Halloween — Trick or Treat

Commanded by Wanda Maximoff, Halloween Witch, this Grixis (blue/black/red) 100-Card Commander Deck is Halloween night as the superheroes spend it. Wanda wears her homemade witch costume — pointed hat, scarlet cape, chaos magic — and the whole block is in costume: Vision as a bedsheet ghost with two perfectly symmetrical eyeholes, Superman as a plastic-fanged vampire count, the Hulk as Frankenstein's monster with glued-on bolts, Spider-Man in a pumpkin suit Aunt May sewed, Pietro in a bad wig, Billy as a little wizard and Tommy as a caped speedster. The ones who don't need a costume go out anyway, the magicians show up, and the trouble-makers ring the doorbell — plus two guests from other universes, Majin Buu who turns things into chocolate and Michelangelo on a skateboard. A party-night shiver with a joke in every flavor text. The cast includes Agatha Harkness, Batman, Zatanna, Hellboy, Blade, Nightcrawler, Jack Russell the Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, Deadman, John Constantine, Raven, Beast Boy, Etrigan, Klarion and Teekl, the Scarecrow, Solomon Grundy, Black Cat and the Headless Horseman.

• Trick or Treat: word for word on 27 creatures — "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player chooses Treat or Trick. Treat: you create a Candy. Trick: this effect happens." The Trick is the costume: Superman makes the player sacrifice a creature, Batman takes a card from their hand, Hulk deals 4 damage to a creature, the Headless Horseman destroys one, Deadman possesses one, Majin Buu exiles one and makes a Candy, Pietro gives you an additional combat phase.
• The Halloween Witch: the plan is on the commander — flying; whenever an opponent chooses Treat, draw a card; each Trick of a creature you control happens twice; and her own Trick makes that player lose 1 life for each Candy you control. Give her candy and she draws; refuse and the Trick hits twice.
• The cards that read the choice and the Candy: Candy is an artifact token you sacrifice for one mana of any color. Klarion and Teekl grow your Trick or Treat creatures on every Treat, Pillowcase Full of Candy makes another Candy, The House That Gave Raisins says your opponents can't choose Treat, Door to Door asks every opponent at once, and The Westview Hex gives a Trick to every creature that doesn't have one. Agatha, Majin Buu, Michelangelo, John Constantine, The Bottomless Candy Bowl, Costume Contest and The Corner Candy Shop all feed on Candy.

Why Grixis

Blue is the illusion and the costume — Westview is a sitcom Wanda wrote, Vision's sheet, Beast Boy wearing every costume at once. Black is the witch, the night and the bag of sweets — Agatha, the Darkhold, Superman's vampire cape. Red is the chaos magic and the sugar rush — the Hex, Pietro, the Hulk, the Jack-o'-Lantern Sprite. No white: nobody is behaving tonight. Two combos close the game: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble — Zatanna, Backward Spellcaster copies Will-o'-the-Wisp Prankster with haste, the copy untaps Zatanna, and you repeat for unbounded hasty flying attackers (Mirror Costume does the same on the Prankster); and Sugar High with Sweet Tooth, where any life loss loops until every opponent hits zero. Grinning Jack-o'-Lantern, The Plastic Pumpkin Pail, Glow-Stick Signet, Fun-Size Talisman, Midnight Snack and Sugar Rush ramp; Reading the Darkhold and Ouija Board Séance tutor; Chaos Hex, Turned Into a Pumpkin, Lights Out! and Egged! remove threats; BOO! and Nobody's Home counter; The Witching Hour Fog sweeps; Agatha's Basement, Knock, Knock, Ghost Story by Flashlight and Bobbing for Apples draw.

A complete 100-card Commander deck plus 3 tokens, tuned for Bracket 4, available as a digital print-yourself edition or a printed physical deck, and offered in 10 languages.