Timeless Wisdom Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Everything in the Timeless Wisdom 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 · Jeskai

Gavi, Nest Warden

You may pay {0} rather than pay the cycling cost of the first card you cycle each turn. Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 red and white Dinosaur Cat creature token.

Singles value

$145.75

TCGplayer market, 85 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$85.28

TCGplayer price for the box (Amazon $120.00) · singles are 1.7× that

New cards

17 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

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Is Timeless Wisdom worth buying?

from Commander 2020 (Ikoria) Decks: Are They Worth It? by Niels van der Vlugt

When this deck does its thing, you get value out of each cycle, let others over commit creatures to the table, blow up the board, and rebuild better than anyone. The deck plays well on other players turns and has a bunch of ways to accrue value. Call this one just above subpar, still with plenty of room for upgrades.

How Timeless Wisdom plays

Gavi is all about cycling for the best cost in MTG: zero. Cycling isn’t anything new, but the great cycling Commanders are very few. This deck lets you get familiar with cycling and how to abuse it. Once you’re ready, dive into other amazing cards out there that have cycling to optimize your deck even further. With your first cycle free, you have a consistent way to see new cards each turn, and make use of high-cost cyclers that other decks balk at. You’ll have a dangerously well-oiled machine soon enough.

Ikoria’s Standard meant you had to constantly be aware of cycling with a Zenith Flare about to go off. That’s just one card you have a chance to maximize with Gavi. Many cards support the “draw your second card” theme, but we’re not going into upgrades in this article.