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Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Commander Deck Bundle Drops to Lowest Price Yet
Amazon has cut the price of Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Commander Deck bundle again, just weeks after an earlier discount, bringing the four-deck set down to $199, roughly $100 less than its original cost. The move follows June's release of a second Marvel-themed Magic set, whose Commander precon decks have been well received, and gives players a cheaper way to get into all four decks at once.
The bundle offers a 30% saving, working out to about $52 per deck against a $74.99 MSRP each, effectively making it comparable to buying three decks and getting the fourth free. Of the four, "Avengers Assemble" (Earth's Mightiest Heroes) is rated the strongest and easiest to play, followed by the Black Panther-led "Wakanda Forever," then "Fantastic Four," with "Doom Prevails" ranked last for being unfocused despite its higher price.
In short
- Marvel MTG Commander deck bundle now $199, its lowest price yet
- Saving equates to about $52 per deck versus $74.99 MSRP
- "Avengers Assemble" ranked the best of the four decks
Explained simply
Magic: The Gathering is a strategy card game in which players build decks and use them to compete. Commander is a popular format where each player builds a 100-card deck around a chosen character, and ready-made Commander decks let people play without assembling every card themselves.
Marvel and Wizards of the Coast, the company behind Magic, have teamed up on themed cards and decks. The four decks in this set draw on the Avengers, Wakanda, the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom, giving players different characters and play styles to choose from.