The Lost Caverns of Ixalan/Commander decks

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	Compass rose in a Mesoamerica style
Design	Chris Mooney (lead)
Plane	Ixalan Multiversal
Set size	Four 100-card decks
Expansion code	LCC[1]
Commander series
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The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Decks are released together with The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.^[2] These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with a few new cards and the rest reprints.

Description[ | ]

Each of the Commander decks represents one of the factions from Ixalan block^[3], and features ten new cards. Lost Caverns Commander cards with the LCC set code numbered 1–8 are the primary and secondary Commanders. Showcase versions of the main Commanders are #17-#20. The other new cards are numbered #69-100. These (and the extender art versions numbered #21–68) are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. The Display commanders are numbered #121-124. Cards with the LCC set code numbered #125-370 and above are the reprints, legal for play in any format where a card with the same name is permitted. Twenty-three of the reprints have new art.

Contents[ | ]

Each package contains^[4]:

• 1 Foil-etched Display Commander card
• 1 foil Commander
• 1 additional foil Legendary card
• 98 regular cards
• 10 double-sided tokens^[5]
• 1 deck box
• 1 life wheel
• 1 Collector Booster Sample Pack (2 cards)

Additional cards[ | ]

Eight additional cards with the LCC code (#09 to #16) can only be found in the Set and Collector Boosters. They aren't found in the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks. These cards are:

• Illustrious Wanderglyph
• Altar of the Wretched // Wretched Bonemass
• Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst
• Contest of Claws
• Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
• Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
• Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory
• Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress

Decklists[ | ]

Ahoy Mateys[ | ]

A Pirate deck focused on revival spells and powering up creatures.

The new cards are:

• Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
• Don Andres, the Renegade
• The Indomitable
• Storm Fleet Negotiator
• Francisco, Fowl Marauder
• The Grim Captain's Locker
• Skeleton Crew
• Broadside Bombardiers
• Gemcutter Buccaneer
• Arm-Mounted Anchor

Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

• Enterprising Scallywag

The double-sided tokens are:

• 1× Ragavan, a 2/1 legendary Monkey creature // Treasure artifact
• 2× 4/3 Salamander Warrior creature // Treasure artifact
• 2× 4/3 Salamander Warrior creature // 3/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling
• 1× Map artifact // 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature
• 2× Copy // 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature
• 1× The Monarch // 2/2 Pirate creature with menace
• 1× City's Blessing // 2/2 Pirate creature with menace

Blood Rites[ | ]

A vampire and demon deck focused on aristocrats and tokens.

The new cards are:

• Clavileño, First of the Blessed
• Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
• Charismatic Conqueror
• Elenda's Hierophant
• March of the Canonized
• Redemption Choir
• Dusk Legion Sergeant
• Master of Dark Rites
• Promise of Aclazotz
• Order of Sacred Dusk

Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

• Bartolomé del Presidio

The double-sided tokens are:

• 1× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
• 2× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
• 2× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
• 2× 1/1 Bat creature with flying // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
• 1× Blood artifact // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
• 1× Emblem for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
• 1× City's Blessing // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink

Explorers of the Deep[ | ]

A Merfolk deck focused on +1/+1 counters and pump spells.

The new cards are:

• Hakbal of the Surging Soul
• Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
• Mist Dancer
• Ripples of Potential
• Wave Goodbye
• Bygone Marvels
• Deeproot Historian
• Topography Tracker
• Tributary Instructor
• Singer of Swift Rivers

Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

• Merfolk Cave-Diver
• Nicanzil, Current Conductor

The double-sided tokens are:

• 1× 1/1 Bird creature with flying // 1/1 Merfolk creature
• 1× 3/3 Beast creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
• 1× 3/3 Frog Lizard creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
• 2× 2/2 Boar creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
• 2× 2/2 Boar creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof
• 1× Map artifact // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof
• 2× Copy // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof

Veloci-RAMP-Tor[ | ]

A Dinosaur deck focused on big creatures and ramping.

The new cards are:

• Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
• Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
• Bronzebeak Foragers
• From the Rubble
• Wrathful Raptors
• Curious Altisaur
• Dinosaur Egg
• Scion of Calamity
• Sunfrill Imitator
• Progenitor's Icon

Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

• Earthshaker Dreadmaw
• Ixalli's Lorekeeper
• Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
• Thrashing Brontodon

The double-sided tokens are:

• 1× 3/3 Elephant creature // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
• 5× */* Dinosaur Beast creature // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
• 2× Copy // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
• 1× The Monarch // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
• 1× City's Blessing // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample

Tokens and markers[ | ]

The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are thus included with the decks. However, they are not part of the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander expansion. Instead, they retain their The Lost Caverns of Ixalan expansion symbol and collector number:

• Copy for Amphin Mutineer, Mist Dancer, Scion of Calamity and Reflections of Littjara.
• 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink for Charismatic Conqueror, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Elenda’s Hierophant, March of the Canonized, Martyr of Dusk and Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle.
• 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof for Deeproot Waters.
• 1/1 Bat creature with flying for Timothar, Baron of Bats.
• 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature for Skeleton Crew.
• 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying for Clavileño, First of the Blessed, Foul Rebirth and March of the Canonized.
• Map artifact for Storm Fleet Negotiator and Topography Tracker.
• Treasure artifact for Black Market Connections, Blood Money, Captain Lannery Storm, Corsair Captain, Don Andres, the Renegade Gemcutter Buccaneer, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, Pitiless Plunderer, Prismari Command and Ramirez DePietro, Pillager.

Notable cards[ | ]

• The background of the art of Wayfarer's Bauble by David Sondered's appears the be plagiarized.^[6][7][8] In Gatherer, Lorenzo Lanfranconi is now credited as the co-illustrator.

References[ | ]