There are five creatures in the set with the Adventure effect (Beanstalk Giant, Bonecrusher Giant, Lovestruck Beast, Embereth Shieldbreaker, and Tlincalli Hunter), and they are all great additions to the deck, as they provide a decent cheap effect, and they synergize well with other cards when brought back from exile. Adventures are extremely useful in the Faldorn deck, as the exile ability has good synergy with the commanders. One of the mechanics in the Battle for Baldur's Gate set is Adventures, which are secondary effects that have their own cost, and once their effect is resolved, the card is exiled, and it can then be cast from exile for its regular cost. Both Planeswalkers are excellent fits for the deck and are great reprint choices. Xenagos can spawn 2/2 Satyrs with Haste, which compliments Faldorn's wolf-spawning ability, while his +1 grants red or green mana equal to the number of creatures the player has on the field. Vivien lets the player play creatures as if they had Flash, which includes ones that can be played from exile, giving the player a wider pool of monsters to surprise the player with, while her +1 ability grants Reach and Vigilance to one creature until the next turn, providing a much-needed counter to flyers. The Faldorn deck has two Planeswalkers cards: Vivien, Champion of the Wilds, and Xenagos the Reveler. Outside of being a cute Baldur's Gate reference: Venture Forth is an amazing early draw that can pile on lands throughout the game. Venture Forth then gains three time counters, allowing it to be cast again once they run out, with a cheaper two-drop Suspend cost to get it into the time counter cycle early. There is also a fantastic new card from the set, called Venture Forth, which is a four-drop Sorcery that lets the player exile from their library until they draw a land, which is played straight to the battlefield, and any other cards are placed at the bottom of the deck. These include cards like Cultivate, Escape to the Wilds, Explore, Kodama's Reach, Nature's Lure, Sakura-Tribe Elder, Search for Tomorrow, Terramorph, and Three Visits. Outside of exiling, the Faldorn deck also has some amazing land support cards, which either search for lands or allow multiple lands to be played in one turn. Related: MTG Confirms Liliana's Hero Journey Will Be Defined by Loss Laelia can exile cards and gains counters when cards are exiled are a perfect fit for this deck, while Urabrask's mass Haste/forcing enemy creatures to enter trapped is just great on its own. There are some powerful reprints that complement the deck, including the feared Laelia, the Blade Reforged, and Urabrask, the Hidden. Etali also works well with the new Jaska's Will, which is a three-drop Sorcery that can give a red mana for every card in the opponent's hand. Drawing Etali early can be a game-winning move.
Possibly the strongest card in the deck is Etali, Primal Storm, which is a six-drop 6/6, whose attack triggers an ability that forces both players to exile the top card of their library, allowing Etali's user to play both cards without paying their costs. There are also lots of cards that let the player exile cards, which can then be played as if from the hand, which also triggers the commander's ability.
The deck has several cards with a Cascade effect, causing the player to exile cards until they reach a non-land with a lower mana cost than the Cascade card, which can then be played for free. The real meat of the Faldorn deck is its exiling and playing from exile ability. If another player damages a player with the initiative, then they become the one with the initiative and can progress through the Undercity. There are cards in Battle for Baldur's Gate that designate a player as "taking the initiative", which reuses the dungeon mechanic from the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set, putting the player in a dungeon called the Undercity, allowing them to gain benefits from maintaining the initiative. The set also uses mechanics that will be familiar to D&D players, including cards that require a d20 to resolve and the new initiative & Undercity dungeon. The Battle for Baldur's Gate set features a number of characters from the Baldur's Gate series, as well as from Dungeons & Dragons as a whole.īattle for Baldur's Gate features a number of iconic characters as powerful cards, including Elminster, Tasha the Witch Queen, and Minsc the ranger, with his beloved hamster Boo. The deck's focus on benefiting from exiling can be absolutely punishing, as it allows powerful cards to be played for cheap, with commanders who either summon tokens or damage the enemy while doing so. Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald is a new pre-constructed Commander Deck for Magic: The Gathering that is part of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set.
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