


Magic’s Head Designer Mark Rosewater said that Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths will feature some Human tribal elements and Jirina Kudro fits right in with that theme. It will help you copy those spells with its first ability and then keep growing bigger each time you copy a spell with its second ability. Kalamax, the Stormsire is focused on copying your instant and sorcery spells. Kalamax, the Stormsire in Ruthless Regiment Not only can Otrimi mutate itself but its other ability makes sure to return other mutate creatures from your graveyard so you can keep mutating all game long. Otrimi, the Ever-Playful features one of Ikoria’s new mechanics, mutate.
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While Wizards showed off the five new Commanders from Ikoria Commander, we won’t know the full deck lists until Monday, April 6. All five Commanders are three colors, representing each of Magic’s “wedge” combinations. Today’s preview stream revealed that the five Ikoria Commander decks will be led by five legendary creatures from the plane Ikoria: Otrimi, the Ever-Playful, Kalamax, the Stormsire, Jirina Kudro, Gavi, Nest Warden, and Kathril, Aspect Warper. All of the new cards will be spells, lands, and creatures set on Ikoria, while any reprints could potentially be from anywhere within Magic’s pantheon. Ikoria Commander, originally Commander 2020, will contain five Ikoria-themed Commander decks with a total of 71 brand-new cards spread throughout those decks-a record high for a Commander product. Along with all of the other things shown on today’s Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths preview stream, Wizards of the Coast also revealed the five commanders that will come with the Ikoria Commander decks.
