

There are five Backgrounds for each color: one rare, one common, and three uncommons. I also really like Backgrounds in the 99 or 98 of your Commander deck as a way to increase the power of your individual commander or commanders without the traditional “Voltron” style of piling on Equipment or Auras attached directly to the commander. Having Backgrounds count as commanders can be quite potent for a whole host of cards that have been printed since Wizards of the Coast (WotC) started designing cards with Commander in mind, since enchantments will often be more resilient to mass removal spells than creatures. “Commander tax,” the additional cost of two mana for every time you’ve cast a commander from the command zone, applies separately to your Background. If it is put into your graveyard, exiled, or would otherwise leave the battlefield, you may put it back into the command zone. This means that the Background can have a different color identity from the legendary creature, and you use the combined color identity of both the legendary creature card and the legendary Background card to determine what the other 98 cards in your Commander deck.įor purposes other than color identity, that Background is treated as an individual commander on its own. If you do, that Background functions as a second commander for your deck. If the legendary creature you’ve chosen as your commander has chosen a Background, you may start the game with both that creature and a legendary Background enchantment in the command zone.


Choose a Background is a very specific version of the partner ability, which can allow a player to have more than one commander. There are 28 legendary creatures in this set that have an ability that allows them to start the game with a Background in the command zone, called Choose a Background. A Background enchantment that’s in your commander’s color identity can, of course, be played in a Commander deck just like any other card. Most often, this bonus comes in the form of an ability your commander gains or a boost to their power and/or toughness. Each one gives your commander a bonus that will help them (and therefore help you) in the game. Legendary Background cards represent the story that brought your commander to the point where we find them now. There are a lot of cool cards and some new mechanics, but to my mind, the coolest new cards for our Commander toolbox are the new enchantment subtype, Backgrounds!įrom the article on the mechanics of Baldur’s Gate, Backgrounds are a new type of enchantment.
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