Best cards to reprint in Commander masters for Duel commander

Previews for mtg's next set - Commander Masters begin today and many EDH players are excited as the set promises a ton of reprints to expensive and iconic cards for the format. There are some cards though that also see play in Duel commander and could use a reprint. In this article I want to list some rather expensive cards that I wish to see reprinted to make the format atleast a bit cheaper.

One of the popular cards that hasn't received a single reprint outside of a secret lair or as a judge promo is Spellseeker. This great creature has only been printed in Battlebond back in 2018, about 5 years ago. It's quite a popular inclusion in some blue decks in both EDH and duel commander.

It currently sees play in Aminatou, the Fateshifter decks as it allows you to search for the best card for the situation, sometimes even repeatedly, thanks to the ability of the commander blinking it. In EDH, it's a popular choice for many partner commander decks and decks that synergize with wizards such as Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. It's currently sitting at around 30€/$ so it would make for a pretty solid reprint...

Esper Sentinel is yet another popular card in many formats which is still waiting for a reprint. It's played in one-fifth of all commander decks on EDHrec. It was a card made for modern and only printed in Modern Horizons 2 so it may not get reprinted even if it's that popular. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician already got reprinted though so I see no reason not to do it. 

Including it would certainly make duel commander players happy as it sees play in pretty much any aggro or midrange deck capable of running it. In modern you can find it in decks such as "Hammer time" and human tribal. Printing Esper Sentinel again would surely make a lot of players happy but it's probably the least likely card to get reprinted from this article.

Underworld Breach isn't seeing as much as it used to back when Dihada, Binder of Wills was legal but you can still find it somewhere. You can find it in combo decks in different formats. Since you can find it in cEDH decks and it still hasn't received another printing than in Theros: Beyond Death, it would certainly be a good inclusion.

Nowadays you can find it as a part of Kroxa and Wernog//Bjorna decks in duel commander, and in modern as a part of Death's Shadow and other combo decks. You can even see it in combo decks of Vintage and cEDH too. Reprinting Underworld Breach would make it more accessible for combo players of many formats and make the decks that it's played in at least a bit cheaper since nearly all decks require more than one copy of the card.

Brimaz is one of the most popular creatures for white aggro and midrange decks in duel commander. In EDH he is mostly played only in cat tribal decks with commanders like Arahbo, Roar of the World or Rin and Seri, Inseparable. It is also sometimes played in sideboards of pioneer azorius control decks. 

Brimaz costs around 15-20€ right now so I think it would be a good idea to reprint it since he wasn't printed anywhere since 2014 outside of a secret lair drop last year. Reprinting it would make those Dennick or Aragorn decks atleast a bit cheaper and make a cat tribal players happy too.

Both Flawless Maneuver and Deadly Rollick are a part of the "free spells" cycle from Commander 2020. Cards like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat too are staples in EDH but they are quite hard to come by. Nearly all of the cards from this cycle are either played or banned in duel commander.

Deadly Rollick is played in pretty much any black deck of the format whether it is aggro or control. The only downside is that it will cost you around 35€/$. The same can be said for the other spells from this cycle. The only one which has received a reprint and won't cost you that much is Flawless Maneuver. It recently got a reprint in a LotR precon deck but still costs around 9-10€/$.

Reprinting this cycle of cards would make both duel commander and EDH players happy and give them easier and cheaper access to these powerful staples.

Author: Tomas Solovic

Prices and data are from the 11th of July, 2023