

But, for as long as it isn't banned, players should have a chance of getting a copy outside of paying through the nose for it second hand. This isn't an endorsement of the card, and it probably will get banned eventually. This isn't some Reserved List card, it was printed only three years ago in a mass-produced deck, and is now one of the most-played cards in the Commander format it shouldn't cost upward of $60. The card has never been reprinted in any form since then either, forcing its secondary price to shoot up to frankly obscene levels.

You can easily find the other Commander 2019 decks, but good luck buying Mystic Intellect, as Dockside Extortionist has made it sell out virtually everywhere. Note: the description is machine translated and might contain errors. Some players love it, others hate it, and the debates as to whether or not it should be banned have been raging on for months.įor the moment, Dockside Extortionist is still legal, but is ludicrously difficult to get unless you're willing to drop some serious dough on it. This Commander Legends commander deck contains: - A deck of 100 blackbordered cards, including three previously unreleased cards. Released in the Commander 2019 Mystic Intellect preconstructed deck, for better or worse, its launch has pushed Commander into a faster format that relies more heavily on treasure tokens. No card has completely shaped the current Commander metagame more than Dockside Extortionist. Many players do not feel comfortable playing with her cards, and a reprint with new, D&D-flavoured art would be a great way to further distance the game from her. Rhystic Study's had alternate art in the past, but it's been in limited releases like Judge Promos and the recent Arcane Secret Lair, but there's never been one in a booster pack that wasn't Terese Nielsen's. Five-color cards embody the strengths of all. The Rhystic Study art most people are familiar with is by Terese Nielsen, an artist who Wizards of the Coast severed ties with in 2020 after she was found liking antisemitic, transphobic, and alt-right tweets, while also following a number of far-right QAnon accounts on Twitter.Īlthough some of her cards have been reprinted with new art since, most notably Swords to Plowshares in the original Commander Legends, her arguably most famous work hasn't yet been replaced. Five-color decks may contain any legal card in the Commander format. However, there's one reason why Rhystic Study desperately needs a reprint, and it's the art shown above. You could even argue that it's such a generically good blue enchantment that it's an automatic inclusion in too many decks and eats away at the health of the format.Īll of those are reasonable arguments to make. Although there are decks where Rhystic Study makes sense, you could easily argue it's an unfun card that is either immediately destroyed or ends a game before it even starts. Much like Smothering Tithe, Rhystic Study is one of those cards that a vocal minority feel Commander could do without.
