Sevinne, the Chronoclasm will command the Jeskai-colored Flashback deck in Commander 2019. Mystic Intellect (Flashback), Commanded by Sevinne, the Chronoclasm
As Anje Falkenrath‘s activated ability indicates, her Merciless Rage Madness deck will focus on giving you ways to discard your Madness cards and cast them, all while drawing more Madness cards to discard. It allows you to cast a card as it is being discarded for an alternate (often reduced) cost. The Madness mechanic debuted all the way back in Torment (2002) and is one of the least intuitive-and most powerful-mechanics in Magic’s history. Merciless Rage (Madness), Commanded by Anje FalkenrathĪnje Falkenrath will command the Rakdos-colored Madness deck in Commander 2019. As such, Ghired, Conclave Exile‘s Primal Genesis Populate deck will feature a heavy token theme. It is a token-focused mechanic and allows you to make a copy of a creature token that you control. Populate is a mechanic originally from Return to Ravnica (2012) where it was Selesnya’s guild mechanic. Ghired, Conclave Exile will command the Naya-colored Populate deck in Commander 2019. Primal Genesis (Populate), Commanded by Ghired, Conclave Exile The four mechanics are populate, madness, flashback, and morph, which were accidentally revealed by a product listing two weeks ago. Each of the four Commander 2019 decks is themed around a single mechanic and have a commander that emphasizes said mechanic.
Like previous Commander releases, all of Commander 2019’s decks were designed around a central theme, and this year that theme is Mechanics. Today an Gen Con, Wizards of the Coast hosted a panel on the design of the upcoming Commander 2019 product and revealed all four of the brand new commanders.