Shazam — Countdown to Midnight

Commanded by Shazam, Midnight Champion, this Boros (red/white) 100-Card Commander Deck is set on New Year's Eve, when every hero in the multiverse ends up at the same party. On a rooftop above a Times Square-style crowd, fourteen-year-old Billy Batson waits with a noisemaker in his mouth for the twelfth stroke of the clock, because at midnight he is going to say the word. The Shazam family hugs, toasts and crashes the guest list; Booster Gold sponsors the countdown; Star-Lord is the DJ, Dazzler headlines and the Human Torch IS the fireworks; Lando hosts, Present Mic shouts the numbers and Madrox shows up twelve times. The party crashers want the clock stopped — Black Adam, Doctor Sivana, Clock King, Captain Cold, and Kang, who has seen every midnight in history and skips straight to it. The cast includes Billy Batson, Mary Marvel, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley, Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, Tawky Tawny, Booster Gold, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, Kamala Khan, Star-Lord, Dazzler, the Human Torch, Quicksilver, Jamie Madrox, Squirrel Girl, Kang the Conqueror, Present Mic, Mt. Lady, the Great Saiyaman, Lando Calrissian, the Ewoks, Atom Eve and Starlight.

• Count down: word for word on the commander — "Remove a chime counter from your Midnight Clock — create it with twelve if you have none. When the last one goes, the clock strikes midnight." Over forty cards count down: Shazam on every spell you cast, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel and Hawkgirl when they attack, Pedro Peña, Mt. Lady and the Great Saiyaman when they enter, Present Mic at every upkeep, Lando whenever another creature joins the party.
• The clock strikes midnight: The Midnight Clock is a legendary artifact token with twelve chime counters. When the last one is removed, each player draws a card — everybody toasts — then the Clock deals 2 damage to each opponent and puts twelve chime counters back on itself. Smash it and it simply starts again at twelve the next time you count down.
• The cards that read midnight: Shazam deals 3 damage to any target and gives your creatures double strike, Darla Dudley untaps your team, Kamala Khan puts a +1/+1 counter on each of your creatures, the Human Torch deals 2 damage to each creature your opponents control, Black Canary taps them all, Star-Lord exiles three cards to play, Champagne Tower makes three Treasures, and Happy New Year! takes an extra turn. Kang and The Ball Drops count down until the clock strikes midnight in one go.

Why Boros

Red is the lightning and the fireworks — the bolt that hits Billy at midnight, the Torch, Dazzler, the confetti cannons, the after-party. White is the party itself — the hosts, the toasts, the hugs, the guest list, the bouncer and the resolutions. Two combos close the game: Jamie Madrox, Party of One copies Quicksilver, Last-Second Arrival, the hasty copy untaps Madrox and counts down, for unbounded midnights with Dazzler pinging each opponent on every chime; and The After-Party with Champagne Saber untaps your lands on every connecting hit for unlimited combats. Crystal Ball of Times Square, Confetti Signet, Sparkler Signet and Talisman of the Toast ramp; Booster Gold taxes every card your opponents draw; New Year's Resolution tutors; Escorted Out Before Midnight, The Last Train Home, Party Foul, The Magic Word, Black Adam and Smashing Plates at Midnight remove threats; Out with the Old sweeps; The Resolution List, Times Square Countdown Board, Midnight Rush and In with the New draw; Lucky Red Underwear protects; Clock King and The Morning After slow the table down. Light, warm and funny — not a drop of blood anywhere.

A complete 100-card Commander deck plus 5 tokens, tuned for Bracket 4, available as a digital print-yourself edition or a printed physical deck, and offered in 10 languages.