Commander 2019

Commander 2019, officially styled as Commander (2019 Edition), is a product in the Commander series released by Wizards of the Coast on August 23, 2019. 
==Set details==
Commander 2019 consists of four preconstructed theme decks, and features twelve premium foil commanders. The four 100-card decks contain 302 different cards in total. There are 59 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy. The set is available in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. Each deck comes with a deck box, 10 double-sided token cards, a strategy insert, and a rules reference guide. Each deck also comes with an oversized premium card that corresponds to the face commander of that deck. The basic lands of the set use the panorama art by Alayna Danner that was first used for the Core Set 2019 Standard Showdown.
There is no pattern of colors between the decks. The themes are:
*Faceless Menace (, Morph)
*Mystic Intellect (, Flashback)
*Primal Genesis (, Populate)
*Merciless Rage (, Madness)
===Marketing===
A special Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin was released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, before the release of Commander 2019. It will be available through Commander events at MagicFests throughout the year, and at select conventions in 2020.
==Mechanics==
The European Distributor Blackfire accidentally posted the information that each deck had a returning keyword ability as its main theme. The four featured abilities are populate, flashback, morph (including manifest and megamorph), and madness. This was later confirmed in the Magic panel at Gen Con 2019.
Other returning non-evergreen mechanics on new cards:
*Entwine, first seen in Mirrodin <c>Road of Return</c>
*Enrage, first seen in Ixalan <c>Apex Altisaur</c>
*Goad, first seen in Conspiracy: Take the Crown <c>Bloodthirsty Blade</c> and <c>Marisi, Breaker of the Coil</c>
*Phyrexian mana, first seen in New Phyrexia <c>K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth</c>
*Prowess, first seen in in Khans of Tarkir and formerly evergreen <c>Elsha of the Infinite</c>
*Split second, first seen in Time Spiral <c>Sudden Substitution</c>
===Card types===
Commander 2019 introduces the Sculpture creature subtype unique for tokens created by <c>Doomed Artisan</c>.
==Cycles==
Commander 2019 has six cycles, one of which consists entirely of reprints. 
Cycle name 	Faceless Menace 	Mystic Intellect 	Primal Genesis 	Merciless Rage
Mechanic commanders 	 	 	 	
Mechanic commanders 	Four mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which interacts with a different keyword ability. 	Four mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which interacts with a different keyword ability. 	Four mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which interacts with a different keyword ability. 	Four mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which interacts with a different keyword ability.
Alternate commanders	 	 	 	
Alternate commanders	 	 	 	
Alternate commanders	Eight mythic rare alternative commanders that can replace the main commanders. 	Eight mythic rare alternative commanders that can replace the main commanders. 	Eight mythic rare alternative commanders that can replace the main commanders. 	Eight mythic rare alternative commanders that can replace the main commanders.
"Sub-commanders" 	() 	() 	() 	()
"Sub-commanders" 	Four rare legendary creatures, each of which is missing one of the colors of the deck in which they are printed, and thus can't be substituted in as commander right out of the box.	Four rare legendary creatures, each of which is missing one of the colors of the deck in which they are printed, and thus can't be substituted in as commander right out of the box.	Four rare legendary creatures, each of which is missing one of the colors of the deck in which they are printed, and thus can't be substituted in as commander right out of the box.	Four rare legendary creatures, each of which is missing one of the colors of the deck in which they are printed, and thus can't be substituted in as commander right out of the box.
Signature spells 	 	 	 	
Signature spells 	Four rare spells referencing the face commanders, each of which has the keyword mechanic that the commander uses. 	Four rare spells referencing the face commanders, each of which has the keyword mechanic that the commander uses. 	Four rare spells referencing the face commanders, each of which has the keyword mechanic that the commander uses. 	Four rare spells referencing the face commanders, each of which has the keyword mechanic that the commander uses.
Planeswalkers 	 	 	 	
Planeswalkers 	Four mythic rare reprinted planeswalkers, one per deck. 	Four mythic rare reprinted planeswalkers, one per deck. 	Four mythic rare reprinted planeswalkers, one per deck. 	Four mythic rare reprinted planeswalkers, one per deck.
===Horizontal cycle with colorless card===
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	 	
Uncommon utility spells	 	 	 	 	 	
Uncommon utility spells	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.
==Preconstructed decks==
Commander 2019 consists of four decks featuring twelve premium foil commanders. Each deck contains 100 cards plus an oversized foil commander card.
==Tokens, overlay cards and emblem== 
Commander 2019 features 26 tokens, two overlay cards and one emblem: 
==Notable cards==
*<c>Bone Miser</c> is an inverted <c>Waste Not</c> on a stick.
*<c>Gift of Doom</c> is the first "Auramorph."
*<c>Mire in Misery</c> is the first black enchantment removal spell.
*<c>Pramikon, Sky Rampart</c> is the first legendary Wall.
*<c>Rayami, First of the Fallen</c> is the first vampire with green in its cost.
====Banned and restricted cards====
* was quickly identified as an incredibly powerful ramp engine, especially in higher-powered games of Commander, where players cast more artifacts to accelerate their mana. Dockside's entry trigger could also be looped to create infinite Treasures and win the game with various other combo pieces. For these reasons, it was banned in Commander on September 23, 2024.https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-banned-and-restricted-announcement-september-23-2024
==Basic land panorama==
The basic lands of Commander 2019 form a panorama in that order: , , , , and .
==References==