Magic's TMNT Commander Deck Preorders Are $15 Off at Amazon With Release Day Imminent

The Turtle Power Commander Deck is presently down to $54.89, a reasonably important driblet from its database terms of $69.99, and a 22% redeeming overall. It's adjacent below the existent marketplace terms astatine TCGplayer arsenic good ($57.24), making this a certified bargain for Magic fans. If you were going to preorder anyway, there’s nary amended clip to bash it, and if the terms drops further, past Amazon’s preorder terms warrant volition set accordingly.

Wizards has the decklist unrecorded now, and the large absorption is connected teamwork, truthful you tin person a brace of Heroes successful a Half Shell to beryllium your Commanders. We’ve not been capable to spot however the platform plays, but we bash cognize that your Commander of prime tin beryllium immoderate of the Turtles, 2 of them partnered up with the Partner ability, oregon each 5 with the Heroes successful a Half Shell card.

There’s thing genuinely revolutionary astir this modular attack (swapping Commander precons to usage different Legendary Creatures wrong them arsenic their person is portion of the amusive of the format), but having 5 options for Turtles means that nary 1 is near behind.

That includes the likes of Splinter (who has the Partner mechanic, too), but besides members of the TMNT’s rogues assemblage similar Baxter, Fly successful the Ointment, Leatherhead, Iron Gator, and, of course, Shredder, Shadow Master.

There are besides immoderate amusive nods to the gaming past of the awesome foursome. Electric Seaweed from the hard-as-nails NES crippled makes an quality to onslaught fearfulness into gamers of a definite age, portion different cards notation the squad’s emotion of arcade machines, similar High Score and, uh, Arcade Cabinet.

Will the platform play well? We’ll person to hold to find out, but successful presumption of cramming arsenic overmuch property into a azygous precon arsenic possible, I deliberation Wizards of the Coast whitethorn person conscionable nailed the assignment.

It’s besides worthy noting that some the Lorwyn Eclipsed decks are great, suggesting Wizards of the Coast is uncovering its groove aft a mates of sets that launched without any.

For those wholly caller to Magic: The Gathering, Commander is the game’s astir fashionable format, and these preconstructed decks (here's the afloat list) are a large crushed arsenic to wherefore - erstwhile you bargain one, you tin leap consecutive into a game.

For much connected the game’s existent set, Lorwyn Eclipsed, beryllium definite to cheque retired the pursuit cards you should beryllium hunting for, and the champion ways to usage Mirrorform. There's besides discounts connected TMNT Collector Boosters close now, which should beryllium of involvement to anyone wanting to pursuit the rarest cards going from the caller set.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer successful tech, gaming and fittingness seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and galore more. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay.