Commander 2017 (C17) Spoiler Week Day 2 – Dragons, etc.

It’s day two of spoiler week for Commander (2017 Edition). Today, we get our first official look at the dragons of C17, plus a few bonuses.

Perhaps the most notable spoiler today is Path of Ancestry, which is an easy auto-include in all tribal commander decks moving forward. With the amount of hype around tribal commanders, we could certainly see this card becoming one of the more desired singles moving forward.

Another card to pay particular attention to is Kindred Discovery, which can provide any tribal commander running blue an explosive mid-to-late-game if it goes unanswered. Even on the turn it comes out, expect its caster to draw 2-3 cards from the attack trigger. Kindred Discovery is a great addition to blue/black zombie strategies, slivers and more.

Finally, we also see a welcome reprint of Leonin Arbiter, further pointing to C17’s cat tribal deck as featuring at least some level of pillow-fort strategy. The Arbiter is not a particularly expensive card, but it’s nice to see its inclusion here to help keep the price from creeping up.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that after over a decade, we finally get to see The Ur-Dragon? And he’s 10/10.

Bloodline Necromancer

Bloodline Necromancer – 4B
Creature – Vampire Wizard (Uncommon)
Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may return target Vampire or Wizard creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3/2

Flavor text: “The veil of death hides little from our kind.”
014/309 U – Illus. Joe Slucher

 

Herald’s Horn

Herald’s Horn* – 3
Artifact (Uncommon)
When ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost 1 less to cast.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

053/309 U – Illus Jason Felix

* Name not confirmed.

 

Kindred Discovery

Kindred Discovery – 3UU
Enchantment (Rare)
As ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield or attacks, draw a card.

Flavor text: Few things are truly “lost” at easy.
011/309 R – Illus. Lake Hurwitz

 

Leonin Arbiter

Leonin Arbiter – 1W
Creature – Cat Cleric (Rare)
Players can’t search libraries. Any player may pay 2 for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.
2/2

Flavor text: “Our people are torn by infighting. Until the two sides reconcile, our laws can carry no meaning.”
064/309 R – Illus. Shelly Wan

 

O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami

O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami – 1WUBRG
Legendary Creature – Dragon Spirit (Mythic)
Flying, trample
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, if that player attacked you during his or her last turn, exile target nonland permanent that player controls.
6/6

Flavor text: At his behest the Kami War began to regain That Which Was Taken.
045/309 M – Illus. Daarken

 

Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry
Land (Common)
Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color in your commander’s color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1.

056/309 C – Illus. Alayna Danner

 

Scalelord Reckoner

Scalelord Reckoner – 3WW
Creature – Dragon (Rare)
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, destroy target nonland permanent that player controls.
4/4

Flavor text: The justice of dragons demands more than just an eye for an eye.

 

Sol Ring

Sol Ring – 1
Artifact (Uncommon)
T: Add 2 to your mana pool.

Flavor text: Lost to time is the artificer’s art of trapping light from a distant star in a ring of purest gold.
223/309 U – Illus. Mike Bierek

 

Territorial Hellkite

Territorial Hellkite – 2RR
Creature – Dragon (Rare)
Flying, haste
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random that ~ didn’t attack during your last combat. ~ attacks that player this combat if able. If you can’t choose an opponent this way, tap ~.
6/5

 

The Ur-Dragon

The Ur-Dragon – 4WUBRG
Legendary Creature – Dragon Avatar (Mythic)
Eminence – As long as ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Dragon spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
Flying
Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack, draw that many cards, then you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
10/10

048/309 M – Illus. Jaime Jones

 

Wasitora, Nekoru Queen

Wasitora, Nekoru Queen – 2BRG
Legendary Creature – Cat Dragon (Rare)
Flying, trample
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a creature. If the player can’t, you create a 3/3 black, red, and green Cat Dragon creature token with flying.
5/4

Flavor text: Once a fierce foe, she would become one of Madara’s greatest protectors.
049/309 R – Illus. Cynthia Sheppard

 

Cat Dragon (Token)

Cat Dragon
Token Creature – Cat Dragon (Token)
Flying
3/3

009/011 T – Illus. Cynthia Sheppard

 

UPDATE:

Looks like spoilers weren’t done for the day, and we’ve been given a second round, including a whole slew of new Dragons. Check them out below!

Boneyard Scourge

Boneyard Scourge – 2BB
Creature – Zombie Dragon (Rare)
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control dies while ~ is in your graveyard, you may pay 1B. If you do, return ~ from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4/3

Flavor text: Death arrives in tattered wings and stolen bones.
015/309 R – Illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski

 

Crucible of the Spirit Dragon

Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
Land (Rare)
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
1, T: Put a storage counter on ~.
T, Remove X storage counters from ~: Add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast Dragons pells or activate abilities of Dragons.

243/309 R – Illus. Jung Park

 

Crux of Fate

Crux of Fate – 3BB
Sorcery (Rare)
Choose one —
* Destroy all Dragon creatures.
* Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.

Flavor text: Ugin’s whispered summons led Sarkhan Vol to the moment that would echo down the centuries and seal Tarkir’s fate: the primal battle between Ugin and NIcol Bolas.
107/309 R – Illus. Michail Komarck

 

Fortunate Few

Fortunate Few – 3WWW
Sorcery (Rare)
Choose a nonland permanent you don’t control, then each other player chooses a nonland permanent he or she doesn’t control that hasn’t been chosen this way. Destroy all other nonland permanents.

Flavor text: “. . . Is it over?”
004/309 R – Illus. Jesper Ejsing

 

Haven of the Spirit Dragon

Haven of the Spirit Dragon
Land (Rare)
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. SPend this mana only to cast a Dragon creature spell.
2, T, Sacrifice ~: Return target Dragon creature card or Ugin planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

255/309 R – Illus. Raymond Swanland

 

Ramos, Dragon Engine

Ramos, Dragon Engine – 6
Legendary Artifact Creature – Dragon (Mythic)
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on ~ for each of that spell’s colors.
Remove five +1/+1 counters from ~: Add WWUUBBRRGG to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.
4/4

055/309 M – Illus. Joseph Meehan

 

Scourge of Valkas

Scourge of Valkas – 2RRR
Creature – Dragon (Mythic)
Flying
Whenever ~ or another Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, it deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
R: ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn
4/4

142/309 M – Illus. Lucas Graciano

 

Taigam, Ojutai Master

Taigam, Ojutai Master – 2WU
Legendary Creature – Human Monk (Rare)
Instant, sorcery, and Dragon spells you control can’t be countered by spells or abilities.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, if ~ attacked this turn, that spell gains rebound. (Exile the spell as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
3/4

046/309 R – Illus. Simon Dominic

 

Fractured Identity

Fractured Identity – 3WU
Sorcery (Rare)
Exile target nonland permanent. Each player other than its controller creates a token that’s a copy of it.

Flavor text: Self-reflection is not without its perils.
037/309 R – Illus Yongjae Choi

 

Mirror of the Forebears

Mirror of the Forebears – 2
Artifact (Uncommon)
As ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
1: Until end of turn, ~ becomes a copy of target creature you control of the chosen type, except it’s an artifact in addition to its other types.

054/309 U – Illus. Kieran Yanner

 

Qasali Slingers

Qasali Slingers – 4G
Creature – Cat Warrior (Rare)
Reach
Whenever ~ or another Cat enters the battlefield under your control, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
3/5

Flavor text: All things will crumble, whether by time or by force.
033/309 R – Illus. Izzy

 

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