Commander Precons
115 precons across every set we cover: what each one does, how strong it is out of the box, how demanding it is to pilot, and where to buy it.
Showing all 115 precons.
Evoke
The evoke deck. Elementals cast cheaply as one-shot effects, then turned back into permanent threats. Ashling has been an Elemental fan favourite since the original block.
Evoke asks you to plan a turn ahead for the permanent version.
Shop on TCGplayer →Blight
The Blight deck, leaning on -1/-1 counters as a resource you spend deliberately rather than a downside you avoid.
Spending -1/-1 counters deliberately is a mindset shift from most decks.
Shop on TCGplayer →Captain America, Team Leader & Nick Fury · Jeskai (WUR)
Hero typal and +1/+1 counters. Cast Heroes, let Cap lead the charge, and let Nick Fury dig your hand full of reinforcements.
Hero typal counters reward sequencing your Heroes.
Shop on TCGplayer →Shuri, the Black Panther · Selesnya (GW)
Artifacts and Vibranium tokens. Pile up artifacts and Shuri turns that pile into card advantage and a growing Black Panther threat.
Pile up artifacts, then cash them in.
Shop on TCGplayer →Doctor Doom, King of Latveria · Grixis (UBR)
Villains, sacrifice, and connive. Built around the same Doctor Doom who rated a perfect 10/10 in Limited: indestructible, card-drawing, and backed by a pair of Doombots on arrival.
Opens with a genuinely dominant commander, the strongest of the four at launch.
Shop on TCGplayer →Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards · Four-Color
Noncreature spells and triggered-ability copying across four colors. The precon built to reward casting a pile of instants and sorceries and getting them twice.
Casting spells twice across four colors is the most demanding of the four to sequence.
Shop on TCGplayer →Lorehold Spirit · Boros
Graveyard Spirits, in the college that never lets anything stay buried.
Graveyard Spirits need some sequencing to chain.
Shop on TCGplayer →Prismari Artistry · Izzet
Big spells, cast as expressively and expensively as possible.
Big spells cast expressively, needing mana planning.
Shop on TCGplayer →Quandrix Unlimited · Simic
X-spells and counters, the deck for players who like arithmetic in their combat math.
X-spells and counter math, the most demanding of the five.
Shop on TCGplayer →Witherbloom Pestilence · Golgari
Sacrifice synergies and life-total manipulation.
Sacrifice timing paired with life-total swings.
Shop on TCGplayer →Silverquill Influence · Orzhov
Aura politics: buffs and debuffs pointed wherever they do the most work.
Aura politics reward reading the table.
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Jeskai · WUR
Starships and card draw, drawing on the Picard and Janeway eras.
Starships and card draw: moderate upkeep.
Shop on TCGplayer → Bant · GWU
Landfall and away-team exploration, rooted in the original series.
Landfall and exploration: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer → Mardu · RWB
Aggressive Warrior combat, exactly as advertised.
Aggressive combat, exactly as advertised.
Shop on TCGplayer → Esper · WUB
Artifact creatures built around Assimilate.
Assimilate triggers need some tracking.
Shop on TCGplayer →“Turtle Power!” · Face commander
The deck's face commander, fronting a +1/+1 counters and Mutagen-token strategy.
Counters and Mutagen tokens: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →“Turtle Power!” · Backup commander
The deck's second commander, and the reason Partner — Character select exists here: you can run it alongside Leonardo rather than choosing between them.
The backup half of a Partner pair: simple to add in.
Shop on TCGplayer →Temur · GUR · Saheeli Rai
Energy, artificers and artifact creatures, with Saheeli Rai fronting it.
Energy counters need tracking alongside life.
Shop on TCGplayer →Esper · WUB · Temmet
Zombies and discard, built around Eternalize, led by Temmet.
Eternalize recursion: straightforward Zombies and discard.
Shop on TCGplayer →Hearthhull, the Worldseed · Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Sacrifice lands, grow back stronger.
Sacrifice-and-regrow lands takes some sequencing.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kilo, Apogee Mind · Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
Counters across creatures and Spacecraft alike.
Counters spread across creatures and Spacecraft alike.
Shop on TCGplayer →Final Fantasy VI · WBR
Graveyard recursion, led by Terra, Herald of Hope and Celes, Rune Knight, built to bring creatures back.
Recursion loops need sequencing to chain well.
Shop on TCGplayer → Final Fantasy VII
The FFVII deck of the four.
Aggressive: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Final Fantasy X · Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Puts counters on creatures and moves them around, growing threats with effects in the Hardened Scales mould.
Counters moving between creatures is the most math-heavy of the four.
Shop on TCGplayer →Final Fantasy XIV · Esper WUB
A full control deck around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, rewarding multiple noncreature spells of mana value 3+ in a turn with drain and draw.
A real control shell, rewarding knowing when to hold up mana.
Shop on TCGplayer → WBG · Endure
Counters and Spirit tokens.
Counters and tokens: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer → WUR · Flurry
Second-spell payoffs on an aggressive shell.
Second-spell payoffs reward sequencing your turn.
Shop on TCGplayer → UBG · Renew
Graveyard recursion and counters.
Graveyard recursion takes some practice.
Shop on TCGplayer → RWB · Mobilize
Token swarms and attack triggers.
Go wide, attack: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer → GUR · Harmonize
Big creatures, discounted big spells.
Discounted big spells hit hard, the strongest of the five.
Shop on TCGplayer → BLC
Animal-family precons sold alongside the set.
Animal-family tribal, generally straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer → DSC
Horror-themed precons sold alongside the set.
Horror-set synergies, a bit more textured than average.
Shop on TCGplayer →Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
Red-green-white, and the Junk token deck. Equipment and Aura payoffs on top of the tokens.
Junk tokens into Equipment and Aura payoffs.
Shop on TCGplayer →The Wise Mothman
Blue-black-green rad counters, milling the table and yourself and profiting from both.
Rad counters and mill hit yourself too, so it needs care.
Shop on TCGplayer →Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Red-white-black tokens and sacrifice, the most straightforwardly aggressive of the four.
Tokens and sacrifice, the most straightforwardly aggressive of the four.
Shop on TCGplayer →Dr. Madison Li
Blue-red-white artifacts and energy, and the deck that quietly brought energy back to Commander.
Energy counters brought back to Commander, with a little bookkeeping.
Shop on TCGplayer → M3C
Eternal-legal precons sold alongside the set.
Eternal-legal power level: stronger and denser than a Standard-set precon.
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One of the four Karlov Manor decks.
Political accusations reward reading the table.
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Clues and card draw, as the name promises.
Clues into card draw: simple to pilot.
Shop on TCGplayer →Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
A graveyard-leaning deck fronted by Mirko.
Graveyard value takes some sequencing.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
The face-down deck, built around disguise and morph-style plays.
Face-down, morph-style bluffing: the hardest of the four to play well.
Shop on TCGplayer → OTC
Sold alongside the main set, tied to the set's outlaw factions and mechanics.
Tied to the set's outlaw mechanics; power varies deck to deck.
Shop on TCGplayer →Zhulodok, Void Gorger
Colorless Eldrazi and cast triggers.
Colorless ramp into big casts.
Shop on TCGplayer →Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Enchantments and the graveyard.
Recursion loops need a little bookkeeping.
Shop on TCGplayer →Commodore Guff
The planeswalker-matters deck.
Loyalty math across several walkers at once.
Shop on TCGplayer →Sliver Gravemother
Slivers, and the reason many players bought the set.
Every Sliver buffs the rest, the deck most people bought the set for.
Shop on TCGplayer → First through Eighth Doctors
Green-white-blue, on tokens and historic spells.
Tokens and historic spells: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler
White-blue-red, and the deck built on time travel.
Time-travel loops reward careful sequencing, a fan favorite.
Shop on TCGplayer →Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond
Blue-red-green, on counters and untapping.
Counters and untapping ask you to track a lot at once.
Shop on TCGplayer →Davros and the Master
Blue-black-red, and the villainous choice deck.
Villainous choice adds a decision on the way in.
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Built on the set's backup mechanic.
Backup triggers reward sequencing your buffs.
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Aggressive and go-wide.
Aggressive and go-wide: straightforward.
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Leans on convoke and token production.
Convoke tokens: simple to pilot.
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Incubate and Phyrexian threats.
Incubate tokens need a beat before they pay off.
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Artifacts and the set's machine theme.
Artifact synergies stack up over a few turns.
Shop on TCGplayer →Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
The poison and proliferate deck, and the one that plays to the set's identity.
Poison adds a second clock to track alongside life.
Shop on TCGplayer →Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Tokens and Equipment, built around For Mirrodin! and going wide.
For Mirrodin! tokens go wide.
Shop on TCGplayer →Eowyn, Shieldmaiden
Aggressive human and horse tribal.
Aggressive tribal: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Galadriel of Lothlorien
Elves and the set's blue-green value engine.
A real value engine, one of the stronger four.
Shop on TCGplayer →Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
Hobbits, Food and the Ring.
The Ring tempts you adds a decision every turn.
Shop on TCGplayer →Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Amass, Orcs and going tall with one enormous Army.
Amass one enormous Army: simple and effective.
Shop on TCGplayer →Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Pirates, treasure and the graveyard.
Treasure into graveyard value.
Shop on TCGplayer →Clavileno, First of the Blessed
Vampires and sacrifice.
Sacrifice timing takes some practice.
Shop on TCGplayer →Hakbal of the Surging Soul
Merfolk and explore.
Explore triggers: simple card selection.
Shop on TCGplayer →Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Dinosaurs, ramp and discover.
Ramp into big Dinosaurs, one of the stronger four.
Shop on TCGplayer →Ellivere of the Wild Court
Green-white, built on Roles and Auras and making one creature enormous.
Stack Roles on one creature: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Blue-black Faeries, flash and control.
Flash and flyers ask for some patience.
Shop on TCGplayer → Dominaria United Commander
Legendary creatures matter, fitting for an anniversary set.
Legendary matters: a simple payoff to build toward.
Shop on TCGplayer → Dominaria United Commander
Five-color, built on painlands and domain.
Five colors through painlands means managing your own life total.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Vehicles and Equipment, and the deck that plays to reconfigure.
Reconfigure timing rewards gearing up before combat.
Shop on TCGplayer →Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Counters, Auras and modified, going tall on one creature.
Modified triggers stack up on one big threat.
Shop on TCGplayer →Szarekh, the Silent King
Mono-black, and the artifact and reanimation deck.
Reanimator shell around indestructible artifacts, one of the stronger precons ever printed.
Shop on TCGplayer →The Swarmlord
Green-blue-red, built on ravenous and going big.
Big ravenous threats, well regarded straight out of the box.
Shop on TCGplayer →Inquisitor Greyfax
White-blue-black, on tokens and taxes.
Tokens and taxes: grindy rather than fast.
Shop on TCGplayer →Abaddon the Despoiler
Blue-black-red, on cascade and chaos.
Cascade rewards knowing your own deck's curve.
Shop on TCGplayer →Perrie, the Pulverizer
Shield counters and defensive value.
Shield counters protect but don't close games fast.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Connive and card selection.
Connive rewards choosing what to keep each turn.
Shop on TCGplayer →Anhelo, the Painter
Casualty and copied spells.
Casualty and copied spells ask for careful sacrifice math.
Shop on TCGplayer →Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Blitz, and the most popular of the five.
Blitz aggression, the most popular of the five.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
Tokens and going wide.
Go wide: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Urza, Chief Artificer
Artifact aggression, tokens and going wide.
Artifact tokens go wide.
Shop on TCGplayer →Mishra, Eminent One
Artifacts and token copies of what you cast.
Token copies of what you cast add real value.
Shop on TCGplayer →Galea, Kindler of Hope
White-green-blue Auras and Equipment.
Stack Auras and gear: straightforward voltron.
Shop on TCGplayer →Sefris of the Hidden Ways
White-blue-black, built on venture and the graveyard.
Venture and graveyard triggers ask you to track two things at once.
Shop on TCGplayer →Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Red-green Dragons.
Big Dragons, big attacks.
Shop on TCGplayer →Prosper, Tome-Bound
Black-red exile and Treasure, and the most played of the four by some distance.
Treasure and exile card advantage, the most played of the four.
Shop on TCGplayer →Breena, the Demagogue
White-black, and a political deck by construction: Breena feeds counters and cards to whoever is not attacking her.
A political deck: attacking Breena feeds the table.
Shop on TCGplayer →Zaffai, Thunder Conductor
Blue-red spells and magecraft, paying you in Treasure and damage for casting big instants and sorceries.
Big spells pay off twice, one of the stronger five.
Shop on TCGplayer →Willowdusk, Essence Seer
Black-green lifegain and life loss, converting swings in your total into +1/+1 counters.
Swings in life total become permanent counters.
Shop on TCGplayer →Osgir, the Reconstructor
Red-white artifacts, exiling artifacts from your graveyard to make two token copies of them.
Exile and copy artifacts back out of your own graveyard.
Shop on TCGplayer →Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Green-blue token doubling, and the most reprinted-into-other-decks of the five.
Double your tokens, the most reprinted-into-other-decks of the five.
Shop on TCGplayer →Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Black-red Vampires and Blood tokens.
Blood tokens filter into whatever the hand needs.
Shop on TCGplayer →Millicent, Restless Revenant
White-blue Spirits, flying and going wide.
Fly over, go wide: straightforward.
Shop on TCGplayer →Leinore, Autumn Sovereign
Green-white Humans and +1/+1 counters, built on coven.
Counters go up; coven checks are easy to hit.
Shop on TCGplayer →Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Blue-black Zombies and decayed tokens.
Recurring Zombies off decayed tokens takes some tracking.
Shop on TCGplayer →Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Black-green Elves, going wide and draining with Lathril's tap ability.
Go wide, tap Lathril to drain.
Shop on TCGplayer →Ranar the Ever-Watchful
White-blue, built on foretell and cards exiled face down.
Tracking foretold cards face-down adds bookkeeping.
Shop on TCGplayer →Gavi, Nest Warden
Jeskai, and the first precon built on cycling. Gavi turns the second cycle each turn into a free Cat Bird.
Cycling triggers reward careful sequencing.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kalamax, the Stormsire
Temur instants and sorceries. Kalamax copies the first instant you cast each turn while he's tapped, which makes attacking first a real line.
Copying spells off Kalamax is strong but timing-dependent.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kathril, Aspect Warper
Abzan keyword counters, assembled out of your graveyard rather than off the battlefield.
Counters assembled from the graveyard, with several moving parts.
Shop on TCGplayer →Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Sultai mutate, and the deck that gives the mechanic the time it needs to pay off.
Mutate stacking is fiddly to track at the table.
Shop on TCGplayer →Jirina Kudro
Mardu Humans, the most straightforward of the five and the easiest to play out of the box.
Straightforward tribal aggro, the easiest of the five.
Shop on TCGplayer →Wyleth, Soul of Steel
Boros Equipment and Auras, drawing a card for each thing attached to Wyleth when he attacks.
Stack gear on one creature: a simple game plan.
Shop on TCGplayer →Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
Simic landfall and ramp, and the more played of the two by a distance.
Ramp into a huge draw engine, the stronger of the two.
Shop on TCGplayer → 30 cards, mono-white
The go-wide half, and the one that most rewards being paired with another aggressive color.
Go-wide gags, pairing best with another aggressive half.
Shop on TCGplayer → 30 cards, mono-blue
Card draw and interference, including several jokes that ask you to do something with the physical card.
Card draw and dexterity jokes.
Shop on TCGplayer → 30 cards, mono-black
Removal and sacrifice, played straight enough that the un-cards land harder.
Removal and sacrifice, played straight enough to land.
Shop on TCGplayer → 30 cards, mono-red
Damage, dice and chaos, which is where most of the set's dexterity cards live.
Damage, dice and chaos.
Shop on TCGplayer → 30 cards, mono-green
Big creatures and mana, the half that turns any pairing into a beatdown deck.
Big creatures turn any pairing into a beatdown.
Shop on TCGplayer →Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Naya landfall, and the deck that turns your lands into the creatures.
Play lands, get value: a simple engine.
Shop on TCGplayer →Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Dimir Rogues, milling opponents as a means to an end rather than as the win condition.
Mill as a means to an end rarely closes games alone.
Shop on TCGplayer →Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Blue-black-green, and the morph deck.
Morph bluffs and face-down math reward careful sequencing.
Shop on TCGplayer →Sevinne, the Chronoclasm
White-blue-red, built on flashback.
Cast it twice: straightforward value from flashback.
Shop on TCGplayer →Anje Falkenrath
Black-red madness, and the most played of the four.
Discard-to-cast is a simple loop once you've seen it once.
Shop on TCGplayer →Ghired, Conclave Exile
Red-green-white tokens and populate.
Go wide, then populate your biggest token.
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