Final Fantasy Through the Ages is a bonus sheet of hotly demanded reprints that you can find in all Final Fantasy booster types. What are the best reprints? The best arts? What will players love? Let’s dive in.
FINAL FANTASY THROUGH THE AGES
FINAL FANTASY Through the Ages showcases iconic Magic cards with FINAL FANTASY artwork. These cards form a bonus sheet for the set featuring existing artwork from the FINAL FANTASY series. These cards are available in non-foil in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters; traditional foil versions are available in Collector Boosters.
FIVE COLOR FINAL FANTASY COMMANDER
Let’s kick things off with some cards that will help you live out the dream of jamming as many Final Fantasy cards in a Commander deck as is possible.
While you could opt for Terra, Magical Adept from the main set – who has a WUBRG color identity in Commander – maybe you’re wanting to jam a more tried and tested Commander. You have two great options.
Noctis Lucis Caelum is a reskin of Kenrith, the Returned King. Noctis can help tie together many of the themes and mechanics in the main set and Commander decks. He can put counters on creatures to trigger things like card draw, he can gain us life to help trigger cards like Aerith, and he can return Summon creatures from the graveyard to play. Noctis is a nicely rounded option for those wanting to tie together the disparate themes across the cards.
On the other hand, the original Warrior of Light is here as a reskin of Jodah, the Unifier. Warrior of Light helps you jam all of your favorite Legendary heroes from the main set, the Commander product, and the Through the Ages bonus cards respectively (FIN, FIC and FCA). Jodah is a powerful Legends matter Commander, giving you card and mana advantage and huge buffs to your board. Warrior of Light is best for those concentrating on hitting with Combat damage wins.
Don’t forget to grab the Balamb Garden Command Tower, along with some of the Final Fantasy basic lands from the main set.
BIG TICKET REPRINTS
There are a number of sweet reprints in this bonus sheet, but some are spicier than others.
First up, let’s get it out of the way – Rhystic Study. The best draw engine in Commander gets an excellent FFX treatment with Tidus and Yuna. If that’s not enough to pull on your heart strings, I don’t know what will.
Perhaps more exciting to some is the Ancient Copper Dragon reprint, Dragon of Mount Gulg. This sweet retro aesthetic on a highly sought after Dragon is a home run, and probably going to be one of the most popular cards on this reprint sheet.
Akroma’s Will is always in need of a reprint, functioning as a dual protection and finisher for white decks. The FFXV reskin here of Blessing of the Oracle passes the flavor check, and doubles as a great wincon in those “Ooops, All Final Fantasy” Commander decks.
Purphoros, God of the Forge is another win condition in constant need of reprints, and putting the infamous Kefka Palazzon on it is an inspired choice. It’s entirely possible to put a Kefka combo into the UBR Kefka from the main set, and we’re certain folks will be jamming with this one either way.
Not to be outshone by Kefka, Kefka’s Tower returns to us as Bolas’s Citadel. This one is again pretty inspired, and delivers a popular game piece for both casual and higher power gameplay on a stunning piece by Yoshiitaka Amano.
For those who play formats other than Commander, there’s a lovely FFXIV Brainstorm showing the iconic characters we’ve come to love over the years. FFXIV has a strong ensemble cast, and this artwork is phenomenal.
POPULAR COMMANDERS, REDUX
There’s something for everyone on this bonus sheet, and that can be seen through the sweet reprints of popular Commanders across different archetypes.
For those who love the extra triggers and aggro of Isshin, Two Heavens as One, there’s Lightning, Lone Commando. Tetsuya Nomura gives us a masterclass is soft pinks and his classic, iconic art style, and I’m all here for it, even though I’ve never played a Final Fantasy game outside of… Kingdom Hearts. Ahem.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, Orphan, Cocoon fal’Cie is the beautiful and sinister Muldrotha the Gravetide reprint I never knew I wanted. And I say that as someone who doesn’t usually enjoy Sultai. This thing is majestic, and Chikako Nakano’s art is phenomenal.
Sephiroth, the Savior is arguably one of the most iconic villains you could put on a Magic card, and it’s only fitting it’s on Atraxa, Grand Unifier. Atraxa players are gonna love this. No notes. Perfection.
And finally, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is always in need of a reprint, whether in the 99 or at the helm of a deck. Visiting FFII for Amano’s art of The Emperor, Hell Tyrant seems very fitting. Solid reprint.
CEDH IS NOW FINAL FANTASY?
I did say there was something for everyone, and I wasn’t lying. This set acknowledges the popular high-end Commanders of cEDH and delivers up a platter of the most popular as Final Fantasy characters.
Thrasios and Tymna are a team up of Tidus, Zanarkand Fayth and… Cecil Harvey? And then you have Barnabas Tharmr if you throw Kraum into the mix, I guess. I have no idea how flavorful these pairings are, but the original Partners weren’t always super flavorful anyways, right? Either way, absolute baller art on Cecil Harvey in particular.
Terra Branford arrives in cEDH as Urza, Lord High Artificer. Terra has had quite the number of cards in this release, hasn’t she?
Not to be outdone, there are also some of the more aggressive Commanders represented. Yuffie Kisaragi is a great fit for Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow, while Najeela and Winota both get treatments as Cloud Strike and Bartz Klauser. Whew, we FFDH now or what?
END STEP
Final Fantasy Through the Ages showcases a great selection of exciting reprints with stunning art from the series. You’d be hard pressed not to find something that speaks to you. You can find these cards in Play Boosters, and as foils in Collector Boosters.
Kristen is Card Kingdom’s Head Writer and a member of the Commander Format Panel. Formerly a competitive Pokémon TCG grinder, she has been playing Magic since Shadows Over Innistrad, which in her opinion, was a great set to start with. When she’s not taking names with Equipment and Aggro strategies in Commander, she loves to play any form of Limited.