NEW SET: Commander 2013! Plus: Top four in Theros RED!

Recently today, I happened to have stumbled onto a new commander set that is being released! Five new commanders are being released, two of which are just on the "reprint" (Prossh and Jeleva). However, they are releasing all new and completely unique new commanders in this set. And I'm going to let you take a peek, along with a little paragraph review.

1.Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

 I'm going to assume that they intended to spell imperial wrong. Who cares! this card is kind of cool. It has an ability which allows you to put it into the battlefield, without it getting countered for the same mana cost. At instant speed, that's pretty cool. It makes this card solid and a little more friendly after it leaves the battlefield and leaves the commander zone repeatedly. It gives you a consistent ability that cant be countered... unless you have an ability counter. Also an opportunity to smash in after blockers are declared to get some of your stuff is untapped.

Not a beast. I wouldn't consider bant to be my favourite colours in EDH, but this guy is a solid general

7/10

2. Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

 WHAT?! a consistent 2 life every turn? for no mana? do you have any idea how well this would work with Archangel of Thune? What I like about this card is that you don't really need it on the field. That could also be a problem for some people. People, a lot of the time, have their deck revolve around their commanders. I don't think this guy is that solid if you want to have it in the field. Yes, you get to draw cards for a single mana when you gain that life twice, but his mana cost doesn't really hold my loyalty to this guy. This guys does have an esper feel to it. Still though... 2 life every turn. bam.

Rating: 7.2/10

3. Marath, Will of the Wild

This guy... is consistent for power. But when you think about it, he isn't very special compared to the other two. 3/3 for 3... 5/5 for 5. And it gives +1/+1 counters to creatures when you remove them from him. It's an okay response to it getting targeted by something that kills it, but it's not a creature I would consistently play and have use for. It just doesn't have that great of a job to do. They could have just made an uncommon that had "X" for a mana cost where it could only be played with red, green or white mana. Then, it would enter the battlefield with power and toughness equal to the amoutn of mana you played to cast it. Wild Nacatl is still better..

Rating: 4.3/10

When I add the decimals to my ratings, they might as well be rounded. But, in a lot of cases, they do indicate the cards that I prefer over others.

Top Four: Red

4. Magma Jet

Great reprint, great card. I would pay the extra mana, compared to shock, to have the scry ability any day. Magma jet allows you to check your next two draws and decide if you want to chuck them or not. Great idea to reprint, works great in this set and a great card for any deck that runs red

Rating: 8/10

3. Anger of the Gods

Essential board wipe for most of the super awesome creatures in this set. This card has flavor like bubblegum ice-cream and works great with one of my personal favourite buddies. Boros Reckoner! With Boros Reckoner, you can essentially take out a 6/6 creature by redirecting the damage that this card had dealt to it, while this card has already dealt 3 damage to the creature you want to take out.

Rating 8.0001238/10

2. Stormbreath Dragon

This card is the new, if not, better Thundermaw Hellkite. This card is very "anti-bant". It has protection from white, it cannot be blocked by annoying white/red flyers like Aurelia and it cant be chained to rocks. Seeing this guy in Red/Green aggro decks will be no surprise to me. You need the ramp for his monstrosity ability so this guy becomes more deadly than he already is. However, this guy can get blocked by Arbor Colossus, an under rated card.

Rating 8.2/10 

1. Purphoros, God of the Forge

I underrated this card. I simply did not see how good it could be with Young Pyromancer, Assemble the Legion and Elspeth, this sets big planeswalker. with elspeth on the field, this guy provides 6 damage for when you use her +1 ability to populate three 1/1 tokens. And, assuming you have mana left over, you have to consider that Elspeth's +1 ability does not require mana to use... So feel free to cast anything else after that! Almost perfect. His activated ability could go down by one colourless mana and he would be perfect! (wink wink).

8.7/10

I'm going to be watching Mythicspoiler for updates on Commander 2013 like a hawk. Check it out too if you want to!

http://mythicspoiler.com/

It also shows the case that these new commander cards come in! How exciting!

Next week, I will either have an update on Commander 2013. If not, another random topic plus the top 4 white cards in Theros

Thank you!