On the other hand, if a creature you control with reach is attacking, you untap it, and it can't be blocked by anything with greater power this turn. Reach is an evergreen keyword that generally just means "can block creatures with flying", but Dhalsim takes it and turns reach into something very different.įor two generic, one green, and one white, Dhalsim has hexproof as long as he's not attacking. The famously-stretchy Dhalsim is the first time we've ever seen a reach-matters card be printed, let alone a Commander for it.
You'll have to use cards like Volcanic Vision, Revolutionist, and Ardent Elementalist to keep them coming, but that feels like a worthwhile investment to keep Blanka's pound cake coming. One drawback with Blanka, Ferocious Friend is the lack of recursion you see on other combat trick-centric creatures like Feather, the Redeemed. While "spell" does include creatures, artifacts, and enchantments in the context of Rolling Attack, the inclusion of Electric Thunder really promotes buffing him up with spells like Titan's Strength, Brute Force, Samut's Sprint, and Infuriate to keep the damage going to every character possible. His Rolling Attack ability gives him trample as long as you've cast three or more spells this turn, while the Electric Thunder attack gives him +2/+2 and deals two damage to each opponent whenever he becomes the target of a spell. RELATED: Top 10 Strongest Jeskai Commanders In Magic: The GatheringĪa Gruul (red/green) Commander having a focus on combat tricks (instants and sorceries you cast during combat to surprise your opponent) is an exciting quirk that makes our perfect green boy here a brilliant Commander.Ĭosting three generic, one red, and one green, Blanka is a 5/5 with Haste. It's an underwhelming Magic card, but an excellent Street Fighter reference that deserves at least a middle spot on this list. He's a Jeskai (red/white/blue) Human Soldier to represent his American patriotism, and his entire play pattern is built around using 'charge counters'.įor those who've never played Street Fighter, Guile is a charge character that requires you to hold the stick in one direction (charge it) and flick it for a lot of his attacks: by using charge counters you build up and then throw at your opponent, it's a perfect call-back to his Street Fighter roots. There is so much to love about it from a thematic standpoint. Dealing four damage to a creature or getting indestructible and lifelink until the end of the turn is respectable but compared to what a lot of the other Commanders in this set are doing, it's bland.īut the design of this card is absolutely impeccable. Let's get the boring gameplay bits out of the way first: Guile's a reasonably boring Commander. RELATED: The Strongest Boros Commanders In Magic: The Gathering While you might be throwing out an All Is Dust or Austere Command from it once in a while, you're more likely to be playing smaller cards like an un-overloaded Vandalblast. With no way to replenish your hand, yet having Prowess encouraging you to spam out those spells, the chances of you having a worthwhile sorcery in your hand feel slim.
You ignore the timing restrictions normally placed on sorceries, which is cool, but this feels like a very underwhelming ability. The Shoryuken ability is the interesting bit here: whenever Ken deals combat damage, you can play a sorcery with mana value equal or less than the damage dealt from your hand without paying its mana cost. Costing one generic and two red, he's got Prowess (gets +1/+1 for each noncreature spell you cast this turn), and you can pay a white or a red to give him first strike. Yesterday, it was revealed that the upcoming superdrop will include something not before seen in a SLD: a complete Commander deck.The first of two Boros (red/white) Commanders in this set is Ken Masters, shown here as Ken, Burning Brawler. In this article: Wizards of the Coast has been stirring up a lot of reactions from the MTG community with their recent Secret Lair Drop announcements. Dropping Complete, Ready-to-Play Decks: A New Precedent?.The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth.
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