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At first, I thought this might have something to do with the order that the decks were previewed (in theory, decks that are previewed first will have more time for their cards to decrease in price), but considering Sultai Morph was the first decklist released, this doesn't seem to be the case.īasically, this leaves us with a scenario where all of the decks are worth their price tag, but two decks stand out above the rest.

While our main goal today is to compare Commander 2019 to itself, it is worth mentioning that the least valuable deck in Commander 2019 is worth more than the most valuable Commander 2018 deck was a few days after it was spoiled last year.īack to the decks, they basically break down into two tiers, with the Rakdos and Naya decks being the lower-value decks (although again, still more valuable than any decks we had last year and still worth their $40-ish price tag), while Sultai and Jeskai are the high-value decks. Second, despite some complaints from the community, the value of Commander 2019 is actually quite solid. In reality, that plan is unlikely to work. Prices should drop across the board by the time the decks are actually released, so don't assume that you can buy one of the Commander 2019 decks for $40 and immediately resell it for over $100. Take a gander at the decklists, and then we'll jump into the rankings!Ī couple of important notes: first, since we're still in the preorder period for Commander 2019, prices for many of the cards in the set are inflated. Then, after going through all 10 categories, we can tally up the scores and see which Commander 2019 deck really is the best! Oh yeah, one last thing: for the rest of the article, rather than calling the decks by their proper names, we'll be going with their themes and color combinations, which are shorter and easier to type (as a refresher, Sultai Morph is Faceless Menace, headed by Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Jeskai Flashback is Mystic Intellect, with Sevinne, the Chronoclasm as the face commander Naya Populate is Primal Genesis, led by Ghired, Conclave Exile and Rakdos Madness refers to the Merciless Rage deck, with Anje Falkenrath out front). A first-place ranking gives a deck four points, with second in a category being worth three, third two, and last just a single point. Instead, we'll turn to 10 categories and rank each Commander 2019 deck from first to worst.

If you only have $40 in your Magic budget, which deck should you buy? For this, we'll try to be as objective as possible-while the madness deck is my personal favorite since it has some really interesting legends and draws a lot of cards in a weirdly synergistic way, thanks to the madness mechanic and the various payoffs for discarding cards, drawing a lot of cards isn't a very good criterion for ranking the decks. While everyone could just buy every Commander 2019 deck in Magical Christmas Land, considering that the decks are selling for $40 to $45, not everyone has the extra money laying around to spend on cardboard, no matter how sweet they may be.

Whether expecting high-end reprints in Commander decks is reasonable is a conversation for another day because today, rather than trying to place Commander 2019 into the context of past Commander releases, our goal today is simple: to figure out which Commander 2019 deck is best. While this year's edition seems to be better received than last year's, some players still seem to have lingering doubts about whether or not the decks contain enough reprint value, mostly based on the lack of high-end cards.

FACELESS MENACE FOIL LEGENDARIES FULL

We got the full spoiler and complete deck lists for Commander 2019 last week, and the lists are overflowing with sweet new cards and spicy legends to use in the command zone.

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