh-realm:

mtgbrother:

Commander 2014 | cycles

Can’t wait to get my hands on my new commander 2014 decks. Azusa, titania, strip mine and crucible of worlds are a match made in mono green heaven.

Awesome-Sauce - very excite for C14.

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Commander 2014 Release

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

With Commander 2014 being released this Friday 7th November and Magic: the Gathering fans converging on their local gaming stores (we'll be heading to OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario), we here at MTG Realm wanted to give another brief high level overview of this set.  Below are excerpts from the DCI Commander 2014 Edition Release Notes as well as details from MTG Salvation Wiki for your reference.

Commander 2014 features five mono-coloured 100-card decks with a total of 337 different cards and 61 new cards.  The set introduced five Planeswalkers that can be used as a commander and featured legendary creatures from Magic's past.  The five decks are as follows -

FORGED IN STONE
Nahiri, the Lithomancer knows that victory comes from having the right weapons. This Planeswalker commander is a master of arms who creates powerful equipment and enchantments to prepare massive armies for the fight.

PEER THROUGH TIME
Teferi, Temporal Archmage manipulates time itself. This Planeswalker commander uses an arsenal of tricks to keep his options open and his opponents guessing until he can send forth massive blue creatures to deliver the final blow.

SWORN TO DARKNESS
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath is a ruthless tyrant who will stop at nothing to achieve his aims. This Planeswalker commander saps his opponents’ strength, summons powerful demons to the battlefield, and compels the dead to rise and fight.

BUILT FROM SCRATCH
Daretti, Scrap Savant brags that he can build anything out of anything. This Planeswalker commander is a master artificer. He sacrifices trinkets to bring back treasures and cobbles together an army of automatons to crush the opposition.

GUIDED BY NATURE
Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury protects the forest and the elves who dwell there, and they protect her in return. This Planeswalker commander summons loyal elves to her side and unleashes the full might of the natural world upon her enemies.

New Ability Word: Lieutenant
Lieutenant is an ability word that appears in italics on a cycle of creatures that become more powerful if you control your commander. (An ability word has no rules meaning.) 
* Lieutenant abilities apply only if your commander is on the battlefield and under your control.
* Lieutenant abilities refer only to whether you control your commander, not any other player’s commander.
* If you gain control of a creature with a lieutenant ability owned by another player, that ability will check to see if you control your commander and will apply if you do. It won’t check whether its owner controls his or her commander.
* If you lose control of your commander, lieutenant abilities of creatures you control will immediately stop applying. If this causes a creature’s toughness to become less than or equal to the amount of damage marked on it, the creature will be destroyed.
* If a triggered ability granted by a lieutenant ability triggers, and in response to that trigger you lose control of your commander (causing the lieutenant to lose that ability), that triggered ability will still resolve.

Cycle: Offerings
The Offerings are a cycle of cards that have two beneficial effects. For each, you and an opponent of your choice are rewarded.
* You may choose the same opponent for each of the effects, or you may choose different opponents. None of the affected players are targets of the spell.
* For each of the Offerings except Volcanic Offering (see its entry in the Card-Specific Notes section), you choose the opponents for each effect as the spell resolves.

Commander 2014 has ten cycles:

Planeswalker Commanders: five mythic rare monocolored planeswalkers that can be used as a commander. — Nahiri, the Lithomancer, Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Daretti, Scrap Savant, and Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury.

Historical Legendaries: five mythic rare legendary creatures from Magic's past who didn't have a card before. — Jazal Goldmane, Stitcher Geralf, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Feldon of the Third Path, and Titania, Protector of Argoth.

On-theme Legendaries: five rare legendary creatures that fit the deck's theme — Kemba, Kha Regent, Lorthos, the Tidemaker, Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief, Bosh, Iron Golem, Ezuri, Renegade Leader.

Lieutenants: five rare monocolored creatures that gain powerfull abilities as long as you control your commander. — Angelic Field Marshal, Stormsurge Kraken, Demon of Wailing Agonies, Tyrant's Familiar, and Thunderfoot Baloth

Offerings: five rare sorceries/instants with two abilities which are shared with one opponent each. — Benevolent Offering, Intellectual Offering, Infernal Offering, Volcanic Offering, and Sylvan Offering.

Medallions: five rare artifacts that cost two colourless mana and reduces cost of spells of one color by Mana1.gif. Reprinted from Tempest. — Pearl Medallion, Sapphire Medallion, Jet Medallion, Ruby Medallion, and Emerald Medallion.

Diamonds: five uncommon artifacts that cost two colourless mana, enter the battlefield tapped, and tap for one color of mana. Reprinted from Mirage. — Marble Diamond, Sky Diamond, Charcoal Diamond, Fire Diamond, and Moss Diamond.

Karoo lands: five uncommon lands that are sacrificed when it enters the battlefield unless you return an untapped basic land of a given type to your hand. Adds one colourless to your mana pool. Reprinted from Visions. — Karoo, Coral Atoll, Everglades, Dormant Volcano, and Jungle Basin.

Cycle Lands 1: five common lands that enter the battlefield tapped and may be tapped for C. Can be cycled for C. Reprinted from Onslaught — Secluded Steppe, Lonely Sandbar, Barren Moor, Forgotten Cave, and Tranquil Thicket.

Cycle Lands 2: five common lands that enter the battlefield tapped and may be tapped for C. Can be cycled for Mana2.gif. Reprinted from Urza's Saga. — Drifting Meadow, Remote Isle, Polluted Mire, Smoldering Crater, and Slippery Karst.

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Commander 2014 Tokens

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

The very next Commander set - Commander 2014 is ready to be released this Friday, 7th November 2014 and we are definitely pumped.  Magic: the Gathering players who enjoy this format will be certainly pleased with a nod to past reprints and we have to admit to a bit of nostalgia seeing some of the older cards.  But it is not just reprints - there are 61 new, never seen before cards which is sure to rock your game table.  Most notable is the printing of a cycle of special Planeswalkers which may now act as your commander and are featured in each of the five coloured decks.  Our group is planning on purchasing at least two decks and getting a bunch of singles from MTG Mint Card.

The topic today of course are the tokens which are included in the Commander 2014 product.  In fact, there is a whopping 36 different tokens and emblems to be had in C14 and if you know us here at MTG Realm, we've got a thingy for tokens.  We follow a fella named Andrew who runs a Tumblr Blog called Sarpadian Empires Vol. VIII, who did a great job organising all the tokens 'n' emblems from the two preview posts on the mothersite (here and here).

He had these notes - 

Tokens and emblems of Commander (2014 Edition), organized by the color of the card that creates them (and then by size). This is an awesome suite of extra goodies we get!
EDIT: And I just realized that, by my own rule, the Goat token should be at the end since it’s made by an artifact. But it’s too late now I guess. Good for you, Goat, leading the pack.

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Commander Spoilers 10-30

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

This is our second post for today.  If you've missed our first post on the new Ultra PRO Commander 2014 products, jump on back to that article here, and to get a better look at those playmats / sleeves pop over to our Tumblr site.  

Save the date!  Make sure you drop by your local gaming store next Friday 7th November when Commander 2014 will hit shelves.  You may even want to talk to staff there about the possibility of pre-ordering or reserving a one or more of the five Commander decks available.  

Anywhoos - time again to grind out today's Commander 2014 spoilers and previews -
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Impact Resonance, 1R
Instant, Rare
Impact Resonance deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the greatest amount of damage dealt by a source to a permanent or player this turn.

The Command Zone Podcast
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Aether Gale, 3UU
Sorcery
Return six target nonland permanents to their owner's hands.

Rey Wombat preview - rough translation
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Creeping Greatvine, 3GG
Creature - Plant Elemental, Rare
Trample
1G: Target creature you control has base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn and gains trample until end of turn.
5/5

HappyMTG preview - rough translation
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Masterwork of Ingenuity, 1
Artifact - Equipment, Rare
You may have Masterwork of Ingenuity enter the battlefield as a copy of any Equipment on the battlefield.

PureMTGO preview.
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Intellectual Offering, 4U
Instant, Rare
Choose an opponent. You and that opponent both draw three cards.
Choose an opponent. Untap all nonland permanents you control and all nonland permanents that player controls.

Mothersite preview.
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Hallowed Spiritkeeper, 1WW
Creature - Avatar, Rare
Vigilance.
When Hallowed Spiritkeeper dies, put X 1/1 white Spirit tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
3/2


Mothersite preview.
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Commander 2014 Ultra PRO

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

A quick post ahead of of our regular one here on MTG Realm to update Magic: the Gathering fans on the Ultra PRO product offerings for the latest variant set, Commander 2014.

To be released on Friday 7th November 2014, these official gaming supplies will feature artwork of each of the new five Planeswalker Commanders on playmats as well as extended variant illustrations on the card sleeves -

• Nahiri, the Lithomancer, illus. Eric Deschamps
• Teferi, Temporal Archmage, illus. Tyler Jacobson
• Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, illus. Daarken
• Daretti, Scrap Savant, illus. Dan Scott
• Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury, illus. Adam Paquette

The Commander playmats look great, feature roman numerals across the top (tracking damage or tracking Commander re-costs?) as well as a zone in which to place your Commander during game play.  The sleeves feature a foil-like 'Chrome effect' on the graphic as well.

For a better look at the artwork, pop on over to MTG Realm on Tumblr where we posted high-res images.

Let's have a look at these very cool items now -

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Commander Spoilers 10-29

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

We are definitely digg'n all the new Commander 2014 previews so far and are pretty much right beside ourselves with only one more Planeswalker Commander to be revealed.  We've got a few theories about the white Commander in this Magic: the Gathering set - all revolving around a certain Lithomancer (a wizard who can manipulate stone / gems).

EDIT - Apparently we now have exactly what we've hoped for - the Lithomancer herself.  Not quite as 'strong' as we were hoping for but we will not complain too loudly.

We're pretty much certain we'll be picking up both the green (for Rtech) as well as the white (for me) C14 products  from our local gaming store OMG! Games and then getting a haul of singles from MTG Mint Card (for RStomp).

Anywhoos - look for all of today's Commander 2014 spoilers and previews to be updated here - 
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Nahiri, the Lithomancer, 3WW
Planeswalker - Nahiri, Mythic Rare
+2: Put a 1/1 white Kor Soldier Creature token onto the battlefield. You may attach an Equipment you control to it.
-2: You may put an Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.
-10: Put a colorless Equipment artifact token named Stoneforged Blade onto the battlefield. It has indestructible, "Equipped creature gets +5/+5 and double strike," and equip 0.
Nahiri, the Lithomancer can be your commander.

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Daretti, Scrap Savant, 3R
Planeswalker - Daretti, Mythic Rare
+2: Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
-2: Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
-10: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step."
Daretti, Scrap Savant can be your commander.
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MTGCommander.net preview.
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Fell the Mighty, 4W
Sorcery, Rare
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Blogatog Preview.
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Stormsurge Kraken, 3UU
Creature - Kraken, Rare
Hexproof
Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, Stormsurge Kraken gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Stormsurge Kraken becomes blocked, draw two cards."
5/5


TCG Player preview.
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Scrap Mastery, 3RR
Sorcery, Rare
Each player exiles all artifact cards from his or her graveyard, then sacrifices all artifacts he or she controls, then puts all cards he or she exiled this way onto the battlefield.

MTGCommander.net preview.
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Dulcet Sirens, 2U
Creature - Siren, Rare
U, T: Target creature attacks target opponent this turn if able.
Morph U
1/3

Elaine Chase Twitter preview.
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Wave of Vitriol, 5GG
Sorcery, Rare
Each player sacrifices all artifacts, enchantments, and nonbasic lands he or she controls. For each land sacrificed this way, its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then each player who searched his or her library this way shuffles it.

Aaron Forsythe Twitter preview.
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Flamekin Village
Land, Rare
As Flamekin Village enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Elemental card from your hand. If you don't, Flamekin Village enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R to your mana pool.
R,T:Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Hobby Station preview.
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Crown of Doom, 3
Artifact, Rare
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
2: Target player other than Crown of Doom's owner gains control of it. Activate this ability only during your turn.

Commandercast preview.
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Tyrant's Familiar, 5RR
Creature - Dragon
Flying, haste
Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, Tyrant's Familiar gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Tyrant's Familiar attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls."
5/5

Evan Erwin, The Magic Show previw.
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We also have the Commander 2014 Diamond Cycle

Diamonds: Each of these uncommon artifacts costs 2 colourless to play, comes into play tapped, and produces one mana of the appropriate color when tapped — Marble Diamond, Sky Diamond, Charcoal Diamond, Fire Diamond, Moss Diamond. This cycle was originally printed in Mirage, and later reprinted in 6th and 7th Edition.

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