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  • posted a message on Commander 2019 Theme Speculation
    Looking at the previous commander sets, especially the last two years (commander 2017 and 2018)here are the following facts chronologically (please forgive me if I don't correctly order the colours in the usual way):

    Ammonkhet

    Commander 2018
    WG : cats
    BWR: Vampires
    WUBRG: Dragons
    URB: Wizards

    Ixalan (with WB vampires and UG Merfolk)

    Dominaria (with Wizards)

    Commander 2018 - planeswalkers
    UR: Artifacts
    GBR: Land matters
    UGW: Enchantments (with merfolk commander option)
    BUW: Top deck matters (with esper zombie commander)

    Ravnica set (including angel and demon/devil tribal synergy), still waiting for Bolas/war of the spark set to launch

    Modern horizons - Serra Angel card present + that other card that has a cool Phyrexian theme to it

    Then probs commander 2019 release

    After Ravnica we will have a new plane to go to - probably nordic/vikings themed
    After that probably New Phyrexia

    Prediction:
    Looking at the past it seems we will have a 2mana symbol deck and at least 2 3 mana symbol decks with potentially a 4 or 5 mana symbol deck to complete the 4 decks. We already have had mardu, jund, grixis, bant and esper shards, Jeskai has not received much love in commander formats so I would wager that will be 1 of the decks. After that there could either be Temur or Abzan or potentially 4 or 5 mana decks. No idea what the two mana deck will be (other than not Selesnia or Izzet), hoping for RG Werewolves - one can always dream as it would be very heard to print a commander flip deck for new players who may not use sleeves, what gives me hope is that a nordic theme could easily included werewolves.
    I would love this new set to be plane focused with a tribal sub-theme, and as the theme could really be anything, I'm happy to speculate on what I hope happens:

    Angel Theme likely as we have had the new Serra and strong angel theme in ravnica. Maybe for the innistrad plane. Just as likely a demon/devil theme with rakdos looking sharp - so Orzhov or Rakdos, unless angels get WUBERG
    Assuming the next plane will be viking themed I believe that minotaurs will not be included as a creature type as they are very theme specific (unless they are hairy minotaurs in scandanavia. That would be cool).
    Phyrexian/Mirrodin theme is possible. BGU at a push BGUW?
    Left field plane Green;red and a third colour unless angels get WUBERG
    And then a non-plane theme following 2018 commander trend. - is this where Jeskai fits?


    I'll be really happy if:
    We get a new Sorin card/commander card
    They make a viable werewolf commander
    Garruk makes his way back

    Posted in: Speculation
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