Following record-breaking floods in 2025, NASA satellites captured a rare and dramatic transformation of Australia's arid Cooper Creek desert into a lush, green landscape, triggering ecological bursts and filling Lake Eyre for the first time in decades, highlighting the natural boom-and-bust cycles of desert ecosystems.
The Desert Bloom precon is a white, red, and green Commander deck that focuses on lands and graveyard synergies. The deck cares about putting lands into the graveyard and offers various payoffs for doing so. The face commander, Yuma Proud, Protector, has abilities that interact with lands and can create Plant tokens. The article also provides some upgrade ideas for the deck and encourages players to explore other Commander precons and the Outlaws of Thunder Junction set.