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MTG’s Reality Fracture Commander Deck Is “Among The Most Powerful We’ve Ever Released” According to WOTC
Wizards of the Coast says Multiverse Reforged, the sole Commander preconstructed deck for Magic: The Gathering’s Reality Fracture set, is among the most powerful it has released. The deck’s high power and its unusual four-colour theme give Commander players a substantial ready-to-play option as the set closes a long-running story.
Game designer Gavin Verhey said Wizards chose one deck because pairs can leave shops with one version unsold while the other quickly sells out. The team felt it would be difficult to make a second deck more appealing than the Jace Echoverse concept, so it focused extra resources on Multiverse Reforged. The deck includes Jace as a Planeswalker Commander and alternate versions of familiar legendary characters, which also makes it feel adaptable to different builds.
In short
- Wizards calls Multiverse Reforged one of its most powerful precons.
- Reality Fracture gets one Commander deck, with a four-colour identity.
- Its roster of legends gives players options for rebuilding it.
Explained simply
Magic: The Gathering is a strategy card game in which players build decks from cards with different abilities and compete against one another. Commander is a popular format where each player builds around a chosen legendary character, and preconstructed decks offer a ready-made way to start playing.
Wizards of the Coast makes Magic and its card sets. Reality Fracture is part of a continuing story about the game’s fictional worlds; Multiverse Reforged is its Commander deck, built around Jace and alternate versions of familiar characters.
The deck’s four-colour theme means it can draw on a broad range of card abilities, while its cards may also suit different ways of building a deck. Commander decks are often sold in themed pairs, but Wizards says it chose to make one for this set so it could concentrate its design work on that option.