Header image art by Victor Adame Minguez (High Perfect MorcantHigh Perfect Morcant) | Dan Murayama Scott (Flourishing DefensesFlourishing Defenses)

It behooves Magic players to keep one eye on reveals at all times, these days.

While the buzz generated from a Tuesday drop of a number of Marvel Super Heroes cards was still reverberating, even more reveals rippled out from Wizards of the Coast HQ. Yesterday, that came in the form of three cards:

It's that last one aiming to outshine its superheroic rivals guest-spotting from Marvel. 

High Perfect MorcantHigh Perfect Morcant, revealed as part of the ongoing Lorwyn Eclipsed story arc, is barely a day old and is already flying up the ranks.

As of the time of this writing, we can see High Perfect Morcant is already leading 200 decks, as per EDHREC. To put that into context, there are three other legendary creatures from Lorwyn Eclipsed that have been in the public's collective awareness since MagicCon Atlanta in late September:

That's three months, give or take, of deckbuilding time for that original trio. Eirdu's leading the way with 612 lists, while Ashling's leading 211. Sygg's bringing up the rear with 90.

That means in only 24 hours, High Perfect Morcant's already more popular than Sygg, and breathing down the rekindled neck of Ashling.

What's powering that popularity?

We can look for early indicators on Morcant's Commander Page.

From the hop, there's one glaring bit on Morcant's type line that'll always propel people into a deckbuilding frenzy: Elf.

Elves, as a creature type, are the second-most popular build-around, behind only Dragons.

The above legends are the type's most popular leaders right now, with Lathril leading the way at 9,367. So Morcant's got a ways to go. But with 200 lists, Morcant's already more popular than Imaryll, Elfhame EliteImaryll, Elfhame Elite, and not too far behind Eladamri, Lord of LeavesEladamri, Lord of Leaves (294), a card that has a nearly three-decade headstart.

That's not saying too much, though, since Elves have plenty of better options for Commander these days. It remains to be seen where Morcant'll end up, but the card's got one thing about it the other Elf bosses don't, and that's an immediate and obnoxious two-card combo:

As seen above, pairing Morcant's ability with Flourishing DefensesFlourishing Defenses pretty much immediately wipes the battlefield free of any creature you don't control, and keeps it that way for as long as you've got both cards in play.

How popular is this particular pairing? Of the 200 Morcant decks already logged, 79% of them include Flourishing DefensesFlourishing Defenses. People see a two-card combo, and they want to play that two card combo. Just look at Caltrops.

That percentage of inclusion is tops in Morcant decks by a mile if we factor out Elf creatures. Of the decks' noncreature spells, the next-most popular card is Elvish Promenade, at 61%

Oh, and earlier, that wasn't entirely true. There is one other Elf legend that can be a part of a two-card combo:

There's also the aspect of blight. 

With High Perfect Morcant, we're getting a new keyword in blight, which reads:

Blight 1. (They each put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.)

It's a new, fancy thing on a Magic card, which means there'll be plenty among us who are going to want to give it a whirl. And who can blame them? So far, on the exactly one (1) card on which it exists, it's really neat.

Hoofin' It Up the Rankings

Obviously this is all kneejerk speculation, since the card doesn't technically exist yet. Lorwyn Eclipsed doesn't release until January 23, 2026, which is simultaneously way too long of a wait and also right around the corner.

It'll be interesting to see where everything shakes out in terms of popularity of Lorwyn Eclipsed commanders, and EDHREC's the place to be to read all about that very topic as it develops.

In the meantime, reveals are going to come fast and furious - hell, in the span of writing this article, there's already been another:

Our little vampire teenager's already leading themselves one whole commander deck on EDHREC, acquired in the span of an hour or two.

So where do you fall when it comes to High Perfect Morcant? Signpost for what'll be a great set in Lorwyn Eclipsed? Or red flag?

Where do you think it lines up in terms of popularity opposite Bruce Banner and the rest of the Universes Beyond offerings that bookend Lorwyn Eclipsed's release? Sound off below!

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