Upcoming Commanders

Flying

When Aerid Konstrari enters or dies, create a Heartwood token. (It's a red and green artifact with "{T}: Add {R} or {G}.")

{6}: Create a Heartwood token. Then Aerid Konstrari gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Flash

Flying

Whenever you scry or surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Flying

Whenever a creature you control attacks, that creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

{4}: Create a 2/2 colorless Wizard Soldier creature token named Cadet. Then creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Flying, vigilance, lifelink, ward {2}

Whenever you gain life, create a colorless artifact token named Lotus with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add three mana of any one color." This ability triggers only once each turn.

Flying

When Uldaros Theorix enters, if you cast him, exile up to one target nonland card of each card type from your graveyard. Copy those cards. You may cast any number of spells with total mana value 6 or less from among the copies without paying their mana costs. (Permanent spells cast this way become tokens.)

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest toughness among creatures you control.

Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender.

Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, you gain 1 life.

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Another target creature or planeswalker you control gains hexproof until end of turn.

Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, mill two cards.

Exhaust — {5}{B}: Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on Liliana. Activate only as a sorcery. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

When Tinybones enters, each opponent discards a card.

Whenever a player discards one or more cards, Tinybones deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Whenever a creature you control attacks a player alone, discard a card, then draw a card. Then put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each card you've discarded this turn.

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Trample

Other creatures you control have trample.

When Jiang Yanggu enters, create Mowu, a legendary 3/3 green Dog creature token.

At the beginning of your end step, untap all tokens you control.

Reach

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Titanbones.

When you discard this card, you gain 3 life.

Vigilance, trample

When Karn enters, draw a card for each color among other artifacts you control.

Artifacts and creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.

Other Phyrexians you control get +1/+1.

Each Equipment you control has living weapon. (Whenever an Equipment you control enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach that Equipment to it.)

Grakk can't attack or block.

Whenever you cast an Aura spell that targets a creature an opponent controls, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.

{5}{W}{W}{W}, Sacrifice Nivea: Create an Akroma, Angel of Wrath token. (She's a {5}{W}{W}{W} legendary 6/6 Angel creature with flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.)

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have Angel cards of any color identity and any basic land cards.

Flying

Whenever Seluma deals combat damage to a player, return target Angel creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

0: Create a 1/1 white Cat creature token with "{T}: Put a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control."

−1: Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a planeswalker or basic Plains card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

−8: Create ten Scryb Sprites tokens. (They're {G} 1/1 Faerie creatures with flying.)

Worzel, the Protector can be your commander.

The first spell you cast during each of your turns has assist. When you cast that spell, if another player spent mana to cast it, you and that player each draw a card. (As you cast a spell with assist, you may choose another player. They may pay some or all of the generic mana in the spell's cost.)

+1: Create two tapped Powerstone tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

−X: Untap X target artifacts.

−6: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Dyfed, the Guiding Hand can be your commander.

Flying

If you would create one or more tokens, you may create that many Clue tokens instead. (They're artifacts with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, counter that spell. Create a number of 1/1 blue Merfolk creature tokens equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell.

Protection from red

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Whenever a face-down creature attacks one of your opponents, it can't be blocked this combat.

{3}: Manifest the top card of your library. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Rulebreaker — If Tolabow, Loch Rascal is your commander, the color identity of instant and sorcery cards in your deck can include one color of your choice not in your commander's color identity, and your deck can have any basic land cards.

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Attacking Ninjas and Rogues you control have deathtouch.

Whenever one or more Ninjas and/or Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Rat Rogue creature token.

Istvan attacks each combat if able.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Istvan by creatures.

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Istvan.

Menace

At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may draw four cards. If they do, look at that player's hand and you may cast a spell from their hand without paying its mana cost. If they don't, put two +1/+1 counters on Kuroki.

Menace

Whenever Miss Highwater deals combat damage to a player who doesn't have a contract counter, they may discard their hand. If they do, they draw seven cards and get a contract counter. For as long as they have a contract counter, when they lose the game, for each artifact and creature they controlled, create a token that's a copy of it.

Whenever Olinda enters or attacks, for each opponent, put an odor counter on up to one target creature that player controls without an odor counter on it. Each of those creatures has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life" for as long as it has an odor counter on it. (They continue to smell after Olinda has left the battlefield.)

Eminence — At the beginning of your upkeep, Sahir deals 1 damage to you. This ability triggers only if Sahir is in the command zone or on the battlefield.

Whenever a source you control deals exactly 1 damage to you and whenever a spell or ability you control causes you to lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Sahir. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card.

+2: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

0: You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, add {B}{B}{B}.

−5: Create a Lord of the Pit token. (It's a {4}{B}{B}{B} 7/7 Demon creature with flying, trample, and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature. If you can't, this token deals 7 damage to you.")

Thomil, the Destroyer can be your commander.

Flying, trample, protection from Angels and from Archons

Players can't gain life.

When Balefang enters, target opponent creates a tapped Baneslayer Angel token. The token is goaded for the rest of the game. (It's a {3}{W}{W} 5/5 Angel creature with flying, first strike, lifelink, and protection from Demons and from Dragons.)

Whenever you discard one or more cards at random, select one or more targets at random, choose one or more modes at random, flip one or more coins, or roll one or more dice, put a +1/+1 counter on Chira and create a tapped Treasure token.

Flying

Once during each of your turns, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast from exile.

Whenever Dragon's Smile deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles that many cards from the top of their library. You may play those cards this turn.

Crew 3

If a triggered ability of a permanent you control but don't own triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to that artifact's mana value on Joven and Chandler.

{R}{R}{R}, {T}: Gain control of target artifact until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Whenever a source you control deals damage, if at least one permanent or player was dealt exactly 2 of that damage, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your next turn.

{R}, {T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Matoc deals 2 damage to any other target.

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have Aura cards of any color identity and any basic land cards.

+1: Add one mana of any color. When you spend this mana to cast an Aura spell this turn, create a 1/1 red Gremlin creature token.

−3: Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to twice the number of Auras you control. For each Aura attached to you, attach it to an opponent of your choice.

The Unluckiest Planeswalker can be your commander.

Hexproof

When Autumn Willow enters, create a 1/1 green Forest Dryad land creature token. (It's affected by summoning sickness.)

Whenever you tap a land creature for mana, add an additional {G}.

Trample, hexproof, indestructible

Whenever you cast a permanent spell with {X} in its mana cost or activate an ability with {X} in its activation cost that isn't a mana ability, you may have the value of X become 5. Do this only once each turn.

+2: Create a Giant Badger token. (It's a {1}{G}{G} 2/2 Badger creature with "Whenever this token blocks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.")

−3: Mill three cards. Put all permanent cards from among them into your hand.

−8: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness 8/8 and gain trample.

Greensleeves can be your commander.

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have creature cards with mana value 7 or greater of any color identity and any basic land cards.

Whenever a creature you control with mana value 7 or greater attacks, double its power and toughness until end of turn.

Whenever another creature dies, create a Food token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

For every seven Foods you control, Squirrels you control get +3/+3.

+2: Arzakon deals 3 damage to any other target.

−3: Create a Black Lotus token. (It's a {0} artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add three mana of any one color.")

−7: Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.

Arzakon can be your commander.

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)

Discover X, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Ashaya's Enduring Bond can be your commander.

When Chief Magistrate of Mercadia enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Then if you're the monarch, for each creature token you control, create a token that's a copy of it.

Whenever another creature you control enters, you lose 1 life and add {B}.

The first nonlegendary creature spell you cast each turn has demonstrate. (When you cast that spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Each copy becomes a token.)

+2: Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying.

0: Draw a card. You may put a permanent card with mana value 4 or less from your hand onto the battlefield.

−7: Create a Feroz's Ban token. (It's a {6} artifact with "Creature spells cost {2} more to cast.")

Feroz, Ulgrotha's Warden can be your commander.

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have any land cards.

Whenever Grizzlegom attacks, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each Plains you control. Draw a card for each Island you control. Each opponent loses 1 life for each Swamp you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on Grizzlegom for each Mountain you control. You gain 1 life for each Forest you control.

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, any number of target players each mill X cards, where X is twice the number of Crabs, Lobsters, Nautiluses, Starfish, and/or Trilobites you control.

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top three cards of your library. Each opponent secretly chooses a number 0 or greater. Then those numbers are revealed. Choose an opponent with the highest number. Itazura deals that much damage to them, then they may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost. You put a card from among them that wasn't cast this way into your hand.

Each Beast, Camel, Horse, Elephant, and Wolf creature you control is a Mount in addition to its other types and has saddle 2. (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: That Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Whenever a saddled creature you control attacks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Draw a card. Create a Food token.

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Whenever a creature you control with shadow deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

{3}: Put a shadow counter on another target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Whenever The Madcap Jester attacks, each opponent exiles the top card of their library.

Whenever a spell or ability you control causes one or more cards to be exiled from an opponent's library, you may play those cards until the end of your next turn. Mana of any type can be spent to cast spells this way.

Whenever Massimo or another creature you control enters, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card with mana value 1 from your graveyard. If a card is exiled this way, that creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost."

Each other creature you control gets +3/+3 as long as it's not attacking or blocking.

Creature spells you control and creature cards you own in any zone other than the battlefield or the stack get +3/+3.

When Nephilim Epochal enters, search your library for a Nephilim card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Nephilim you control get +1/+1 for each other Nephilim you control and can't be blocked by monocolored creatures.

Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Cat you control.

Whenever another Cat you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Zombie you control.

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped Cats and/or Zombies you control.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on Rikala. Then if there are four or more tide counters on Rikala, remove them.

Creatures you control get +1/+0 for each tide counter on Rikala.

Whenever you tap an Island for mana, if there are three or more tide counters on Rikala, add an additional {U}.

Flying, lifelink

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

When Selenia dies, create a legendary black Aura Curse enchantment token named Selenia's Curse attached to target opponent. The token has enchant player and "If enchanted player would lose life, they lose twice that much life instead."

Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

+1: Goad up to two target creatures.

−6: Each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.

Sifa Grent can be your commander.

Trample, indestructible

When Tresserhorn's Lord enters, sacrifice him unless you sacrifice three creatures, pay 3 life, and have target opponent draw three cards.

Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card.

Double strike

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)

Whenever Tsagan attacks, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn for each creature you control with first strike or double strike.

Max speed — Tsagan has deathtouch. Other creatures you control have first strike.

Whenever another nontoken Ooze creature you control dies, create two tokens that are copies of that creature, except they're 2/2 and they aren't legendary.

Each nontoken creature you control that wasn't cast from your hand enters with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

+1: Exile up to one other target permanent you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

−2: For each opponent, return up to one target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand.

Venser, Visionary Traveler can be your commander.

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Whenever The Weaver King deals combat damage to a player, they mill that many cards. Then for each opponent, put a creature card from that player's graveyard that was put there from their library this turn onto the battlefield under your control.

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander has no maximum deck size.

{3}, {T}: You draw a card and gain 1 life. This ability costs {3} less to activate if you had 200 or more cards in your starting deck.

Vigilance, trample

At the beginning of your end step, each player may create a tapped land token named Sanctum with "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Each opponent who does can't attack you during their next turn.

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have artifact creature and Equipment cards of any color identity and any basic land cards.

Whenever you cast an artifact creature or Equipment spell, you may copy that spell. Do this only once each turn. (The copy becomes a token.)

Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have Phyrexian cards of any color identity and any basic land cards.

Phyrexian creatures you control have menace and lifelink.

When Euru, Acorn Scrounger enters, you may forage. When you do, conjure a card named Chitterspitter onto the battlefield.

Whenever one or more Squirrels you control deal combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a token. If you do, put an acorn counter on each permanent you control named Chitterspitter.

Lifelink

Whenever Brad Boimler becomes tapped, until end of turn, if one or more counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.

If you gaining life causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Dr. Crusher.

{1}, {T}: Another target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Picard's power. Activate only as a sorcery.

Flash

Federation — When Saavik enters, she deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of creature types among non-Borg creatures you control.

Federation — When Hoshi Sato enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creature types among non-Borg creatures you control. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Flying

Whenever V'Ger enters or attacks, choose one —

• Look at target opponent's hand, then draw a card.

• Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until your next turn.

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Klingon you control.

First strike

Reckless Behavior — Whenever Beckett Mariner becomes tapped, put a promotion counter on her. Then if there are three or more promotion counters on her, remove those counters and she deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Whenever Captain Kirk enters or attacks, choose one. If you have no cards in hand, choose one or more instead.

• Discard a card, then draw a card.

• Create a 1/1 red Officer creature token.

• Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Whenever you attack while creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature can't block this turn.

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Whenever Captain Janeway or another creature you control enters, that creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Whenever you face a dilemma, draw a card. (You face a dilemma as you choose one or more modes for a spell or ability.)

Whenever one or more charge counters are put on U.S.S. Enterprise-D for the first time each turn, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 7+.)

7+ | Flying, vigilance

Strange new worlds — When Christine Chapel enters, you gain life equal to the number of differently named lands you control.

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Christine Chapel.

Vigilance

Spacecraft creatures you control get +3/+3.

Whenever Captain Kirk enters or attacks, search your library and/or graveyard for a basic land card or a card named Starship Enterprise, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

When Will Riker enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell.

When Pelia enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

When T'Pol enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put two stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Whenever Badgey becomes tapped, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Whenever Kruge attacks, attacking Klingons you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Whenever Picard enters or attacks, put two +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control.

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

{T}: Draw a card.

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Trelane can't be blocked.

Artifact creatures you control get +2/+0.

When Borg Queen enters, assimilate target creature card from an opponent's graveyard. (Put it onto the battlefield under your control with a +1/+1 counter. It's a Borg artifact creature and loses all other creature types.)

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Whenever Kirk attacks while creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

You may play lands and cast creature spells from the top of your library.

Deathtouch

Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.

Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.