The next Magic: The Gathering set will involve characters and locations that will be familiar to fans of both Dungeons & Dragons and the Baldur's Gate series. The upcoming Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set brings famous characters from the Baldur's Gate series into Magic: The Gathering, with heroes like Minsc the ranger and Boo the hamster joining villains like Jon Irenicus on the battlefield for the first time.
Commander Legends: Battle f0r Baldur's Gate is the second Commander set that is focused on drafting. The Commander draft set has different rules than the standard Commander, as the role of the commander is picked from the drafted cards, with players having the option of using a Faceless One card if they can't find a commander that works, as the Faceless One's player chooses its color and background before the game begins. The minimum deck size of a Commander draft deck is 60, instead of the standard 100, and the Singleton rule is waived, which means players can have duplicates of cards, as standard Commander only allows duplicates of basic lands.
Screen Rant's exclusive Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate card is Campfire. A D&D party eventually needs a rest, so it's not suprising that a campfire would appear in a a D&D crossover set. The Campfire card is an Artifact that costs one mana of any color to play to the field. Once it's on the field, the Campfire has two possible effects. Tapping the Campfire and paying one mana of any color restores two life, which is decent effect, if nothing to write home about. It's Campfire's second effect that is more interesting.
Tapping the Campfire, paying two mana of any color, and exiling the card allows the player to put all commanders they own from the command zone and from the graveyard into their hand. They then shuffle the graveyard into their library. The player has the choice of whether to send the commander to the hand or graveyard when caused by an effect, as they can also be sent back to the command zone. One of the benefits of sending a Magic: The Gathering commander card is that the player can avoid having to pay the "commander tax", which is the informal name for the increased mana cost of playing the commander again after it has been sent back to the command zone. The ability to shuffle the graveyard back into the library can also be useful for a lot of decks, especially in a situation where a player is ready with a tutor to get a card they need that was previously destroyed.
The Campfire card is a cheap Artifact with a lot of utility. The draft format limits the options the players have to choose from when building their Commander deck in Magic: The Gathering and the Campfire card's cost and usage mean it will have a place in lots of decks. The D&D parties of the multiverse have been saved by campfires in the past and the same could also be true for players in Magic: The Gathering.
The Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set for Magic: The Gathering launches on June 10, 2022.