good cards for cat deck mtg MTG Best Commander Cats Creature staple cards- July 2026 MTG: 10 Best Cat Deck

a Mark Rosewater (February 28, 2026)

For the best results, its recommended to keep your deck to a minimum size

There are 6 commons and 7 uncommons that have a bordered ichor treatment, and there are 16 rares and 11 mythic rares with a borderless ichor treatment

A full set is valued at about $16,000 today, making it the second most-valuable expansion, behind just Legends, which has more than four times the total number of cards to collect

Aetherling would have been four for four if it had a fifth ability like Morphling did (Im thinking U: Untap Aetherling), but its still a solid three out of four

Aside from the list above, there are no other cards banned from play in Standard