Set Prospective
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
This article is part of our community-sourced Set Prospective series. We survey Cube designers before the set’s official release to document their first impressions of new cards.
The Commander preconstructed decks that accompany each major Magic release are a good opportunity to pick up cheap reprints and, for Cube curators, a look at entirely new cards for consideration in their custom draft formats.
Results
| Card | Testers▼ | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Unshakable Tail | 39.6% | 6.6 |
| Merchant of Truth | 24.5% | 6.1 |
| Final-Word Phantom | 17.0% | 4.9 |
| Ransom Note | 13.2% | 5.8 |
| On the Trail | 9.4% | 6.2 |
| Charnel Serenade | 9.4% | 4.0 |
| Foreboding Steamboat | 9.4% | 5.5 |
| Counterpoint | 7.5% | 6.3 |
| Follow the Bodies | 7.5% | 6.8 |
| Armed with Proof | 7.5% | 6.4 |
| Tesak, Judith's Hellhound | 7.5% | 6.7 |
| Detective of the Month | 7.5% | 5.7 |
| Morska, Undersea Sleuth | 7.5% | 6.3 |
Single Card Discussion
The Hits
As usual with Commander-focused sets, the most popular cards among Cube curators tend to operate at a new nexus of synergy. Unshakable Tail is a great example: Zombie enabler, self-mill enabler, artifact-and-card-draw enabler, and it’s a 3/2 if you just want to beat down. The same goes for the other most popular cards from this set, Merchant of Truth, Final-Word Phantom, and Ransom Note.
Reprint Alert
With every reprint-focused set comes an opportunity for budget-minded Cube owners to pick up powerful and historically significant staples at a friendlier price, or with updated rules text. In that vein, MKC is Necromancy’s first printing with updated Oracle text (although, as I struggled to parse that novella, I see why WotC was in no rush).
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