The 10 Best Magic: The Gathering Commander Precons You Can Still Find and Use Today

Sure, it utilized to beryllium much, overmuch cheaper, but Draconic Destruction is simply a large precon if you’re into casting dragons and sending them astatine opponents.

It’s inactive a platform I find myself returning to due to the fact that it’s remarkably casual to play, and portion Atarka, World Render is hardly a pricey Commander, determination are inactive immoderate somewhat pricier cards to beryllium found, similar Scourge of Valkas and Dragon Tempest.

The strategy is simple: Cast large dragons, and get Atarka connected the committee to springiness them treble strike. That makes it cleanable for newcomers.

Quick Draw

Spellslinger decks successful reddish and bluish are thing new, but Quick Draw has a chill Commander successful Stella Lee, Wild Card, which gives you entree to much spells to cast, and the quality to transcript instants and sorceries.

You’ll request to support way of what you’re casting, but it tin get retired of manus beauteous rapidly erstwhile you’re throwing Vandalblast and Windfall around. Plus, Veyran, Voice of Duality remains a fewer dollars, alongside Thunderclap Drake and Niv-Mizzet, Parun.

There’s a subtle magnitude of subordinate manipulation here, too, with Propaganda and Niv-Mizzet incentivizing immoderate authorities astir the table.

Jump Scare

Zimone, Mystery Unraveler helms this Duskmourn Commander Deck, and tin let you to formed large spells face-down until the infinitesimal comes for them to popular up (like a Jump Scare, get it?).

Being capable to (potentially) cheat retired cards similar Worldspine Wurm, Shriekwood Devourer and Thunderfoot Baloth is nice, but determination are immoderate coagulated reprints, too.

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait is simply a large beast that would outgo you astir $10 connected its own, portion Giggling Skitterspike and Ashaya, Soul of the Wild aren’t acold behind.

Scrappy Survivors

Our archetypal Universes Beyond introduction (and 1 of 2 from the Fallout decks), Scrappy Survivors is simply a amusive platform that’s helmed by a precise bully boy, Dogmeat, Ever Loyal.

The thought is scrapping Aura and Equipment cards done milling, and past reclaiming them onto your creatures. Given determination are immoderate high-mana cards that acceptable the measure similar Almost Perfect and Mantle of the Agents, it’s a coagulated plan.

Codsworth, Handy Helper has seen its terms skyrocket, too, acknowledgment to immoderate Final Fantasy synergies, portion Silver Shroud Costume is inactive holding a decent value.

Mutant Menace

The benignant of platform that elicits a corporate groan astatine immoderate table, Mutant Menace is different Fallout deck, but 1 that’s acold little wholesome than the past introduction connected this list.

In fact, Mothman’s full shtick is the ‘Rad Counter’ mechanic which means players mill each turn. Doing truthful not lone burns done their platform astatine an alarming complaint erstwhile it gets going, but besides powers up The Wise Mothman himself.

Mutational Advantage and Power Fist are inactive beauteous valuable, alongside Guardian Project, but the biggest gully is that thing plays rather similar this.

Riders of Rohan

Sticking with Universes Beyond, portion galore of the plaudits went to different decks successful the Lord of the Rings Commander lineup, Riders of Rohan is almighty and comparatively simple.

Eowyn, Shieldmaiden lets you physique an service of token creatures with trample and haste, and crook those into paper advantage, portion besides being a 5/4 with archetypal onslaught successful her ain right.

With cards similar Beregond of the Guard capable to pump those tokens and springiness them vigilance, it’s not uncommon for this platform to beryllium the astir assertive astatine the table.

Door of Destinies is the priciest reprint, truthful you tin find this precon a small cheaper than others.

Revenant Recon

Is this Murders astatine Karlov Manor platform the champion around? No, but Revenant Recon is inactive a batch of amusive to play. It uses the surveil mechanic to powerfulness up its Commander, Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, portion besides allowing him to resurrect cards from the graveyard.

I’ve seen this platform popular disconnected and level full boards by bringing Massacre Wurm backmost to slay a clump of tokens, and determination are immoderate low-cost creatures to get the shot rolling beauteous quickly.

Reanimate and Animate Dead are the main reprints of immoderate enactment here, but the platform offers a amusive mode to play Dimir.

Counter Blitz

Tidus helms this Final Fantasy X deck, and it’s present easier than ever to get clasp of (and nether MSRP).

It’s possibly not best-suited to newcomers since it requires keeping tabs connected a batch of counters (often antithetic types), but by spending immoderate clip planning, you tin make Summon creatures and support them connected the committee overmuch longer than expected, portion besides powering up conscionable astir everything connected your board.

There’s a decent magnitude of paper removal to assistance enact your crippled plan, too, portion Yuna, Grand Summoner and Walking Ballista inactive bid a decent price.

Upgrades Unleashed

Upgrades Unleashed is simply a smidge harder to find and doesn’t person a immense fig of pricey reprints, but it’s a truly amusive platform that uses Chishiro, the Shattered Blade, to make tokens and powerfulness up ‘modified’ cards.

Its champion enactment trick, however, is gathering up an service earlier utilizing Akki Battle Squad to trigger a astonishment combat phase, portion gathering up modified creatures volition fto you driblet Walking Skyscraper for thing if you clip it right.

For Bigger Budgets

These decks are inactive readily available, but they bash person crisp markups. If you tin find them astatine MSRP, drawback them up, but you should beryllium prepared to wage a just magnitude for each.

Draconic Dissent

The benignant of platform that turns real-life friends to enemies, Draconic Dissent comes from the Baldur’s Gate Commander decks and is simply a existent symptom successful the rear end.

That’s due to the fact that it heavy leverages the goad mechanic to get your rivals warring each other, portion besides utilizing cards similar Propaganda to enactment them disconnected of attacking you. Add successful immoderate straight-up theft of different players’ cards and it truly does person an reply for conscionable astir anything.

Astral Dragon is simply a pricey paper these days, arsenic is Artificer Class, portion Firkraag, Cunning Instigator (the deck’s Commander), volition acceptable you backmost $10, too.

Veloci-Ramp-Tor

Quite frankly, this precon is by acold the champion retired of the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set, and undoubtedly 1 of the astir cohesive we’ve seen successful the past mates of years.

The brilliantly-named Veloci-Ramp-Tor is each astir getting dinosaurs connected the tract and utilizing Pantlaza, Sun-Favored’s quality to past drawback much dinosaurs oregon spells with the observe mechanic.

It doesn’t instrumentality agelong to physique a fleet of dinosaurs John Hammond would beryllium arrogant of, portion Akroma’s Will, Xenagos, God of Revels and Apex Altisaur mean determination are immoderate cards going for a just amount.

Having a one-sided committee hitch successful Wakening Sun’s Avatar is precise welcome, too.

Hosts of Mordor

Sauron’s precise ain platform is inactive pricey, but it’s precise amusive to play with the caveat that Sauron is an 8-cost Commander which mightiness marque you privation to swap him with different mentation of The Dark Lord.

In immoderate case, there’s a benignant of dual crippled program here. On 1 hand, you tin marque an Orc service that’s beauteous massive, capable to bash your antiaircraft bidding portion you onslaught with conscionable astir thing else, but there’s besides a airy reanimation taxable since Sauron tin bring creatures back.

It makes sense, then, that Reanimate and Living Death are successful here, but determination are besides beauteous pricey cards similar Cavern-Hoard Dragon and The Black Gate to ramp up the value.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer successful tech, gaming and fittingness seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and galore more. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay.

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Aug 18, 2025 5:00 pm