11 Dominaria united spoilers that I think are great includes in any deck or are powerful options for specific deck archetypes. I even included a hot take of a popular card that people love and stated my reasons why I don’t think it is good. Enjoy the read!
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White Dominaria United Spoilers
1. Prayer of Binding
Prayer of Binding is a simple card but is a great addition for enchantress decks. It’s another one added to the list of cards like banishment. One of the great things about this is the instant speed on the card. The big problems with enchantress is its lack of instant speed synergistic interactions, and this definitely helps. While 4 mana can be a lot to have to leave open the fact that it can reliably cantrip thanks to commanders like Sythis, makes this a powerful include for any deck needing removal in enchantress.
2. Serra Paragon
Next up we have Serra Paragon. Serra Paragon is a powerful engine in any white deck, but especially so in blink decks. With Serra Paragon and blink decks you can not only activate Serra Paragon multiple times a turn, but you can also remove the exile trigger on your other permanents. Allowing them to go back to the graveyard if they were removed. There are tons of ways to make this card from Dominaria United broken, but this and displacer kitten becomes a broken combo that any blink deck will love to have.
Blue Dominaria United Spoilers
3. Academy Wall
Academy wall is a new Dominaria United card that spell slinger decks will enjoy. While maybe not as good as archmage emeritus, this will allow you to be able to loot through more of your deck as you cast more instant and sorcery spells. Combine this with the fact that spellslinger decks have a lot of ways to cast stuff on other people’s turns and this is a card that can easily let you see up to 2-4 cards a round. Throw in some grave recursion like mizzix mastery or underworld breach and all those cards you discard can just add fuel to your fire and come back with a vengeance later in the game.
Black Dominaria United Spoilers
4. Cut Down
Cut down is the new card that Cedh players love. This is considered one of the more pushed cards of the set and will absolutely demolish in several of the more competitive games. The reason for this is simple. The bigger threats in casual games are things like Avenger of Zendikar, while in more competitive games the threats are cards like tymna. Meaning the power behind this card will shine in those metas rather than the other ones. So, if you find yourself in games where the lower power creatures are your threats then this is a great card to keep an eye on.
5. The Cruelty of Gix
The Cruelty of Gix is a personal favorite of mine. While its first ability is not worth the 5 mana, the ability to read ahead is what makes this great. This effectively works like a mystic confluence where you can choose the abilities that you want. Letting you tutor any card you want, then reanimate on your next turn. This can allow for some great combo potential with things like demonic consultation and reanimation a thoracic, or a sac outlet and reanimating a protean hulk. Add in the fact that if you do want to use the 1st ability, you can add more fuel to the reanimation targets making this one of the more powerful sagas of Dominaria United.
Green Dominaria United Spoilers
6. Defiler of Vigor
The defiler cycle is an interesting cycle. While weaker than a card like krirk son of yawgmoth. This is a card with lots of potentials. I feel like commanders like Chulane and Animar will love this card the most. The biggest thing about defilers is their mana reduction is actually the secondary effect to focus on since it is heavily restricted. What will make the defiler good or not is the final ability that is unique to each of them. The ability to put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control every time you cast a green permanent, allows for all your creatures, including the defiler to get really big and swing for game when you are ready. Making this a great Dominaria United spoiler.
7. Tail Swipe
Tail swipe seems unassuming but is a great card for those big stompy creature decks. This adds another fight card to your arsenal that can be used as part of the 20 control cards that I recommend for every deck-building strategy. But, the most important thing about this, is its low cmc, Savage Swipe, Blizzard Brawl, and Prey Upon are all popular fight cards that cost 1 mana, but they have specific conditions to buffing your creatures and are sorcery speed. Tail swipe on the other hand is one of the newest Dominaria United spoilers that cost 1 mana, is instant speed, and has some of the lowest restrictions to getting a buff. Making this a great include in decks like Neyith of the Dire Hunt.
Multicolor Dominaria United Spoilers
8. Tear asunder
There are some really good multicolored spells in the Dominaria United spoilers that lots of decks will love. My favorite one is tear asunder. Tear Asunder is a great option for those in green/black, that love cards like anguished unmaking but aren’t in those colors. Not only is this one of the few exile effects green or black has for artifact and enchantment removal, but this can also get even better by kicking it and hitting any non-land permanent. This allows for any green-black deck to function better with this solid form of control.
9. Warhost’s frenzy
I really like this card. It works great for go-wide strategies in more token-focused decks or in sacrifice decks. Making this actually a personal favorite for decks like Garna, bloodfist of keld which I built for everyone to see in an earlier post. The reason is the versatility behind it. It can work as a good finisher when you have a large board presence or can draw you a lot of cards if you are going to sacrifice a bunch of creatures this turn or are about to be boardwiped. Add to the fact that this is instant speed and you can use this at the last possible moment for either scenario. Just be wary that you need 4 mana to do this.
Colorless Dominaria United Spoilers
10. Karns Sylex
One of the new stax pieces that decks are looking at running. This one seems to have potential, especially considering that there are going to be new phyrexian cards. A set of cards known to use life to do things. This can hit a lot of things such as force of will and toxic deluge, but its most powerful mechanic is shutting down fetchlands. This makes this a great option to consider in low-color decks like mono red prison stax, or in decks that are going against higher-powered metas. But my favorite part of this card comes from the board wipe attached to it.
I talk about why I love cards like nevinyrral’s disk as a political card in my article coming out on 10/3/2022. But a short synopsis, is The ability to threaten a boardwipe whenever needed, forces people to hesitate so they don’t overcommit. Allowing you the time needed to secure the victory as they slowed down.
11. Relic of Legends
The final card of Dominaria United spoilers, but a really interesting one. Now, I am not a fan of 3 mana ramp. In fact in cards that ramp for 3 mana, the ability to tap for mana should just be an added benefit, the real value comes from its secondary effect. A great example of this is chromatic lantern, a great card for 4+ color decks as it fixes your lands and ramps you.
Now, while I think chromatic lantern is better than this card, I think letting your commanders and any other legendary creature you control tap for mana, makes this a solid anthem effect that can give you as much as 3+ mana the turn you play it, making this a huge boost to mana. So, if you love your legendary creatures or playing partners, this is a great option for you.
Hot Take
Finally, we have my hot take for Dominaria United spoilers. The Phasing of Zhalfir is not that good. The phasing of zhalfir is trash and not a good boardwipe in most situations. The reason for this is the fact that they get 2/2 creatures afterward. The thought behind this is simple, a boardwipe is played when you are behind. This usually means they have 1) a lot of creatures or 2) a huge value board.
If they have a huge value board then a board wipe that gives them an army of 2/2s can be useful as they do not get many creatures replacing their value. If, however, they have an army of creatures, then all you are doing is replacing them with an army of 2/2s. Combine this with the fact that this fails to meet any of the requirements in my best boardwipe article (comes out on 9/19/2022 but states a boardwipe needs to be: 1:Low CMC, 2: Instant Speed, 3:Assymetrical, 4: High Versatility), and this fails to do any of those significantly. I would not consider this card for even my mono-blue decks. But let me know your thoughts on my hot take, do you agree or disagree, and why?
Dominaria United Spoilers: Conclusion
11 Dominaria United spoilers that I think are great card options for decks. While there were many great options, notably none of the red cards stood out. In your opinion, is there anything interesting missed? Twinferno seemed like a good option but, I feel like it lacked something that would make it truly noteworthy for the top 11. Meanwhile, cards like phasing of zhalfir are hot topics, but I feel like are overhyped and not worth it.
If you liked these cards though and are looking for a new commander, Dominiaria United spoilers have tons of new legendary creatures and I highly suggest checking out my top 3 recommend Dominaria United commanders here. It has budget decklists that can cost below $100 while still able to function in several low-mid power games and have recommendations if you are wanting to go to high-powered games as well. Hope you have a wonderful day!