These Bloomburrow Commanders Are Starter Kit Exclusives?! | Magic the Gathering

There are two Legendary creatures that can be your commander that are exclusively found in the Bloomburrow starter kit, and not in packs. I break down each of the commanders and talk about how you should build them.
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[@hankhill5616]

Who would have thought a rabbit would bring all hydras together

[@almisami]

It's basically Bright Palm, but every turn for every creature...

[@joahadams3845]

A cat already did it

[@Charley-ju6yg]

​@@joahadams3845well yes, but no. Byrke's ability is significantly more troublesome to deal with

[@googloocraft1217]

Sovereign Okinec Ahau is just way better

[@Shrimpeay]

Bria is gonna be a veyran 99 all star

[@kurtlondon2425]

Facts first thing I thought when I saw her. Imagine the chaos with harmonic prodigy on the battlefield too

[@benjaminaschlimanjr4939]

I thought of kykar first

[@yusheitslv100]

Agreed

[@Sephiroth330]

@@benjaminaschlimanjr4939 My thoughts was the Prowess Narset for Prowess Prowess

[@ThaMobstarr]

@@kurtlondon2425 Bria isn't a wizard or shaman and Veyran's second part is a replacement effect and not a triggered ability, so Harmonic Prodigy doesn't do much.

[@chuckcharlesz]

We've had a couple combat-focused spellslinger commanders recently with Balmor on the lower power side and Narset Enlightened Exile on the breaking out a calculator end.

[@benrutgers6329]

My balmor is pretty solid. Will have to find a home for this. Don't like that its 4 mana as I run 0 ramp and rely and hitting Land drops via drawing cards

[@vwertix1662]

Ovika, Engima Goliath

[@YearOfTheSwagon]

Kamiz

[@einsUNDcolt]

A legendary otter that wasn't banned before being released?! Impossible

[@Crawver]

It's not out yet, give it time.

[@bradsimpson8724]

RIP Lutri! Still playable in our hearts!

[@Spark-Gold]

​@@Crawver it can't be banned before release after release 🥴

[@starrysunflower332]

this just reminded me that my LGS is starting a league with no ban list, I gotta get that card

[@phearamax4146]

In Izzet no less!

[@sans_seraph_531]

Oh shit, they took off "the battlefield". Words are valuable space

[@milkymarauder]

Yeah I'm super hyped for this set but losing ETB to "enters" kinda sucks. Hope they change it back the set after

[@CrunchBar-qe5fw]

@@milkymarauder it means the same thing, it saves space, and two less words every cast that the new player at the table is going to be saying that don't need to be said.

[@him2674]

my brightpalm deck is gonna be a nice home for byrke

[@jonnstock2560]

Bria going straight in my Narset Enlightened exile deck 😍

[@damagetitan6662]

Bria would be really good with adventure creatures as well

[@baconthegatewaymeat9131]

I have to build Bria! I was called Otter Pop on my swim team so its only natural

[@Inspectornills]

aww, that Bria, Riptide Rogue reminds me of the Redwall books

[@majestyzx9081]

Bloomburrow is heavily inspired by Redwall.

[@lilkyafroninja4671]

I just want otter

[@Cy_in]

Irs not Bryke. Its Byrke. Like Burk.

[@alixdupree3695]

I thought it was like beerkee

[@mathieuguenier3658]

They are both fucking adorable, I'll get them both

[@warrenharshaw7677]

Voja is about to get a rabbit friend..........

[@karkas389]

Shalai halar...bright palms

[@brandonberger9952]

Shark typhoon is going to be great with Bria

[@J3str-z9w]

Byrke+railway brawler or doubling season could create a scary amount of counters

[@GodammitNappa]

Honestly super confused why bria is worded like that qhen narset just says "all creature you control have prowess"

[@uriel7395]

I think it's just an excuse for the reminder text

[@GodammitNappa]

@uriel7395 I guess since it's an intro deck that makes sense but they could've done both?

[@rawrgawr1492]

Because it would have given itself two instances of prowess, since prowess stacks with itself.

[@uriel7395]

@@rawrgawr1492 He means they could've removed both the prowess keyword from Bria and "All other creatures you control have prowess" and just replaced it with "All creatures you control have prowess." Which is what Narset, Enlightened Exile has as her card text.

[@Kingscaleyt]

Magnus the red is going to love bria

[@victorvondean]

I'm looking forward to making a Byrke hydra deck

[@majestyzx9081]

Oh wow, a keyword that stacks! That's insane. Does each individual cast off a storm trigger Prowess? If so, that's gonna be insane. One good storm trigger makes all of your creatures beefy and unnlockable. Definitely gonna be picking this up.

[@masonstohler5208]

copies are not cast so it does not

[@randomperson-bk7sk]

Ooo, the izzit transforming phyrexian with prowess prowess would be such a phenomenal combo piece here👀

[@dumbledalfthewizard9486]

Bria lookin like Narset at home

[@ThaMobstarr]

I feel like giving creatures unblockable is pretty great in an combat-focused spellslinger deck. Wouldn't say that she is Narset at home. Though Narset does have the upside of having another colour.

[@dumbledalfthewizard9486]

@@ThaMobstarr Having built Narset, she's at least three times as good as Bria. It isn't really a comparison.

[@jokerlover300]

Bria’s outfit is looking very familiar… and there’s something about that CMC that’s rubbing me the wrong way.

[@Ragnarockthedarkwolf]

Yeet tactical otter and Bug’s revenge

[@MakeVarahHappen]

Bria sounds like hell to use tokens for.

[@zeusalternative1270]

0:01 Has this been confirmed? Damn I was so looking forward to open Bria on a draft.

[@WindchaserX]

yep

[@breadgehog]

Nowhere that I can see. WPN doesn't make any mention at all, the card doesn't say, and the only place that even mentions it apart from these guys' social media is the wiki page for the starter kit, which has no citation.

[@WindchaserX]

@@breadgehog It is exclusive because of the set number.

[@sol6287]

Bryke….Voja…yes my brain ir braining rn

[@citruscampbell]

I bought this starter kit as my first every mtg cards

[@TheUnrulyDog]

Weird how those “starter kit exclusive” cards have the main set symbol huh

[@557deadpool]

Because the starter kit is in the Bloomburrow set...

[@breadgehog]

Where was this "confirmed" starter kit exclusive? They both have the main set symbol and there's nothing beside the collector number to denote exclusivity.

[@santiagopablojr1639]

Why does the Otto look like mista from jojo golden wind

[@revali3520]

Not the 4 mana value

[@greenlock641]

I can't unsee it now, this is absolutely incredible :D

[@Itjustgotserious]

Oh bria, yet another deck where dramatic reversal/isochron scepter goes hard

[@7eko456]

I'd love to use the new Jace with Bria sense a spell coming out of plot is casting it

[@toomuchritz]

Byrke would benefit so well off of losheel. Essentially getting those attack triggers without the risk of creature death

[@legendsofmichael4315]

Honestly, as a counter loving Selesnia fan, I think I'll buy this starter deck just for the bunny

[@shinkakitsune]

Oh my bright palm soul awakener deck is going to have a field day with byrke. Byrke+ bright palms back up+ doubling session and all will be one will be a game ender lmao

[@maxbodifee3263]

Love how starter kits are unplayable for starters

[@limabean8948]

wdym?

[@Kuraking2]

I want Byrke for my ahau deck

[@Sneaky_Pirate]

Imma say imma say IMMA SAY IT!!!!! Defiler with this commander would be mint

[@raztarak]

Contemplating swapping out Adeliz for briar as my commander at this point

[@RhysticTutor1]

I think Torens would work really well in the rabbit deck, because of Training

[@djsedam123]

The new Izzet Commander is gonna end up running the Brain Freeze Combo (Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze = mill your opponents to win) and run a copy of Thassa's Oracle 🙄😔

[@brianhunter5759]

These 2 are only found in the Starter Decks?!?!?! I guess I'm pre-ordering that too now

[@ChaseJohnson-y6c]

im putting bria in m niv mizzet deck

[@WinteryNeighborhoodWinterspell]

I need Bria for my Red/Blue Clues

[@TheSandwhichman108]

So what I’m getting is Bloomburrow is a plain where various animals pratice magic and the like with various groups and factions having there own cultures and throw in some more wacky characters to breath more life into this plain. In other words…It’s mtg but everyone is a furry basically. I once saw a picture of a card in this set. It was an alternate art of a Jace card as a fox.

[@vaepuer2290]

GOBLINS AND OTTERS GO BRRRRR

[@wademiller2376]

Has a starter deck pack ever had exclusives before?

[@greystgermain542]

Bria goes hard in aftermath narset

[@TheMorrok]

Bria and Hada are besties...

[@steel5315]

Bria has alot of potential I think

[@AFO666]

Time to become a bria breeduh 😎😎😎

[@Kahadi]

I need Byrke for my Flicker deck. A +1/+1 counter theme thanks to Cathar's Crusade and Champion of Lambholt, with Flicker and swarm backing it up, and now a creature that not only gives more counters on ETB, but also doubles counters on attack? Just Cathar's Crusade, Champion of Lambholt, and Byrke is OP. Get out Crusade, bring out the Champion, he gets a counter, Byrke enters, giving both of them a counter from Crusade, targeting himself and Champion with his own ability, and Champion gives himself another counter, making Champion already a 5/5 that can't be blocked by anything weaker, attack and it jumps up to a 9/9 that can't be blocked by anything weaker. Even without Cathar's Crusade, just CoL out and bringing in Byrke makes Lambholt a 3/3 before attacking and a 5/5 after attacking, which is still amazing when it can't be blocked by smaller stuff. Yeah, a bit expensive on mana, but Green is great at ramping, so that's not too bad, and even if it takes a bit to fully set up, that just gives more time for Champion of Lambholt to get bigger before Byrke comes out for the attack trigger.

[@zauvimoo]

I want a temur otter commander so fucking bad because i can run all the otters in izzet ACCEPT FOR FUCKING 1 IM SO SAD 1 IS SIMIC, i plan on make a Bria deck with all the otters and running stuff like thousand faces so i can make copies of otters and swing out but its gonna be hard to figure out exactly what im doing so for now i have my only ever standard deck being otter spellslinger

[@DoABarrelRol1l]

YES and its a good otter too. Wasn't going to do commander just modern decks but I want some cards to bridge them together flavor wise.

[@marcoottina654]

Byrke is good in a Shalai&Hallar deck, despite being a bit too costly

[@boomydawn1018]

Not the number 4 is this a jojo reference

[@jonastraxel7596]

Byrke will be a menace in my Shalai and Hallar Deck

[@Crawver]

Hah, quite literally the exact same thought for me. He's probably going to be the biggest card in that deck, and fits nicely as a curve topper to just end a game there. Out of curiosity, do you only ever cast your commander after you have a +1/+1 engine fully constructed, and normally win the game that turn, or the turn after?

[@jonastraxel7596]

​@@Crawver It depends who I'm playing with. In my main group we play pretty casually with Power 7 decks. If I'm playing Shalai and Halar there I drop my commander early to give a way to deal with the exponential damage output (I'm also running only one infinite combo with Red Terror). But if I want to close out the game, I cast them the second time after I have the engine going. Also, if I play with my more competitive group, I wait till I'm able to steamroll. +1/+1 Counters are strong even without the commander

[@deathnights-bane3301]

Ahh, more cards for the 99 of aragorn the uniter.

[@savi1314]

Bria is going into my kykar deck

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

Would double strike on the rabbit work to double the counters again?

[@danielaguirre5949]

Can you prowess twice on a creature that already has prowess like Eris?

[@dagreen92]

I cant find confirmation that these cards arent on booster packs? will these mater for limited i wonder?

[@mcstotti8691]

Blue can get a way to make gib unblovkable creatures but green cant get no counterspell

[@Moop321]

Bria just seems like Narset but worse, and Byrke is just Sovereign Okinec Ahau but more mana

[@ttommiecole329cooper6]

Wish Byrke wasnt white green so i could play it in animar

[@aznsbd]

Can you not pull version of these Commanders from Collector's Boosters?

[@rubz8r089]

i have a narset enlightened exile heroic deck, and I'm planning on putting bria in it. did you know prowess stacks? so a heroic creature with narset, bria, and veyran get 6 ability triggers from one spell

[@PrettierNPastel]

Hi Bria ever heard of Narset?

[@thomasritchie8460]

BUNNY COMMANDER

[@slave_to_this_mortal_world485]

If I were to combine the bottom effect of byrke with the effect of elesh norn where she lets triggered abilities happen again would that make it so I get quadruple the +1+1 on the creature?

[@solarupdraft]

Pretty sure Byrke is pronounced like Burke, just with a fancy spelling.

[@Warriormon87]

Otter commander arises!

[@stalelemonproduction]

I pulled bria from a play booster

[@MTGRecon]

That must be collation bug then, since it’s not meant to be

[@Broken_Colossus]

Yah my oveka deck just got a new 99 staple

[@josephjoestar413]

Got my starter kit pre ordered already, along with the squirrel precon. With a couple upgrades that squirrel deck is nuts. Btw, anybody willing to trade an me an earthcraft? I have the one ring

[@lauralharris]

Oh god Bria's gonna be $50

[@Creamwithinadream]

Aren't these starter kits like 20 bucks lol

[@lauralharris]

@Creamwithinadream I'm talking resale prices. You could be right tho I'm not very aware of the secondary market

[@TaskMaster5]

@@lauralharris Starter sets like these are printed in high enough quantities that resale value isn't going to be amazing even for just a single card.

[@lauralharris]

@@TaskMaster5 ok thank god

[@henrivalencia21]

Bria reminds me of Mista from Jojo

[@lord_of_happy_death6557]

It’s not br-ike, it’s burk. If it was br-ike, it’d be spelled bryke.

[@Smokin_Choochang]

Could also be pronounced like “burr - key”? Or “beer - key”

[@djsedam123]

​@Smokin_Choochang can he open cans as well as bottles? 😂

[@Erik_Sjostrom]

Are these cards standard legal?

[@benmills4358]

Byrke you've just been recruited in Voja Decks.

[@Sweetguy1821]

Wizards card design has boiled down to just doubling X ability and calling it a day. We need more interesting build around commanders

[@Tama31]

Bryke???? Reread that, it's Byrke.

[@insidious_topo3940]

Are these starter kits 100 cards each? Or are these 60?

[@Badassest]

Byrke seems fun, it will go nicely with sovereign, hydras, tumblewagg and I really want to annihilate people with rabbits. Let the tiny poop nuggets flow!😎

[@drumstickz8183]

Furries bouta go crazy on this set 😼✊🏼

[@ezraz.6335]

I feel like Byrke is just worse Sovereign Okinec Ahau

[@simpjuice9707]

Only 25$!

[@TechWizard28]

While they can be used as commanders in edh, they're not "commanders"

[@re5wesker281]

Are they still gonna be standard legal?

[@redVanillaw]

Byrke. Berk. Like Kirk.

[@davidstar2686]

Wait. The bloomburrow what

[@carlosteixeira3688]

Oh my 😅

[@chesterstern2109]

these are gonna be expensive lol

[@roberthastings5969]

Especially the Brya one

[@StrawhatRye]

It'll be roughly $20 and these starter decks have always been printed to demand. At worse if Bria becomes a CEDH commander (I still think Veyran is significantly better) shell be like $5 - $10. The other leaders not very good and these decks are most likely just gonna be bulk.

[@roberthastings5969]

@@StrawhatRye Veyran is good in CEDH? 💀

[@912zap]

​@@StrawhatRye Bria is a worse Narset, not even close to CEDH material.

[@eduardom65]

I am seething anger and livid, that they made the otter a rogue. Not a wizard. Not a shaman. A rogue. Thanks wizards.

[@MrLucasrn]

Damn…. If Bria is modern legal, it’s going to my infect deck.

[@AntonioTheTurtle]

It is modern legal. If it is standard legal it is modern legal.

[@PremPnamNam]

Ah yes, Byrke, pronounced as Bryke. Feels like there's a "reading the card explains the card" joke to be made here, but I'm too lazy to figure it out

[@haydendreyer1485]

Bria should have been Lutri. Just saying...

[@rakdoxx873]

Starter decks that are hard for beginners, ironic

[@denshitenshi]

Free my boy Lutri

[@Brennan75]

Pleeease it's BYRKE like Dirk not BRYKE like Bike