MTG Marvel Tremendous Heroes Commander deck leaks counsel extra to come back

The worldwide launch of Magic: The Gathering’s Lorwyn Eclipsed set is simply days previous, however on Jan. 25, photographs claiming to indicate 4 preconstructed Commander decks for the upcoming Marvel Tremendous Heroes set — due out in June — started circulating throughout Reddit and different social platforms.

Wizards of the Coast confirmed throughout an early December preview that Marvel Tremendous Heroes would come with “a number of” Commander decks starring Marvel heroes and villains. On the time, Wizards revealed that one would give attention to the Implausible 4. The newly surfaced photographs present packaging for that deck, together with three others. Whereas Wizards has not confirmed the pictures’ authenticity, that hasn’t stopped gamers from dissecting what the decks imply.

One Reddit person who shared the pictures mentioned they originated from a Magic neighborhood Discord server: “I might usually be skeptical myself, however the artwork appears to be distinctive except somebody finds in any other case,” they wrote. “It’d be a notable quantity of labor to faux this type of factor that most individuals wouldn’t trouble to do.”

What do the Marvel Commander leaks present?

The photographs depict bins for 4 preconstructed Commander decks, every displaying the colour id, title, mechanical focus, and artwork that includes Marvel characters.

The Implausible 4 deck is a red-green-white-blue construct centered on noncreature spells and protecting results. A red-white-blue Avengers Assemble deck leans into gear and counters, with Captain America and Nick Fury on the field artwork. A villain-focused blue-black-red deck titled Doom Prevails reveals Physician Doom and Loki, with mechanics described as “connive for energy” and “drain life.” The fourth deck, Wakanda Eternally, is a green-white construct starring Black Panther, centered on artifacts and the monarch mechanic.

What are followers saying concerning the leaks?

Regardless of the dearth of official affirmation, the neighborhood response broadly assumes that the pictures are professional — the field artwork appears just about indistinguishable from typical Commander merchandise.

Probably the most upvoted feedback on a Reddit submit discussing the leaks criticized the Implausible 4 deck’s four-color id: “Can they simply STOP with non-black four-color legends? Make a few of the different four-color pairings, WotC!” Whereas some described the colours of that deck as “elegant” for the Implausible 4, others level out that amongst four-color legendary creatures, this specific combo is already by far the commonest.

Related frustration emerged across the villain deck’s blue-black-red coloration id. A number of commenters famous that earlier crossover decks with Warhammer 40,000, The Lord of the Rings, and Physician Who all featured villain-focused preconstructed decks in the identical colours.

Various followers voiced pleasure to see the monarch mechanic returning as a part of the Black Panther deck. Monarch is a participant designation standing granted by means of sure playing cards, and a number of other playing cards additionally grant further results. When a participant turns into the monarch, they draw an additional card on the finish of their flip, but when an opposing participant offers fight harm to them, they develop into the brand new monarch. It primarily simulates one participant being the king, so it suits for a deck centered on King T’Challa of Wakanda. Monarch is usually related to blue and black playing cards. Of all the colours, inexperienced truly has the fewest monarch playing cards.

On this means, some known as the Wakanda Eternally deck distinctive, particularly as a result of inexperienced can also be traditionally anti-artifact. Blue-white is mostly related to artifact-based methods, so a green-white artifact deck with monarch is one thing we haven’t actually seen earlier than.

Criticism did floor round who and what isn’t represented in these decks. A number of followers questioned why Wakanda acquired a devoted deck whereas different main Marvel teams or characters, such because the X-Males or the Guardians of the Galaxy, are nowhere to be seen. Wizards beforehand described Marvel Tremendous Heroes as a part of a “multi-year team-up with Marvel,” main many to imagine that further Marvel-themed units are already deliberate.

Picture: Wizards of the Coast

Early promotional artwork for Marvel Tremendous Heroes has included characters like Scarlet Witch and Wolverine, and Wizards has already revealed a card for Quicksilver, who’s canonically a mutant. Even so, the present leaks have solely intensified hypothesis about how Wizards would possibly roll out Marvel’s sprawling solid over a number of releases. In any case, the Spider-Man set included a card for the Soul Stone, so with 5 extra Infinity Stones — and the Infinity Gauntlet — anticipated sooner or later sooner or later, Magic may unfold them out throughout a number of units.

For now, the leaked photographs stay unconfirmed, even when Marvel Tremendous Heroes is predicted to have 4 Commander decks when it is launched in June. Till then, now we have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover set due out March 6, adopted by Secrets and techniques of Strixhaven in April.