Obscura Operation Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Everything in the Obscura Operation Commander deck: all 100 cards with current prices, what the deck is worth against the sealed price, the 17 new cards, and whether it is worth buying.

Commander · Esper

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus

Whenever you attack, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. It connives. Then choose another attacking creature with lesser power. That creature gains double strike until end of turn. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Singles value

$115.18

TCGplayer market, 83 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$82.03

TCGplayer price for the box (Amazon $119.99) · singles are 1.4× that

New cards

17 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

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Is Obscura Operation worth buying?

from Streets of New Capenna Commander Decks: Are They Worth It? by Ignacio (Iñaki)

I’m not a big fan of this deck’s colors, but I think it has a very interesting strategy that isn’t common for this combination. Price-wise, Obscura Operation more than makes up for its cost. The deck’s most expensive card already covers half of its MSRP which is always great.

The deck is pretty good overall with a more than reasonable power level and an interesting archetype.

How Obscura Operation plays

I find Obscura Operation ‘s commander, Kamiz, Obscura Oculus, an interesting card for its color combination. It rewards you for attacking with more than one creature and has some interesting interactions with those attacking creatures.

This means that the deck has a strong attack-focused strategy. There are plenty of unblockable cards to make attacking easier and less risky. There are also plenty of cards that give you some extra advantages when damaging your opponents, like Fallen Shinobi and Shadowmage Infiltrator. Card draw and stealing your opponents’ cards are the two main advantages that you’re gonna be getting, which makes sense in both black and blue.

There’s also a graveyard subtheme to take advantage of your discarded cards and the new connive ability.