Matt Thrower is a contributing freelance board game and video game writer for IGN
The new set has a lot of beautiful, fun, and a few daring cards (as usual.) If you dont own any magic cards (maybe you sold them all as I did some years back,) you can join me and so many others who play the online version MTG Arena (read my review of MTG Arena.) A good match It makes a lot of sense for the two brands to cooperate
Xander feels like the type of commander where the person with the loudest voice or worst hot takes will target you simply for showing up and make sure to let you know they hate you because YOU chose to play that deck even though theyve likely never played against it before
Maybe a Mardu deck with later entry Bartolom del Presidio
But, wow, this game delivered on the promise of excellent drama and storytelling that all of my peers hyped it to be
Separately, these specific abilities arent exactly top-tier, but Formidable Speaker is one of those cases where it is greater than the sum of its parts
