How To Run The Modern Horizons 3’s Eldrazi Incursion Commander Precon In MTG – TheGamer

With the rate at which Magic: The Gathering releases new Commander precons, there's bound to be some overlap in deck themes, reprints, and new design space. That means it becomes increasingly important for more recent precons to add something new to the mix, something that makes them feel distinct from the many, many precons that came before them.

Eldrazi Incursion from Modern Horizons 3 is a great example of a deck that rehashes an established theme of an already-existing precon but does so in a way that feels unique. Unlike Commander Master's Eldrazi Unbound deck, Eldrazi Incursion embraces the colorful side of Eldrazi creatures. Five-color Eldrazi's quite the ambitious deck theme, as it were.

Eldrazi Incursion has two distinct commanders that pull the precon in different directions. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity is the face commander, and the default legend that most of this deck is built around. It takes a common feature of Eldrazi creatures--cast triggers--and doubles up most of your colorless shenanigans while they're on the stack.

Ulalek's triggered ability warrants some clarification. This ability lets you pay double-colorless mana to copy all spells and abilities you control whenever you cast an Eldrazi spell. That means you're copying things on the stack, not cards that have already entered the battlefield.

Even though Ulalek only triggers when you cast an Eldrazi, it copies anything on the stack, Eldrazi or not. If you can get something on the stack and then follow up with an Eldrazi spell, perhaps an instant or something with flash, you can actually end up copying non-Eldrazi spells once Ulalek's ability resolves.

Your other commander of choice is Azlask, the Swelling Scourge. This one's much more straightforward, rewarding you for holding on to any Eldrazi Spawn or Eldrazi Scion tokens you create to make a big annihilating swing when you activate Azlask's ability. It's an interesting sub-strategy, but a clear second-place commander compared to Ulalek.

Azlask and Ulalek are both colorless in gameplay, but both have all five colors in their color identity for Commander deckbuilding purposes.

Technically, there's also Morophon, the Boundless, a five-color legend that could be run as the commander of the precon. Not only is it inherently less powerful than either of the other two options, but the cost reduction it offers isn't that impressive in a deck full of colorless spells. It's a fine inclusion in the 99, but less than ideal as the commander.

Commander (1)

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity

Creatures (29)

Wastescape Battlemage

Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

Chittering Dispatcher

Eldrazi Displacer

Glaring Fleshraker

Mutated Cultist

Snapping Voidcraw

Vile Redeemer

Bismuth Mindrender

Inversion Behemoth

Sifter of Skulls

Ulamog's Nullifier

Titans' Vanguard

Angelic Aberration

Deepfathom Skulker

Drowner of Hope

Endbringer

Oblivion Sower

Sire of Stagnation

Benthic Anomaly

Hideous Taskmaster

Morophon, the Boundless

Spawnbed Protector

Twins of Discord

World Breaker

Elder Deep-Fiend

Ulamog's Crusher

Artisan of Kozilek

Ulamog's Dreadsire

Planeswalkers (1)

Ugin, the Ineffable

Sorceries (6)

Ancient Stirrings

Selective Obliteration

Ugin's Insight

Rishkar's Expertise

All Is Dust

Skittering Invasion

Instants (7)

Eldritch Immunity

Suffer the Past

Warping Wail

Crib Swap

Kozilek's Return

Eldrazi Confluence

Return of the Wildspeaker

Enchantments (4)

Awakening Zone

Garruk's Uprising

Imprisoned in the Moon

Eldrazi Conscription

Artifacts (14)

Everflowing Chalice

Sol Ring

Arcane Signet

Idol of Oblivion

Talisman of Curiosity

Talisman of Dominance

Talisman of Impulse

Talisman of Resilience

Herald's Horn

Hedron Archive

Mystic Forge

Eldrazi Monument

Forsaken Monument

Dreamstone Hedron

Lands (38)

Adarkar Wastes

Ash Barrens

Battlefield Forge

Bonders' Enclave

Brushland

Cascading Cataracts

Caves of Koilos

Command Tower

Corrupted Crossroads

Eldrazi Temple

Exotic Orchard

Forest (1)

Island (1)

Karplusan Forest

Llanowar Wastes

Mountain (1)

Opal Palace

Path of Ancestry

Plains (1)

Reliquary Tower

Ruins of Oran-Rief

Secluded Courtyard

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