Magic: The Gathering Legends Reap The Tides (100 Card Ready-to-Play Deck, 1 Foil Commander, Blue-Green)

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There are also a lot of lands that enter tapped. While this is not a huge problem in lower-level circles, if you can upgrade to dual lands that enter untapped, you should. Some great additions would be:

The precon includes a few landfall cards like Avenger of Zendikar and Rampaging Baloths, but it is missing a few other powerful cards. These are some of them:card draw; Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, Fathom Mage, Mulldrifter, Nezahal, Primal Tide, Sphinx of Uthuun, Compulsive Research, Fact or Fiction, Harmonize, Urban Evolution, Seer's Sundial, Ior Ruin Expedition As with Tatyova, there is huge potential to combo off with Aesi, Tyrant of the Gyre Strait. In this section, I will explain some combo lines that you might be able to build in to. Other than that, you could clean out all of the creatures and fill them with your favorite Serpents from Magic’s history. Conclusion

Commander precons are always good value when they first release. You typically get several Commander staples in them, which add up to what you paid for it. They’re also good fun and a nice place to start for new players. The only real difference is that Aesi is a Serpent with a bigger body and it can let you play an additional land on each of your turns. These differences are the ones that we are going to accentuate for this section and the rest of the article. Leviathan is stylish but overcosted and most of our creatures don't fly or have islandwalk. Kogla is insane value removal plus threat. There are not any Serpents in the precon, so you could potentially take out all of the creatures. I would recommend leaving in Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep, since it has an ability that synergizes with Serpents. Explorers of the Deep" Precon Upgrade Guide | Merfolk +1/+1 Counters | Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander,

In a similar vein to Akiri, Fearless Voyager (a.k.a Akiri 2.0), Wyleth, Soul of Steel rewards you with actual card draw for leaning into Equipment and Auras. While Akiri 2.0 and Wyleth, Soul of Steel both grant card draw in a color combination typically not associated with retaining a large hand size, their differences are noteworthy. Reap the Tides had the right idea already. There are a lot of big creatures and a lot of ramp spells. However, any of them can be upgraded to any of the aforementioned ideas I presented in this section. 3) Combo The final main Landfall card is Zendikar’s Roil, and there’s actually a little hidden combo here. Risen Reef’s ability triggers when Elementals enter the battlefield, and Zendikar’s Roil creates Elementals on Landfall. So as long as you’re hitting lands with Risen Reef’s triggers, you’re making more tokens (and drawing more cards with Aesi)! This is a simple way to build a threatening board out of nowhere, and will command respect from unsuspecting opponents. Ramp & Lands Matter

As mentioned earlier, these new precons seem to mimic some of the mechanics that we’ve seen with Zendikar Rising. Specifically, landfall and equipment. If you’ve already opened up a bunch of sealed ZNR, you might have some easy upgrades for these precons on hand. Sphinx of the Second Sun is another high-costed creature that would be fun to spend all of your mana on. Plus, it untaps your lands and draws you an extra card in the second half of your turn, giving you even more resources to use.

Now this commander isn't a totally unique design, and is actually quite similar to another popular commander: Aesi is basically the result of taking Tatyova, Benthic Druid and stapling an Exploration on to her. You lose some lifegain, but honestly this looks like a significant upgrade to me: being able to play an additional land per turn is well worth the one extra mana to cast. Plus, Aesi is a big ol' Serpent, and everyone knows that Serpents are way cooler than Merfolk (sorry, Prof)! So if you're wondering which commander is better, I personally think Aesiis an upgrade. Justin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu Justin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu Justin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu If you have another idea about how to do it, I would love to hear about it in the comments. Otherwise, let’s get right into which cards I would include for these different upgrade pathways. Power Level

While Boros does continue to lean into its combat roots, I think WotC has done interesting work in expanding the color combination's potential for staying power and card advantage. I'm really pleased with the versatility of Boros Equipment and Aura support we've gotten of late. Feeling more aggressive? Maybe Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (cliffside excavations? #lifegoals). Want to be more resilient and reactive? Maybe Akiri, Fearless Voyager this game. Or maybe 'more smash = more cash'? Wyleth, Soul of Steel can provide some of the Voltron feel while also snowballing into more card advantage. Plus, all of these cards synergize well together in the 99, smoothing out Equip costs, adding resiliency, and granting card advantage in colors that have historically struggled with them in a four-player free-for-all. But which one would be more fun? It really depends on your play style. If you want to go wide with a bunch of creatures, go with Aesi. If you want to be a more aggressive, go with Wyleth.From just a numbers perspective, this actually looks really good for a precon! But now it's time to take a closer look at the individual cards in the precon: Targeted Removal.There's a high amount of targeted removal and most of it is really good. Allstars include Terastodon, Reclamation Sage, and Acidic Slime, being good on their own but particularly strong when paired with the mass bounce spells in the precon to re-use their powerful ETB triggers. There's some less appealing options here but it's a great start. This isn’t the only combination available, either; there are a number of ways to go infinite, all requiring Retreat to Coralhelm and one of your land summoners. Here are a few other combinations: While there is a reasonable difference in power between Commander 2020 and the other products right out of the box, some simple upgrades can help rectify any balance issues. You can see my upgrade article for Reap the Tides here, and Kristen Gregory’s article for Arm for Battle here for some inspiration! Upgradability Primary goal is to protect our value engine aka Aesi and the difference between 1cmc and 2cmc is huge.