Commander 2019

Henchfolk Card Typing

Why was Mercenary chosen for the henchfolk cards in OTJ instead of Minion? Thank you for answering our questions sir.

We support Minion in that we haven’t changed it from the cards that have it, but we don’t use it on new cards anymore. With the exception of three cards in Commander 2019 that were redone legendary creatures that were originally Minion (Chainer, K'rrik, and Xantcha), we haven’t printed Minion on a card since Legions in 2003 (21 years ago!)

Appreciation Card Printing Commander 2019 Creatures Legendary Creatures Legions Mercenary Minion Outlaws of Thunder Junction Xantcha

Cross-Plane Sets

"The next premier set is literally The Brothers’ War."Isn't that tied to Dominaria? We went from getting precons, core sets, and supplemental sets that all could and would mix planes, now it's just the supplemental sets... sometimes. C19 had a deck with characters from Alara, Ravnica, Ixalan, and Dominaria, not even including who all is in the other decks. It just doesn't seem like we can get that anymore and I miss it.

We will still make sets like that. Modern Horizons 2, which did that, is still on sale. Just remember that there are a lot of players that want different things and we’re trying to make all of them happy.

Commander 2019 Dominaria Ixalan Modern Horizons 2 Planes Premier Sets The Brothers' War The Brothers' War

Trend of Planeswalker Reprints

I liked the inclusion of planeswalker reprints in C19 and C20. Can we expect this as a trend going forward?

I wouldn’t say it’s a trend. It’s more of a possibility.

Commander 2019 Commander 2020 Planeswalkers Reprints

Commander Planeswalker Tradition

Is the "one planeswalker in each Commander deck" thing that we can expect to see more of in the future, or was it just a one-off for Commander 2019?

It was true for Comnander 2019. It’s not necessarily something all Commsnder decks in the future are going to do.

Commander Commander 2019 Planeswalkers

Standard vs Supplemental

“Does the set have snow as a mechanic? If so, is it flavorfully tied to snow/cold?” Did anyone complain about there being a random snow creature in Commander 2019? I think a lot of players would appreciate you removing the “does the set have the snow mechanic” criteria and you just went by flavourfully, should any given new card be Snow.

We treat supplemental sets very differently than Standard-legal sets. Unstable had one storm card. A Standard-legal set would never do that. I have a whole scale dedicated to the concept.

Commander Commander 2019 Creatures Keyword Abilities Mechanics Standard Unstable

C19 Survey

Was there a survey for C19?

I assume there was, but I don’t know for sure.

Commander 2019

Madness in Innistrad Return

I love the new Commander 2019 products. In a hypothetical return to Innistrad that I know will probably happen eventually, do you think that Madness will continue to be a part of the Vampire stuff or should I expect something different?

Madness reflected the influence of Emrakul on the plane, so madness’s return is not a certainty.

Commander Commander 2019 Innistrad Madness Vampire

Commander 2019 Enjoyment

I told my friend that I got the Anje Falkenrath Commander Deck today and he said, "you got a new deck? What Madness is this?" I told everyone at the shop and we got a few laughs. (Everyone at my Local Game Shop had loads of fun at the Event today!)

Glad you’re having fun with Commander 2019. : )

Anje Falkenrath Commander Commander 2019 Game Stores Madness

Populate Mechanic Fact

Today is my 30th birthday. I am curious if you had any facts about the Populate mechanic, since I will be getting that Commander 2019 deck as a gift to myself

My original populate mechanic copied one of each different token type (as I was riffing off of Proliferate) but it was too strong in playtesting, so we changed it to just one.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Commander Commander 2019 Mechanics Playtesting Populate Power Level Proliferate Tokens

Commander 2019 Snow Creature

I think this is a first time high five request from me: Can you please high five whoever is responsible for there somewhat randomly being a Snow Creature in Commander 2019? It makes me very happy to see Snow cards without there being a need to have other cards that reference Snow in the same product.

Snow high five shall be applied.

Commander Commander 2019 Creatures High Fives

C19 Survey Possibility

Will there be a c19 survey?

I assume so.

Commander 2019

Product Naming Confusion

I understand why the commander product doesn't need to be named after 2020 because it's not on the shelves for that long, but does it NEED to be named after 2019? It's a bit confusing sometimes that Magic 2020 goes with Commander 2019. Why not just call it Commander 2020?

I admit it’s confusing. It’s been raised internally that the inconsistency is both confusing and nonaesthetic.

Commander Commander 2019 Commander 2020

C19 Design Team

Glenn introduced Set Design for C19, but who was on Vision Design with Ethan?

The Commander 2019 vision design team was:Ethan Fleischer (lead)Glenn Jones Jeremy LogueNoah Millrod

Commander Commander 2019 Ethan Fleischer

Break From Angels?

Hi Mark, I am a huge angel collector. I notice that commander 2019 doesn't have any new angels until now (the decks with white were published) and Throne of Eldraine doesn't look like a plane with any angels. Will we take a larger break from them?

Magic can’t stay away from Angels for long.

Angel Commander Commander 2019 Throne of Eldraine White

Set Naming Conundrum

Why did we get core set 2020 released followed by commander 2019? I know about the whole make it 2020 so big chain stores will display it longer but I don’t understand the inconsistency!

Commander sets don’t stay on sale long enough to merit the 2020 label whereas Core 2020 will sell for a whole year. Yeah, I admit it’s weird, but it’s what we have to do to sell the core set in mass for a year.

Commander Commander 2019 Core Set 2020

Commander 2019 Gallery

No card image gallery for Commander 2019?

I assume it’s coming.

Commander Commander 2019

Gerard Card Birthday

Hello, it's my birthday today and I was hoping for some trivia on the new Gerard card from Commander 2019.

I don’t have a lot of knowledge on his design. Glenn Jones, the set design lead’s first Magic novel was Rath and Storm, and he has a fondness for the Weatherlight Saga. When he was making Gerard, he came to me to check on colors and I said red/white. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Boros (R/W) Colors Commander Commander 2019 Keyword Abilities Red Sagas Weatherlight White

Madness Commander Appreciation

Could you please high five the person who put a madness commander in commander 2019

Will do!

Appreciation Commander Commander 2019 High Fives Madness

Concern Over Blue Instant

Hi Mark Commander 2019's new Blue Instant, Leadership Vacuum, is concerning. This is hard removal for Commanders that have already resolved and bypasses protection/hexproof/shroud/indestructible AND cantrips. Blue is supposed to have the worst post-resolution removal. This should have sent them to their owner's hand. As it is now, the card may as well Exile the targetted player's Commander(s).

It’s sending them to a zone where they can get recasted. That feels a lot like unsummonjng and feels fine for blue.

Blue Commander Commander 2019 Hexproof Indestructible Instants Leadership Vacuum Protection Shroud The Exile Zone Your Hand

Sevinne's Pronouns

Do you know as which gender Sevinne from C19 identifies?

Gavin said Sevinne uses he/him.

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