One of the things I thought Ixalan missed out on the first time was a small feathered raptor perched on a pirate’s shoulder as a stand-in for the archetypal parrot. I doubt they’d call it Dinosaur Pirate, but I’m still hoping it shows up somewhere in this set.

The pre-built characters are all recruitable party members, so you’ll be able follow their stories once you find them.

The profile art gets weird for characters without proper faces.

I mean, I am a bit surprised we get to draft it.

I know the 15 squirrels are their own meme, but this is blatant ferret erasure.

I’d love to play against a Claire D’Loon deck, though to be fair I’m down for acorn commanders in general.

Have you given any thought to how you’re handling the tokens? Shuffling a bunch token copies of various creatures into your deck could get messy.

As the owner of a [[Gyome]] commander deck, I’m excited for the new Food support. I’m still not sure if I want to add the new BG cards to that deck, or convert it to a Frodo/Sam deck.