15 Preview Cards!! How to Draft Commander Masters | Magic: The Gathering MTG 

How to Draft Commander Masters? Well you don't because of the price.

Thanks for the enthusiasm Gavin, but at 350 dollars per 24 packs I sincerely doubt many people will be drafting this product. It's not financially responsible me to gamble 50 dollars and open Boompile and Drakuseth :(

This would’ve been a phenomenal draft set… if it cost the same as a normal draft.

this looks like a very fun and well-designed product! as a Commander player who's recently gotten into draft, I would love to have the opportunity to draft this. Unfortunately, due to the price point, it's unlikely that I'll be able to afford it, and it's even more unlikely that I'll be able to find 7 of my friends who can also afford it. I wish this was priced closer to a normal set - that way, the reprints could actually bring down the market prices of the Commander staples in the set

Draft tip: When drafting you're gonna have to choose between drafting a deck and drafting cards that don't make you feel like you just dumped your wallet in a bin.

Gavin I be real with you. I was looking forward to this and I am excited with the set, but the price means it is not worth it for me. If I can build a deck for the price of a commander draft then I will do that instead of drafting. You aren't at fault for the pricing and I am sad as I missed the last two commander drafts and some of those cards became my favourites. However I don't feel like I am alone with this. It feels like you are setting this set up to flop and then the next premium set will be even more expensive leading to less people buying it and so on . again not on you. just makes me sad

Easy. Just Have the money to do so. Unfortunately, I do not have it and Wizards are asking an overwhelming price for the booster box of Commander Masters in Brazil :( For them, Magic isn't about the community, it's just about the money.

It sucks that you get the blowback for WOTC, but I appreciate your enthusiasm Gavin! I'm looking forward to seeing the Slivers deck as I pre-ordered it from my LGS :)

Sounds great, can't wait for the full card list to proxy a cube

I appreciate your enthusiasm Gavin but i just can't afford to draft at 13€ to 16€ a draft pack.

Cool decision on giving 1-colored commanders partner. Heard about this house rule a few years ago at commander cube at my lgs, and found it super elegant and sweet, happy to see it get the recognition it deserves.

I loved how you explained mana curves to people. I think thats a concept that many MTG players might not be as familiar with. Especially newer Commander players. I thought you did a great job explaining how this moght be a bit different from a traditional draft format. I am looking forward to seeing experimenting with thebpartner mechanic with these mono-colored legends. Fun idea! This is probably going to be even more fun than the last two Commander draft sets combined!

I also love commander draft. Buy god damn this set is too much. Please respond to feedback wizards, we don’t like products that cost a whole triple A video game for one draft.

great video. i don't think we can go back to having previews of a draftable set without knowing the draft archetypes from the beginning. It's so much better. Can't un-pickle this cucumber. Also, seing the preview for Boompile reminded me I'd like to see a card printed for Flearan One-Eye, goblin engineer in some future set or commander product. Goblins can use a new leader!

I will never not be bummed about this being a masters set.

Love the earlier drop for set

This video will be very useful for the half dozen people who can afford to draft this set 😢

It’s super helpful to see side by side cards and your reasoning for picking them! I’m not the best at draft so these primers help a ton!!

The thriving lands are, in my opinion, the best mana fixing ever conceived for limited formats and I’m so happy to finally see them in a draft environment!

It's sad that we're hit with two premium priced sets back to back

It's a bit disappointing that there's no prerelease packs for Commander Masters that's a variation of the kits suitable for the commander format. I bet it would be an interesting experience to open them during a prerelease event.

Great overview. I'd much rather know the draft arctypes before viewing cards. That way I know the synergies.

Knowing the archetypes early in preview season is much appreciated

I like seeing the archetypes early like this ❤

my commander cube will on add the mono color legends have "partner" and you know what i'll add "choose a background" for more spice

Thanks

This set looks really fun, can't wait to skip rent next month so my friends and I can play

It's unfortunate what Hasbro is doing to MTG. Would like to draft CM but the cost is nowhere near justifiable. Kudos to Gavin for remaining enthusiastic throughout despite the obvious issues behind the scenes.

Yeah, i would love to draft it but it is too expensive for me:( even sharing the price with my friends will be tough

Sounds very fun will all the tweeks! But me and my friends will sadly pass due to it being to expensive.

Third time is the charm :) I am glad to finally see a deep, tried and true archetype for izzet. Sad to see it in a format that doesn't look like it is going to provide new partners (or adjacent mechanics). My commander cube would like some :p Speaking of commander cube, few things would make mine happier than a finishing of the bicycle lands-cycle. You are versed enough in commander draft to see why the tricycle lands just aren't viable

I do not know if I will spend the money (40 bucks here) for a draft night for Commander Masters, however I see really busted things to do with these new rules, like when you showed Selvala with Kozilek O_o yeesh wombo combo

Price has blocked anyone from playing, I would recommend focusing your content efforts on products people can actually play. Thank you.

Im excited to draft this at my LGS with my friends. Wish that the draft box were like 175$ and sets are 250$ and collectors boosters are 145$.

I like the earlier archetype showcase. So I have another perspective when more cards are shown. But the display prices are too high. I will not draft this set.

This sounds so much fun! I wish it wasn't so expensive so I could actually play it :(

Where I live the box is 294,90 € in preorder. Does this imply that if my store organize a 8 player pod draft we could expect 36.8625 € to draft with 3 boosters of 20 cards 🤔 ? 20 cards per boosters including 1 legend R/M + 1 R/M + 2 Legends U for sure. So to round some numbers for ~ 37€ you'll get ~ 3 boosters at 12€ each. You'll then end up with at least 6 rares with maybe mystics depending how the pod would decide to distribute the R/M. Living the draft experience for 37€ and leaving with potentially 6 rares would imply 6€ the rare... When you compare regular price drafts in stores are 15€ for 4 boosters (3+1 bonus booster), you then end up with at least 4 Rares that would imply 3.75€ a rare. Since there is only 24 boosters in a commander master box their is no bonus boosters. So the "reasonable" price a store should sell a draft experience would be 6x3,75€ =22.5€ (price per rare). So for me stores should propose Commander masters drafts for 22.5€ max I guess, with no bonus boosters, even for the winner since the box doesn't have extra boosters. If you local store propose this price let me know I'm curious.

I want to play with this set, seems fun. I won't play with this set, too expensive. That was the case for LOTR set too. And now that WOTC is giving me the habit to skip prereleases, I am surely going to continue even for regular sets. I'm just sad now. That's what happened with commander decks. I religiously bought all commander decks each year... Up to the moment when they started to print 4-5 for each set. Since I could not keep up, I just stopped buying any one at all anymore. Also they went +30% or so in price in the meantime... I'm glad I built two cubes for me and my friends.

Im playing exactly one draft to support my LGS. Im value drafting only and if I can make a working deck after so be it

How much does a draft booster cost? Asking for the community.

looks very interesting, but at this price point I'd rather buy BG3 than play 1 draft

If you are asking people pay $350 for a masters set, perhaps focus less on making it draftable, and focus more on the needed reprints. Not many people are going to be drafting this set, so it will really suck to open a 20 cent bulk rare that was put in the set just for draft purposes when you are paying $15+ per pack.

Love seeing MTGO-only Commons get actually printed at common. Helps alleviate some confusion when playing Pauper

This set will not sustain the price, the current reprints are bubble cards,look what happen with oath's if warriors and three visits

"Draft"and "commander" cannot be in the same sentence and expect sometime positive or even positive.

I like the portrait-style alternative card treatment of the legends! It’s cool seeing older legends up close and personal!

"Undernonetized"

I'll make sure to be at my lgs drafting... once my mortgage goes through

I wished I could draft this, but none in my friends group are a millionaire..

Really thriving? Why can't we get battle bond lands in these dang commander sets!

My friends and I played commander this way a while ago. We called it Unlikely Allies. Any 2 legends could be your partners, but the focus was on fun, not winning, so broken cards and infinite combos were banned. Memes were encouraged.

When he previewed the thriving lands cycle I about threw up these reprints are so bad.

Mama curve doesn’t matter when hasboro gets their greedy hands on it.

Isn't it like $60 do do draft. Are u saying that I have to openy packs then give the remaining cards to other players? Wouldn't I just want to get all the hits? Regardless of I lose

Why every time RW is equipment? It's sad(

Sounds great but this price model is inaccessible to most players who would want to try it.

Oh wow, I hadn't realized it was going to be a different draft format. This sounds like it would be pretty fun! While I do echo the sentiments of the cost, I feel doing this at least once or twice at a release event for something new to try would be great.

You missed the part where you need to get a refi loan to afford to play this draft set. And for that reason I'm out.

If Kazuul is printed at uncommon im playing draft for sure

Where is pauper?

I participate in a Masters Draft in my LGS for 45€. This is o.k. A whole Display for 350 in a Set that is only Reprints? Definitively not

I'd love to draft it but a box is like $400 and doesn't even come with enough packs to draft with all my friends. Only 24 packs in a box? Only 4 in a collector booster box?! At least the packs have more than 5 cards in them this time.

Bet people can’t wait to open up the thriving cycle in their $300 draft box wooooooo yeaaaaa!

Huge balancing issue with all mono-colored legends having partner. Starting with an EXTRA CARD, especially one that can be recast from the command zone is SO powerful that it will be the vastly superior option to ANY of the 2 or 3 color commanders. Unimagineable that any single legend can stand up to something like Selvala/Urza. Drafting two mono-colored legends is going to be the only way to go in the format

Step 1 to draft commander maters pull this out 💳. Congrats you have drafted the 'premium' product.

Step one to draft this set: pay 40€, because WotC doesn't even come close to caring about making the game accessible.

Im confident most people only care about the value reprints in a set this expensive.

350 to 500 a box for the absolute chaff of this set is terrible.

Cool Set, uncool price. So "Singles only" again.

"Commander draft is one of my favorite ways to play" Mine too! BUT nobody is :) No one in my playgroup can draft sets like this. I'd be stoked to, but the vast majority of players don't want to risk that kind of cost! From a gameplay perspective, you gotta consider the cost, right? When a player drafts, sometimes they get unlucky, and it's frustrating to get mana screwed or hate drafted when they spent hard earned money and a Friday night to coordinate the experience. Variance is inherent in MTG, but at these prices? No way. This is a set for the scalpers. I'll buy a single or two from the LGS and be done with it.

Price masters😂

So what is the excuse at wizards for pricing players out of the game?

The main diff is 3/4x the price. Poor shops

I sure wish this set was cheap enough for the average player to draft. I'd wager most players wont draft this set once and only a very small percentage will do multiple drafts. If the idea is to draft the set packs need to be less than $10. If you want to charge this much for packs the set shouldn't be wasting slots on draft chaff and should just be a chronicles style set of just reprints. Your reprint policy is outdated and can't keep up with demand. Something needs to change.

Nice, but no one in my lgs are going to play this because of the price

And I thought regular drafting was expensive. Lmao

Really hoping my local store has the entry for draft at a reasonable price because man those draft box prices are a bit steep but then again, they are a distributor so they aren’t going to screw me over with inflated prices…

The twist is that you can't actually afford to draft this

I mean why would I draft comander masters for 60 dollars when I can buy a box of baulders gate for 95 dollars and get 2 drafts.

Need more downshifts for pauper!

Yay cartographers hawk!

Ive been playing since i was around 5 years old, ive never seen company greed affect the way me and my friends play mtg like this before. A 350 dollar box divided by 8 people is almost 45 bucks, am i supposed to tell my friends "come draft with me, its just 45 bucks to buy in!!" Things are going off the rails and im starting to wonder if its time to sell all of my expensive cards and play with mostly proxies

This seems to be the ultimate magic the gathering format

Double the print run of Double Masters, Looking forward to picking up the singles from this set in a months time for knockdown prices. You really know what the people want, Gavin!

Commander legends: battle for baulders gate was my favorite game experiences ive had in the last 5 years of getting back into magic. I drafted it 6 times and dont regret a single playthrough. I would love to have the same experiences with this set, but I cant afford the price increases.

"How to draft commander masters. Step 1: Sell a kidney or inherit great wealth; Look, some magic products aren't for everyone. If you haven't restricted your alcohol intake, or exploited workers to the point you're independently wealthy and can buy said kidney, this one may not be for you."

Price is to high for this set. My local LGS is charging $60 for the draft. That’s $20 for a single draft pack. Thanks wizards for making this game unaffordable to the people who love it

Imagine being able to draft, my lgs can’t even sell packs

I want to build a prismatic piper/prismatic piper partner deck.

Why don't you just make the partner rule valid for all legends? It's just fair...

Why in the world should a COMMANDER MASTERS set be designed around drafting? It's purpose is to provide needed reprints for Commander!!!!!

*GREED*

Sorry I just can’t invest money in this. Period. It’s too expensive for reasons others have posted already. Something must be done to end this price gouging madness. It’s not fair for anyone to pay this amount to have a good time drafting with friends. It’s not your fault Gavin I totally respect you and you put out great videos thank you.

Answer? Be rich

Master 25 was released in 2018. Even back then people were complaining about how overpriced these types of products were and how frustrated they felt being priced out of it. Even MaRo admitted that there was a lot of negativity around expensive products. But despite that, here we are again in 2023. I don't want to be mean but after all these VIP boosters, expensive master sets, 30th Edition, etc... after all these years what I get is that clearly suits at WotC are only seeking higher and higher profit even if it means that it is to the detriment of the customers, even if it hurt the community. WotC show again and again that they are hypocrites and that they don't care for real about LGSs, community and players/customers. I'm sure WotC staff and people like Gavin and MaRo like us, they do not agree with all the directions and all the suits decisions. But, honestly such products are one of the many reason I quitted MTG this year (yeah and can quit and still watch mtg related video on YT from time to time, I just no longer buy any MTG or nor play). I turned to video games as a hobby. Way more worth my money. Can get a triple AAA game for the same price as a collector booster of CM. A booster of CM with last 5 min and it could result on me being happy or deceived about my pull and then most of the cards in pack end up in binders. A video game for the same price I will have fun playing for hours. Currently playing and modding Fallout 4 that I bought for 60$ in 2016. Over 300 hours in... now that is money well spent. I hear each year a bunch of people who heard about MTG and they don't want to try it. They don't want because the general public perception of MTG is that is a very expensive hobby. And that is effectively a very expensive hobby, especially when you have more and more sets like LOTR and CM that are crazy overexpensive. WotC suits have no idea how many people they could get playig and how much MTG could strive if the prices were more affordable. It looks like WotC prefer to have 1 whales buying a box at 400$ than 4 people buying a box of CM at 100$. They prefer having 1 whale being happy to engae with the product even if it means 4 other customers will feel they are priced out of the game.

Can we stop reprinting and creating in general lands that have no choice but coming into play tapped please? If you're going to reprint lands let's do the shocks lands or other lands that have the option to come into play untapped. In addition it be really nice to see a cycle of tri colored lands with basic land types that function like the shock lands. Though instead of paying 2 life we do 3 life. Could call the "bolt" lands

You don't, keep scrolling

I'd like it more if draft didn't cost almost the same price as a videogame. There's no way it's financially feasible for so many people when you guys are charging as much as you are for a draft.

Not a whale - no thank you

Why is Yargle here? The joke is old stop. If you want people yo go “haha Yargle”, make more stuff like the Yargle secret lair or Yargle&Multani, that’s actually PLAYABLE. I was sick of opening him in MOM as a completely unplayable uncommon slot, and even if I were able to afford this set I’d be even angrier at opening him here