Only a few weeks remain from the time of this writing until MTG's Modern Horizons 3 set launches and fans are excited to get their hands on the Eldrazi Incursion. It's been nearly a year since the release of the last Eldrazi preconstructed deck. Many players immediately fell in love with the colorless deck due to the power it had. Having that kind of experience as a reference, the Eldrazi Incursion deck will undoubtedly become one of the most sought-after commander decks in the new set.
However, one can't help but wonder if the new Eldrazi precon deck will live up to the first commander deck. With that in mind, here's a full deck reveal including all new cards coming out alongside reprints.
MTG Eldrazi Incursion Commander Deck
As of the time of this writing, nothing is certain for the Eldrazi Incursion deck when it comes to its price. Supposedly, the precon should cost around $70 while the Collector's Edition will more or less go for $170. However, it appears that many stores are anticipating the demand for the deck and aren't giving their rough estimates of the deck's price. With that type of hype that surrounds it, it's difficult to resist finding out what could be inside the deck that makes it special.
Commanders
MTG's Eldrazi Incursion precon deck will come out with two commanders.
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity will undoubtedly become a huge problem to deal with on the battlefield. While it may be a 2/5 creature, its abilities are what makes it powerful. Players will mainly rely on casting other Eldrazis once their commander is out. Upon casting Eldrazi spells, controllers can pay an additional two colorless mana. If they decide to do so, they create copies of their Eldrazi spell and can choose new targets if they have triggered abilities.
Knowing how big Eldrazis can get, this will become a major problem for adversaries. Controllers of Ulalek, Fused Atrocity can easily build a big board quickly and overwhelm their opponents with menacing creatures.
What makes Ulalek, Fused Atrocity special is the fact that it's a commander that can accommodate all five colors in the deck, unlike the first Eldrazi commander precon led by Zhulodok, Void Gorger, which limited users to colorless spells.
Azlask, the Swelling Scourge
The backup commander for the MTG Eldrazi Incursion deck is Azlask, the Swelling Scourge. It can be quite problematic dealing with this commander as well. Whenever Azlask or another colorless creature dies, the controller gains an experience counter. Players will get lots of value from creature deaths as they can use their experience counters to give all creatures they control +X/+X until the end of the turn where X is the amount of experience counters they have.
Not only will adversaries need to deal with buffed creatures, but they must also be wary of Scions and Spawns. Azlask will give these particular creature types Indestructible and Annihilator 1 until the end of the turn. Assuming Azlask's controller has a plethora of creatures on the board, the defending player will be forced to sacrifice the creatures they have on their board.
New Cards in the MTG Eldrazi Incursion Deck
As mentioned in our previous guide for the full deck of Creative Energy, each commander deck will have new cards exclusive to the precon. For Eldrazi Incursion, there will be 13 new cards coming.
Eldrazi Confluence 
Eldrazi Confluence is an instant spell that gives players three options to select from. They can either give a target creature +3/-3 until the end of the turn, flicker a nonland permanent, or create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion that can be sacrificed for one colorless mana.
The instant spell is only four to cast (two generic and two colorless mana) and it allows players to choose three modes. What makes the card valuable is that players can choose the same mode more than once.
Personally speaking, the second option to flicker a nonland permanent is the best ability among the three. It serves as a protection spell if an opponent tries destroying an important permanent on one's battlefield.
Eldritch Immunity 
If by any chance a player is looking to end the game, has a solid board state, but is waiting for their turn, they'll need some sort of protection spell. Thankfully, Eldrazi Incursion comes with a low-cost protection spell called Eldritch Immunity.
Eldritch Immunity costs only one colorless mana to give a target creature they control protection from all colors until the end of the turn. Now if the player wants to protect each creature, they can pay the Overload cost of four generic and one colorless mana. Eldritch Immunity is surprisingly cheap in terms of casting cost for a protection spell that essentially gives all creatures immunity from everything.
Selective Obliteration
Board wipes are one of the most essential spells to have in a deck. However, only a select few spells can wipe the entire board while keeping the controller's board protected. With Selective Obliteration, the controllers have a similar ability to work with.
Selective Obliteration requires players to choose a color. Then the sorcery spell will exile every permanent except for colorless permanents and permanents of the chosen color. Given how Eldrazi Incursion will most likely have a majority of permanents with Devoid, the caster of the sorcery won't jeopardize their board. The only major drawback as the caster is that they're putting their lands at risk. Lands of different colors that they didn't choose will also be exiled with this spell.
It's worth noting that multicolor permanents aren't safe from Selective Obliteration. Let's say a player chose green, only monocolored permanent will remain on the battlefield. If they have a Sultai permanent on the battlefield, it'll still go to exile despite having green among the colors.
Inversion Behemoth
There are some instances when a creature has higher toughness compared to its power. Having that said, it sometimes feels useless to swing with them if they'll barely deal any damage. With Inversion Behemoth coming to play, all that changes as this creature gives players the option to switch each creature's power and toughness during the beginning of combat.
Inversion Behemoth is a 2/9 creature that can become a 9/2 creature during combat if the player decides to switch its power and toughness. It's a reliable card for creatures with greater toughness. Otherwise, it's not a super powerful card in the deck.
Ulamog's Dreadsire 
One of the strongest cards in the MTG Eldrazi Incursion deck is arguably Ulamog's Dreadsire. It's a 10/10 creature with Ward that forces opponents to sacrifice a permanent with a mana value of one or greater. To add the icing on the cake, it has a tapped ability that creates a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi token. The only drawback here is that it's 10 to cast (10 generic mana). However, it's worth all that mana considering what it can bring to the table.
Twins of Discord
If a player wants to attack but is hesitant due to a scary blocking creature in the way, Twins of Discord has them covered. This seven-to-cast (seven generic) creature gives players the ability to choose odd or even whenever they attack. Depending on what they choose, defending players can't use creatures of the chosen quality to block. It's a great way to avoid big creatures or creatures with Deathtouch.
Another ability Twins of Discord has is giving colorless creatures Bloodthirst 2. If the player successfully dealt combat damage to an opponent during that turn, the next colorless creature spell they cast during their second main phase will enter the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on them.
Spawnbed Protector
Another important piece in the MTG Eldrazi Incursion deck is Spawnbed Protector. With this creature on the battlefield, the controllers no longer have to worry about important Eldrazis heading to the graveyard. Spawbed Protector can return up to one target Eldrazi from the graveyard during that player's end step. To make things better, the controller also creates a couple of 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scions with the ability to give one colorless mana each if they were sacrificed.
Not only does a player get their Eldrazi back, but they also spawn more creatures in the process in the form of tokens. Spawnbed Protector provides a lot of value especially if adversaries are fixated on taking out the Eldrazi deck first.
Mutated Cultist
One of the most annoying ways to lose a game is by accumulating a certain type of counter. Thankfully, Mutated Cultist is the perfect way to get rid of all these counters. However, it can't save the controller from harm's way if in any case, they have almost 10 poison counters. Nevertheless, it works as a good way to generate floating mana for each counter removed from a target permanent or opponent.
Given that players can target opponents, they could play a little politics with Mutated Cultist. For instance, the creature's controller can request immunity from the target opponent in exchange for removing all the poison counters or hit counters. Depending on what they agree on, it's also a great way to spice the game up a little bit.
Angelic Aberration 
If a player feels like their creatures seem a bit weak to keep up with the fight, Angelic Aberration resolves that problem. When this Eldrazi Angel enters the battlefield, players can sacrifice any number of creatures as long as they have base power or toughness 1 or less. Each sacrificed creature will be replaced with a 4/4 colorless Eldrazi Angel token with Flying and Vigilance.
Angelic Aberration itself is 4/4 and also has Flying and Vigilance. Having multiple Flying and Vigilance creatures on the board will give the controller an advantage in combat as they freely swing without having to worry too much about blockers and having to tap their creatures to attack. The card isn't super powerful but is a good way to even the playing field, especially if the player is struggling to keep up with the board state.
Benthic Oddity
If a player is the type who likes using an opponent's creature against them, Benthic Oddity is the perfect card. Upon casting, the controller creates a copy of a target creature each player controls.
Normally when creating copies of creatures, the player can only recreate the base power and toughness. However, Benthic Oddity bypasses that rule and allows its controller to create an exact copy of each creature inclusive of the current buffs attached to them. It's a great alternative to steal creatures, especially if a player is chasing after a particular creature's ability which could further enhance their board state.
Bismuth Mindrender 
Speaking of stealing cards, there's a high chance that Bismuth Mindrender can use its opponent's cards against them. This creature has Menace and when it deals combat damage to a player, the defending player needs to exile the top card of their library until they exile a nonland card. The attacking player can then cast that card by paying life instead of paying its mana cost. Otherwise, exile that card.
Given that Bismuth Mindrender has Menace, the chances of it dealing combat damage to a player are high, especially if the defending player barely has any creatures to block with.
Chittering Dispatcher
In our opinion, Chitter Dispatcher isn't an essential card to have on the MTG Eldrazi Incursion deck. Basically, when this creature dies, is sent to exile or back to the hand, controllers create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn that can be sacrificed for one colorless mana. Not too impressive.
However, what makes the card a powerhouse is its Myriad ability. If this creature attacks, the controller creates a tapped and attacking copy of Chitter Dispatcher for each opponent in play. Let's say there are three active opponents, the controller will create three Eldrazi Spawns that can be sacrificed for one colorless mana given how the copies don't stay on the battlefield after combat.
To make the most out of Chitter Dispatcher, it's best to enhance its power and toughness to increase its chances of surviving.
Hideous Taskmaster
Another card that steals cards from other players is Hideous Taskmaster. It may be a costly creature to cast (six generic and one red) but it provides the player with a lot of value. It has Trample, Haste, and Annihilator 1. Then when players cast this spell, they gain control of one target creature per player until the end of the turn. Those creatures also gain Trample, Haste, and Annihilator 1. It's a perfect way to reduce an opponent's life especially considering they'll likely be open due to the Annihilator abilities.
Notable Reprints
New cards are always fun to have, however, sometimes players are also looking forward to reprints. This is mostly because some expensive cards could be reprinted, which then allows players to get them at cheaper prices or increases their chances of pulling them from the new set. Having that in mind, here are some of the notable reprints in the MTG Eldrazi Incursion.
Eldrazi Conscription 
If you're looking for faster ways to end a game via combat damage, Eldrazi Conscription is a good Enchantment to have. Thankfully, the Enchantment is part of the MTG Eldrazi Incursion deck. This card enchants a target creature and gives it +10/+10 with Trample and Annihilator 2.
Eldrazi Conscription is a great way to catch opponents by surprise. It's essential to keep an eye on the board's open mana to ensure a successful cast.
The most expensive variant of Eldrazi Conscription costs $13. It's not a super expensive card, but having it reprinted could likely drop its price to under $10.
Eldrazi Monument 
Another good game-ending Enchantment is Eldrazi Monument. Let's say the controller already has a plethora of big creatures on their board, giving their creatures Flying and Indestructible with a slight buff of +1/+1 will make their creatures near impossible to kill. This is especially difficult to deal with if their opponents don't rely on creatures with Flying.
More or less Eldrazi Monument sells for $13 and could go for under $10 thanks to its reprint soon coming out.
Morophon, the Boundless
Morophon, the Boundless is a good discount card to have on the deck. Spells of chosen creature type cost one white, one blue, one black, one red, and one green less to cast. Then the chosen creature type will also gain +1/+1 for as long as Morphon remains on the battlefield.
As of this writing, the most expensive variant of Morphon goes for almost $33. To have this creature get reprinted and added to a precon deck is a bang for the buck. However, it isn't surprising that an expensive card is getting reprinted in a precon considering it isn't necessarily a game-defying card either.
All Other Reprints Coming to MTG Eldrazi Incursion
The majority of the remaining reprints coming to the precon deck mostly synergize with the colorless spells and Eldrazi creatures. Here's a full list of every other card:
That's it for the entire deck list of MTG Eldrazi Incursion. For more MTG news, be sure to check out ClutchPoints Gaming.
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