Kess, Dissident Mage (Commander) - Expensive Card Draw

Jonathan Zucchetti
Mar 26, 2026
Which Commander Precons Were More Impactful, 2016 or 2017?
The precons of 2016 and 2017 were both huge milestones for the Commander format. But which year was more impactful?
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Ancient Tomb
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
87%synergy
Rhystic Study
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
77%synergy
Demonic Tutor
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
79%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
80%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
84%synergy
Mox Diamond
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
93%synergy
Mystical Tutor
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
87%synergy
Imperial Seal
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Mana Vault
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
58%synergy
Force of Will
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
56%synergy
Creatures
Psychosis Crawler
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
55%synergy
Jace's Archivist
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
61%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
60%synergy
Ledger Shredder
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
64%synergy
Hexing Squelcher
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
55%synergy
Dragon's Rage Channeler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
High Fae Trickster
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Toothy, Imaginary Friend
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Simian Spirit Guide
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Spellseeker
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Oneirophage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Chasm Skulker
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Fate Unraveler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
The Watcher in the Water
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Baral, Chief of Compliance
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Forgotten Creation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Fell Specter
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Clinquant Skymage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
The Locust God
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
15%synergy
Arjun, the Shifting Flame
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Tidal Barracuda
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Vivi Ornitier
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Instants
Deflecting Swat
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
81%synergy
Frantic Search
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
47%synergy
Swan Song
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
47%synergy
Arcane Denial
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
38%synergy
Snap
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
57%synergy
Deadly Rollick
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
16%synergy
Pongify
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Shred Memory
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Mental Misstep
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Tainted Pact
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3%synergy
Retraction Helix
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Negate
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
16%synergy
Intuition
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Lim-Dûl's Vault
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Brain Freeze
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Insidious Dreams
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Dark Ritual
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-3%synergy
Cabal Ritual
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Rakdos Charm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
18%synergy
Seething Song
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Tolarian Winds
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Dispel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Flusterstorm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Into the Flood Maw
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Final Fortune
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Ad Nauseam
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Demonic Consultation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Izzet Charm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Bedevil
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Misdirection
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-11%synergy
Crypt Incursion
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Narset's Reversal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Spell Pierce
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
12%synergy
Snapback
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Mental Note
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Pyroblast
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Valakut Awakening
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Redirect Lightning
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Sorceries
Windfall
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
77%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
90%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
63%synergy
Faithless Looting
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
47%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
63%synergy
Reanimate
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
42%synergy
Gamble
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
57%synergy
Ponder
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Jeska's Will
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Echo of Eons
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Vandalblast
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Molten Psyche
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Doomsday
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Blasphemous Act
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-11%synergy
Whispering Madness
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Twinflame
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Rite of Flame
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Personal Tutor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Toxic Deluge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
13%synergy
Minds Aglow
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Flux
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Dark Deal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Time Spiral
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Damnation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Reforge the Soul
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Winds of Change
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Teferi's Puzzle Box
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
61%synergy
Meekstone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Howling Mine
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Isochron Scepter
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Enchantments
Mystic Remora
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
84%synergy
Waste Not
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Underworld Breach
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Mindmoil
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Ominous Seas
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Thought Reflection
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Smoke
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Spiteful Visions
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Necropotence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Underworld Dreams
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Leyline of Anticipation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Liliana's Caress
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Witness Protection
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
No Mercy
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Animate Dead
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Propaganda
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Utility Lands
Urza's Saga
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
61%synergy
Barren Moor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Forgotten Cave
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Emergence Zone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
30%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Thran Portal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Izzet Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
34%synergy
Rakdos Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
34%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
17%synergy
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Fellwar Stone
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Mox Opal
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Chrome Mox
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
58%synergy
Lotus Petal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Mox Amber
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Paradise Mantle
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
8%synergy
Steam Vents
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
55%synergy
Exotic Orchard
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
44%synergy
Shivan Reef
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
37%synergy
Badlands
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
51%synergy
Blood Crypt
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
21%synergy
Underground Sea
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
52%synergy
Swamp
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
-25%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Wooded Foothills
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
58%synergy
Sulfur Falls
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
20%synergy
Volcanic Island
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
52%synergy
Scalding Tarn
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
34%synergy
Haunted Ridge
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
45%synergy
Polluted Delta
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Watery Grave
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
19%synergy
Misty Rainforest
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Fabled Passage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
27%synergy
Survivors' Encampment
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Bad River
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-4%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
8%synergy
Riverpyre Verge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Spire of Industry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
9%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Reflecting Pool
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25%synergy
Boggart Trawler
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Luxury Suite
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-9%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6%synergy
Blazemire Verge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Mountain
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-58%synergy
Island
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-59%synergy
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3%synergy
Morphic Pool
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26%synergy
Arid Mesa
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Sunken Hollow
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
-6%synergy
Mana Confluence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
21%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
24%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Marsh Flats
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23%synergy
Training Center
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1%synergy
City of Brass
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
20%synergy