Party Time Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Nalia de'Arnise

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells from the top of your library. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Singles value

$128.20

TCGplayer market, 80 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$174.76

TCGplayer price for the box (Amazon $259.95) · singles are 0.7× that

New cards

10 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

Is Party Time worth buying?

from Commander Legends Battle for Baldur’s Gate Commander Decks: Are They Worth It? by Jake Henderson

Party Time is without a doubt one of the better precons we’ve seen in recent sets in all ways. It has a great resale value of well over $100, which is more than we can say about the Innistrad: Crimson Vow precons.

It also has a nice simple yet powerful strategy that all players can enjoy. Creature-based strategies are easy to pick up yet still offer moments for interaction and decision-making.

How Party Time plays

The commander for Party Time is Nalia de'Arnise, an Orzhov human rogue who loves the party mechanic. Interestingly, this is the only card in CLB that features the party mechanic in any way, which came as a surprise considering the importance it holds in D&D and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.

Nalia allows you to cast party spells (clerics, rogues, warriors, and wizards) from the top of your library. It gives all your creatures a +1/+1 counter and deathtouch until end of turn if you have a full party at the beginning combat on your turn. This is a pretty sweet mechanic for a creature-based party deck, and helps add some value to your already creature-packed list.

The deck’s strategy is pretty straightforward: fill up your board with party creatures to turn on synergies that care about it. Every single creature in the deck is either a shapeshifter or a party creature, which means you’ll almost never be too far away from turning on your commander.

In addition to your commander, cards like Archpriest of Iona, Malakir Blood-Priest, and Harper Recruiter also give various kinds of bonuses along the way. Folk Hero and Multiclass Baldric help tremendously in terms of continuous value.