We've just started February, and Magic players have already had two new expansions for the popular card game. Thus, after Ravnica Remastered, Magic: Murders at the Karlov Mansion is now available, which will be followed very soon Magic Fallouta new set inspired by Bethesda's Fallout video game saga, which will also soon grow with a Prime Video series.
It will not be the only big crossover: we will also see an expansion this year with the Assassin's Creed series, which will join the big hits of 2023, such as the recent Doctor Who or one of the great successes in the history of the card game, Magic El Lord of the Rings.
On this occasion, we have been able to see in advance What are Magic: Fallout Commander decks like?to preview what you can expect from them, differences between the four that will be released and share with you some of the cards and mechanics that each one will include.
Everything, moreover, from the mouth of those responsible for Magic: Fallout, both on the part of Wizards of the Coast and the Bethesda designers who have worked on the games, with the sole objective of that the cards perfectly reflect the universe of the game. And it is something that is noticeable in the details, including the weapons or armor that we see on them.
For anyone who is new to the Magic The Gathering universe, or wants to dive into it after watching the Fallout series, it is a card game that has been expanding over the years.
If we consider the cards as “pieces” of the game, and that they are backward compatible with everything that has been released on the market previously, There are different formats or sets of rules when playing.
In the case of Magic The Gathering Fallout, el formato “The Commander” (or the commander), is for four players, and each one has a deck of 100 cardsone of them representing the aforementioned Commander (the remaining 99 are built around her).
There are four themed Commander decks for sale, for those who want to buy it and start playing directly, although you can always build your own deck by purchasing separate packs. These are the four Commander decks that will be released:
Scrappy Survivors Deck
The commander of this deck is Meatball, the protagonist's remembered companion dog from Fallout 3. The strategy of this deck is to equip a creature with an aura and accessories. It's a deck that attempts to recreate the leveling experience in games in the Fallout series.
It also has new jump tokens, which are a type of artifact that will help you draw more cards, in an effort to replicate the work of scavengers in the Wasteland.
Another of the legendary creatures in this deck is Sofia Daguerre (human pilot) from Fallout 76. He was in space when nuclear chaos broke out. His abilities, like those of other cards, reflect mission names and other nods to the games.
We can find one of them in the booster envelopes, where we can get, for example, a edition of some cards with the Pipboy aesthetic, including scanlines to give the effect of a CRT monitor.
Other cards in this deck include Idolized (reflecting membership in one of the various factions) or Three Dog, the Radio Galaxia announcer in Fallout 3, which, like the game, explores the concept of diffusion. Thus, by sacrificing an Aura we can “transmit” or create a copy of a creature.
For being there, they are up to Fallout 3 collectible bobbleheads. There are 7 in total, and the more we have in our possession, the more we can enhance some actions in the game.
Of course, There is also no shortage of reprints or reprints of classic cards with the new Fallout “look”, as is the case of the Pure Steel Paladin, which also fits perfectly with Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel, where one of the ranks is precisely the paladins. Or the Synths or artificial humans, with rubber skin
Deck Science! (Science!)
Is about a deck led by Dr. Madison Li, who generates a lot of energy that can be used in many ways, as some cards indicate, and that will allow you from stealing more cards to putting robots and equipment such as power armor into operation.
There is no shortage of well-known references to the games in this deck, such as Liberty Prime Recharged, the robot rebuilt by the brotherhood of steel or, again, Nick Valentine, the artificial human private investigator who captures the Noire styleand which has the “Investigate” ability, recently seen in the Murders at the Karlov Mansion set.
There is also no shortage of “Saga” cards, such as Vault 112: Sadistic Simulation, which includes another remembered location from Fallout 3 and its history (about the researchers trapped in a simulation).
Other cards directly recreate iconic moments, such as the opening of a shelter for the first timea recurring theme in many installments of the Bethesda video game saga.
As for the reprints of this deck, there will be, for example, the Mechanized Production enchantment, which allows you to create copies of the artifact you want, be it a bobblehead or a treasure. EITHER Solemn Simulacrum, another beloved classic card that now arrives starring a robot from the Fallout series.
Mutant Menace Deck
To no one's surprise, this deck is dominated by mutants (as the name suggests), and it recreates how radiation has affected the environment and, of course, the creatures.
One of the most representative cards in this deck is the wise Mothman, which belongs to the Fallout 76 universe, although it is not the only known face. It is also John Hancock, the well-known ghoul turned Mayor of Goodneighbor.
Thus, in this deck we find the new Rad Counter mechanic or radiation counters, which also reflects this detail of the Fallout series games or even another of its milestones, the atomic explosions.
As for the reprints, we will find cards like Guardian Project, which in this case will reflect with the art of the card that there are no two identical mutants in the Fallout universe.
Bird Caesar Mallet (Hail, Caesar)
The commander of this deck is Caesar, from the remembered Fallout New Vegasin a deck that will bet everything on stacking tokens at the cost of sacrificing your hosts, in pursuit of a greater benefit.
Thus, in this deck we find different militant groups (Raiders, Army, gunpowder bandits…) and of course, some of its best-known faces, beyond Caesar.
It is the case of Ambassador Laniusone of Caesar's aces, and one of the most psychopathic enforcers in the game, who those who enjoyed New Vegas will surely remember.
Regarding reprints or reprints of legendary cards, it will be Ruinous Ultimatum, a card that attempts to reflect the effects of who you ally with at the end of Fallout New Vegas.
Random Card Packs (Booster Packs)
Although we have reviewed the general theme of each deck, the truth is that among the 100 cards we will find a mixture of cards, not all of them will be related to a single game, be it Fallout 3 or Fallout 76.
It is something that will also be present in the Booster envelopes, which for those who do not know at this point, are envelopes that include varied cards, randomly mixed.
We have also been able to see different cards from the Booster Packs, which have both cards from the commander decks and some with alternative arts, designed for collectors.
Above these lines you can see some of these cards, which we show you in advance before the launch, on March 8.
A new collection that will soon be added to other successful expansions, such as Phyrexia, The Brothers' War, Streets of New Cappena, Kamigawa, Strixhaven, Kaldheim or Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, which was the first crossover with Dungeons & Dragons, also licensed by Wizards of the Coast.
There is little left until Magic receives one of the most anticipated collections of this year, which will also almost coincide with the premiere of the Amazon Prime Fallout series…
Commander format