MTG’s Fantastic Four Commander decklist includes an expensive Doctor Who reprint

Marvel’s first household, the Incredible 4, are sometimes thought-about cosmic superheroes. They acquired their powers from radiation whereas out in area, ceaselessly fight entities like Galactus who roam the cosmos, and sometimes dabble in time journey whereas exploring alternate universes. As such, a mini Doctor Who crossover in Magic: The Gathering is sort of an ideal match.

Wizards of the Coast’s official livestream Weekly MTG revealed the complete decklist for the Incredible 4-themed Commander deck that’s a part of Magic’s upcoming Marvel Super Heroes set. And whereas there are a whole lot of brand-new playing cards showcasing iconic moments and characters from Marvel Comics, the most costly reprint comes from the Doctor Who Commander decks launched in 2023, particularly the Paradox Energy deck centered on the thirteenth Physician.

Quantum Misalignment is a mono blue sorcery that prices 5 mana to solid, and it creates a replica of a goal creature you management, besides it isn’t legendary. Then, with Rebound, in the event you solid Quantum Misalignment out of your hand, you exile it after it resolves. In the beginning of your subsequent repairs, you’ll be able to solid it once more with out paying its mana value. In the event you’re conversant in the Paradigm cycle of sorcery classes from Secrets of Strixhaven, the impact is a bit like that, besides reasonably than solid it each flip, you’ll be able to solely solid it twice (until you’ll be able to one way or the other get it out of exile and again into your hand).

Quantum Misalignment remains to be massively highly effective since it could copy a legendary creature whereas mitigating the legendary rule — and it does it twice — so that you get to set off enter the battlefield (ETB) results a complete of 3 times. That will take some time to arrange, however it could work extraordinarily effectively in all types of decks, even these with passive triggers as a substitute of ETB. In accordance with information from EDHREC, Quantum Misalignment seems in additional than 9,000 Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed decks (She’s the cat woman from Remaining Fantasy 14 that’s the third-most popular Commander within the sport proper now.)

Quantum Misalignment is an ideal match for Physician Who’s Paradox Energy deck, which is Temur (red-blue-green) and focuses on casting spells from anyplace apart from your hand to set off the Paradox mechanic that has numerous results relying on the cardboard. For The Thirteenth Physician, meaning placing a +1/+1 counter on a goal creature each time you solid a spell from anyplace apart from your hand.

The Incredible 4 deck, nonetheless, is an Ink-Treader (red-green-white-blue) with a broader concentrate on casting noncreature spells, of which there are 43 within the precon. These numerous spells have a variety of results, from ramp to card draw to dealing injury to opponents or their creatures. The deck’s predominant focus is versatile relying on which member of the Incredible 4 you select as your Commander.

Mechanically, Quantum Misalignment is simply form of there. However thematically? It’s arguably top-of-the-line and most considerate reprints to incorporate in a deck like this. The Incredible 4 artwork for Quantum Misalignment depicts The Factor dealing with off towards what appears like an alt-reality model of himself that’s yellow as a substitute of orange. That’s a whole lot of clobberin’.

Curiously sufficient, Quantum Misalignment isn’t the one Physician Who card that’s getting reprinted for the primary time on this deck, both. There’s additionally Into the Time Vortex, a five-cost purple sorcery with Cascade and Rebound. You exile playing cards from the highest of your library till you exile a nonland card, then you definitely get to solid that card totally free and put the opposite exiled playing cards on the backside of your deck. Rebound, after all, permits you to solid this spell once more in your subsequent flip totally free.

Playing cards like these could have been first printed in Physician Who decks, however The Factor brawling towards an alternate-universe model of himself, it is arduous to think about a card that’s a greater match with Incredible 4. It is also an fascinating reminder of how far Universes Past has come: Wizards now has a deep sufficient crossover catalog {that a} Physician Who card can turn into an ideal Marvel reprint. Reed Richards would most likely name {that a} paradox. The Physician would most likely name it sensible. The Factor would most likely inform them each to close up.