With multiple Commander decks coming out every few months, we had to split our big List of All Commander precons into four parts, to keep everything neatly organized. This article is the second part, and features all 49 precons released in 2022 and 2023.
In 2022 a first Universes Beyond Commander product was released with Warhammer 40k. Thus, that year seemed like a nice break point to start the article with.
In these two years, there were 14 Commander releases, and you can find all of them in the following table of contents. I’ll talk about the characteristics of each deck, discuss their themes, and so on. I’ll start with the more recent ones, and make my way back in time. So, we’re starting at the end of 2023, and moving back to the start of 2022. Let’s get to it!
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The Newest Commander Precons (2024-Today)
If you’re looking for newer Commander decks, you can find them in the main article with all Commander precons.
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Precons
The last Standard set of 2023 was a return to the popular plane of Ixalan. The first time around, there was a heavy focus on four tribes: Dinosaurs, Vampires, Pirates, and Merfolk. As far as the main set goes, there was less focus on these creatures. However, the four commander decks still highlighted them.
Thus, four commander decks were released with this set. Each one with two themes, one tribal, and the second one a bit different. Nevertheless, the two themes typically complement one another. So, if you’re a fan of creatures from Ixalan, you’re going to enjoy Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander precons.
Veloci-Ramp-Tor
- Theme: Dinosaurs, ramp
- Colors: white, red, green
- Main Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
First up, here’s your typical big creatures deck. How would it not be, when it features Dinosaurs, one of the largest creatures in Magic. The secondary theme is ramp, which makes perfect sense. Some Dinousaurs can be quite expensive, and it’s great to play them ahead of schedule.
Blood Rites
- Theme: Vampires, sacrifice
- Colors: white, black
- Main Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed
If you browse through all of the precons, you’ll notice that this is actually the third deck that cares about Vampires. Thankfully, it comes with a twist. You won’t just try to spawn as many Vampires as possible, but you’ll also sacrifice them to flying Demons.
Ahoy Mateys
- Theme: Pirates, reanimator
- Colors: blue, black, red
- Main Commander: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Pirates are finally getting some support, which might finally make Dosckside Exotrtionist playable. Jokes aside, this deck’s secondary theme is reanimator. However, you won’t just want to bring back any creatures, but specifically Pirates. This is a fairly unique deck, so if that’s something you enjoy, this might be a great pick.
Explorers of the Deep
- Theme: Merfolk, +1/+1 counters, explore
- Colors: blue, green
- Main Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul
The last Ixalan Commander precon features Merfolk. They also utilize +1/+1 counters and the explore mechanic. For the most part, this deck will play out quite similar to most Simic decks. Play creatures, draw some card, put extra lands in play, get a bunch of value from most cards you play. If you like this play style and the fishy creatures, you’re going to have lots of fun with this precon.
Doctor Who Commander Precons
A popular British science fiction series, Doctor Who, is coming to Magic with four Commander decks in October 2023. The first three decks focus on Doctors from different eras, while the fourth deck showcases the many villains. Fans of the show will certainly enjoy these decks.
Blast From the Past
- Theme: Historic spells
- Colors: white, blue, green
- Main Commanders: The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith
The first deck focuses on the early stage of the show, and contains the most Doctors. Inside you’ll find the first eight Doctors. The deck quite appropriately uses historic spells as its focus. Thus, you can expect a lot of synergies with artifacts, sagas, and everything with the legendary subtype.
Thanks to the Doctor’s companion mechanic, which is like a new version of partner, you can use two commanders at the helm of your deck.
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Timey-Wimey
- Theme: Time counters, suspend
- Colors: white, blue, red
- Main Commanders: The Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler
In this deck you’ll receive David Tennant… erm, the Tenth Doctor! That should be a big surprise, as the deck’s name comes from his iconic line. Doctors Nine and Eleven also make an appearance.
Even if you aren’t the biggest fan of the show, you might still enjoy this deck, if you like to play with unorthodox mechanic. Timey-Wimey precon does come with lots of time counters, and ways that you can interact with them. It’s likely the most unusual deck among the Doctor Who precons.
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Paradox Power
- Theme: Casting spells, but not from hand
- Colors: blue, red, green
- Main Commanders: The Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan
This deck will reward you for casting spells. Wait could it be this simple? Well, not quite. You’ll need to cast the spells from anywhere, but your hand. Now that’s somewhat harder isn’t it? Thankfully, this precon comes with a lot of support, so it shouldn’t be too hard to do that.
Its focus is on the modern era of the show with Doctors Twelve and Thirteen.
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Masters of Evil
- Theme: Giving opponenets bad choices, artifacts
- Colors: blue, black, red
- Main Commander: Davros, Dalek Creator
Finally, there’s a deck for the bad guys. You’ll encounter the biggest villains from all over the show’s history. There’s Davrod, Missy, the Master, you name it!
As for the game play, there are two themes. One focuses on artifacts, and offers various rewards for playing them. The second one is giving your opponent choices. Of course, both choices are bad, and they can only decide for the lesser evil. All in all, this is certainly quite a flavorful deck.
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Wilds of Eldraine Commander Decks
The standard set for autumn is Wilds of Eldraine, releasing in September 2023. It comes with two Commander decks, one commandeered by Magic’s take on Snow White, and the second one by a Faerie lord.
The precon box was redesigned with this set. Instead of showing the card, it now only highlights the art of the main commander. This way, Wizards can now show the packaging early without the need of hiding the card.
You can find more information about Wilds of Eldraine Commander decks here.
Virtue and Valor
- Theme: Auras, enchanted creatures
- Colors: white, green
- Main Commander: Ellivere of the Wild Court
There was an enchantment precon released just before these decks, in Commander Masters, with Enduring Enchantments deck. However, while both decks have an enchantment theme, Valor and Virtue focuses on Auras.
So, if you like augmenting your creatures, you’re surely going to enjoy this deck.
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Fae Dominion
- Theme: Faerie tribal, casting spells on opponents’ turns
- Colors: blue, black
- Main Commander: Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Faeries were somewhat common in Magic, but they never did receive the proper support. This deck changes that, as its main focus is Faerie tribal. It’s practically your traditional tribal deck, with some additional twists to better fit the tricky Faeries.
For example, there’s a small subtheme of casting spells on opponents turn. Thus, this deck can be tricky to play against, as your opponents won’t know what to expect from your open mana.
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Commander Masters Precons
In August 2023, we’re getting a first Commander Masters sets. The set will feature reprints of many popular Commander cards. The set also comes with four precons, and those will contain brand-new cards too.
The decks will feature some very popular themes, such as Slivers, Eldrazi, enchantments, and planeswalkers.
Sliver Swarm
- Theme: Sliver tribal
- Colors: all five
- Main Commander: Sliver Gravemother
Slivers are perhaps the most iconic tribe in all of Magic, and they are certainly one of the most popular ones. Apart from the mana base, which is somewhat lacking, this deck gives you a good entry point for a Sliver Commander deck, as it contains all the major role players.
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Planeswalker Party
- Theme: planeswalkers
- Colors: white, blue, red
- Main Commander: Commodore Guff
If you like planeswalkers, you’re going to love this deck. It contains a ton of planeswalkers and cards that care about them. Even your commander is a planeswalker. While this card type is not as powerful in Commander as some others, this deck is here to change that.
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Enduring Enchantments
- Theme: enchantments in graveyard
- Colors: white, black, green
- Main Commander: Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Occasionally, we get a Commander precon that features two themes. Enduring Enchantments precon is one of those. It uses not just random enchantments, but specifically enchantments in graveyard. This precon is a nice one for players who like unorthodox strategies.
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Eldrazi Unbound
- Theme: Eldrazi tribal, expensive colorless spells.
- Colors: colorless
- Main Commander: Zhulodok, Void Gorger
This is the very first colorless precon that Wizard has ever made. Therefore, it’s perhaps the most unique precon made until now. There is an Eldrazi theme, but the largest – pun unintended – theme are expensive colorless spells. If you like to make a lot of mana, and spend it on large creatures, this deck can do the job.
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Lord of the Rings Commander Precons
In June 2023, Lord of the Rings came to Magic in June 2023 with Tales of Middle-earth set. This is without a doubt the most epic crossover MTG has ever done. In the set, we encountered many popular characters from Frodo to Gandalf, and even Sauron. The set also brought us four Commander decks, which you can find below.
Food and Fellowship
- Theme: Food tokens (with life gain and token subthemes)
- Colors: White, Black, Green
- Main Commander: Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant
This deck is full of Hobbits, or Halflings, which is the correct MTG term. There’s Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, and even Bilbo. Partners with mechanic allows you to have two commanders at the same time: either Frodo and Sam, or Pippin and Merry.
You don’t have to worry about the second breakfast, since the deck is packing a ton of cards that can make Food tokens, and additional ways to use them. The deck also has a life gain and token subtheme, both of which also work well with the Food tokens.
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Elven Council
- Theme: Elf tribal, voting, expensive spells, scry subtheme
- Colors: Blue, Green
- Main Commander: Galadriel, Elven Queen
This deck is full of Elves and powerful Wizards. There’s Galadriel, Gandalf, Elrond, Radagast, and many others.
Elven Council is one of those Commander precons, that don’t have a very clear direction established. Instead, it offers you many subthemes, such as Elf tribal synergies, the voting mechanic, expensive spells, and scry. So, if you’re looking for a deck with clear direction, this probably isn’t it.
One thing you should know about this deck is that is certainly meant for multiplayer, even more so that a typical precon. The voting mechanic will work best is you have more than just a single opponent.
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Riders of Rohan
- Theme: Human tribal, monarch
- Colors: White, Blue, Red
- Main Commander: Eowyn, Shieldmaiden
With this deck, you can take control of the powerful Rohan army. There are two major directions for Riders of Rohan. You can use Eowyn as your commander, and go for Human tribal synergies. While these aren’t anything new, this is the first Jeskai commander that cares about Humans.
The other direction of the deck is the monarch mechanic, which is very powerful. It also makes the games more active, as it promotes attacking. If you prefer that path, you should probably use the secondary commander, Aragorn, King of Gondor.
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The Hosts of Mordor
- Theme: Control, graveyard subtheme
- Colors: Blue, Black, Red
- Main Commander: Sauron, Lord of the Rings
The fourth Lord of the Rings Commander precon features all the villains from the book, including Sauron. This deck also doesn’t have an obvious theme. For the most part it plays like a control deck, that’s looking to win with attrition. Furthermore, it also uses graveyard as a resource.
If you like casting expensive and powerful spells, while controlling the board, then you’re really going to enjoy playing with this one.
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Commander 2023 / March of the Machine Precons
The big Commander release of 2023 comes with March of the Machine. Instead of just two, there will be five precons, so you’ll probably be able to find one that you like. You can find in-depth information and decklists of March of the Machine Commander decks here.
Growing Threat
- Theme: Phyrexian tribal, incubate
- Colors: White, Black
- Main Commander: Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
Oh, no – Brimaz got compleated! He will now command your deck full of Phyrexians. This is not a typical tribal deck, but there are payoffs for playing lots of Phyrexians. Besides that theme, the deck also utilized the incubate mechanic, which can make big artifact tokens.
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Cavalry Charge
- Theme: Knight tribal
- Colors: White, Blue, Black
- Main Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
This is a true tribal deck with a powerful commander. Knights are back on the menu, and they are coming in swinging. Sidar jabari features the broken eminence mechanic. It allows you to always get some value from it, even if it’s just chilling in your Command Zone. If you’re a fan of Knights, you’re going to love this deck, although it’s not it the most traditional Knight color combination.
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Call for Backup
- Theme: +1/+1 counters, backup
- Colors: White, Red, Green
- Main Commander: Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
+1/+1 are a popular mechanic, so we often see Commander precons with this theme. It’s back again, and if you like to play with many dice, you’re going to love this deck. If not, it’s probably not the greatest fit for you. Nevertheless, there is some twist to the ordinary +1/+1 counters strategy, as the deck also uses the new backup mechanic, which does enable some interesting play patterns.
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Divine Convocation
- Theme: Convoke
- Colors: White, Blue, Red
- Main Commander: Kasla, the Broken Halo
Convoke was tied to white-green for so long, that it was weird to see it on a Jeskai commander. However, Kasla takes full advantage of that ability, as ti can help you pay for the Commander tax with it. This precon is amazing for players who like to have tons of creatures in play, and using them to the fullest.
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Tinker Time
- Theme: Artifact tokens
- Colors: Blue, Red, Green
- Main Commander: Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
The final March of the Machine Commander precon is probably the weirdest of the bunch. Its focus is on artifact tokens of all possible things. As such, this is an interesting option for players who like to play with unusual strategies.
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Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander Precons
This is the first time Phyrexia gets Commander decks. There are two of them, and both look quite good.
Corrupting Influence
- Theme: Poison counters with a twist
- Colors: White, Black, Green
- Main Commander: Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
Commander decks that rely on poison counters are frequently quite hated. If your main win condition is victory by poison, other players might quickly team up and beat you. That’s not very fun, so you should think twice before getting a poison themed precon.
Thankfully, this deck doesn’t go all-in on the poison strategy. You’ll be happy, if you get opponents to just three poison counters, and thus enabling your cards with corrupted mechanic. This might make your opponents like likely to pile up on you, and give you a bit more time to develop your game plan, which includes stealing your opponents’ cards.
Corrupting Influence is certainly a very original Commander precon, with some unique play patterns.
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Rebellion Rising
- Theme: Attacking with tokens
- Colors: White, Red
- Main Commander: Neyali Sun’s Vanguard
Boros commander decks are typically somewhat boring. They usually care about attacking or equipment. This one is somewhat similar, but it does come with an interesting twist. It cares about attacking tokens. While the deck feels perfectly Boros-y, that small change really makes the deck feel distinctly different from other Red-White precons.
This is a great pickup, if you like to play aggressive strategies with lots of token creatures.
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Starter Commander Decks
At the end of 2022, Wizards released Starter Commander decks for the first time. These decks are aimed for beginners. They don’t contain any new cards, all 100 cards in each deck are reprints. While there aren’t any big money cards in them, the decks are still good, and each of them contains various Commander staples. On top of that, these decks are cheaper than the regular ones. All of this makes them a great purchase if you want to slowly start building your Commander collection.
You can find more information about this deck in our Starter Commander Deck Guide.
First Flight
- Main Commander: Isperia, Supreme Judge
- Colors: White, Blue
- Theme: Flying, control
This deck has the most control elements of all Starter Commander decks. Besides, it also contains a ton of creatures with flying, and ways to take advantage of that. This is a great deck for beginners who want to control the game, without exposing their creatures in combat.
Grave Danger
- Main Commander: Gisa and Geralf
- Colors: Blue, Black
- Theme: Zombie tribal
Grave Danger is your traditional Zombie tribal Commander precon. Zombies are a very popular tribe in Magic, thanks to the many fun shenanigans they enable. They usually have ways to interact with your graveyard, or simply returning from it. This is also the case with this deck, which is really fun to play, and offers a lot of meaningful in-game decisions.
Chaos Incarnate
- Main Commander: Kardur, Doomscourge
- Colors: Black, Red
- Theme: Dealing damage, chaos
This deck is the most unfocused of the bunch. It has various cards that can be quite annoying for your opponents, either by dealing them damage, or by forcing them to attack. This Commander precon is great for players, who don’t care much about playing optimally, but just want to make a bunch of fun things happen in a game.
Draconic Destruction
- Main Commander: Atarka, World Render
- Colors: Red, Green
- Theme: Dragon tribal
This is another tribal deck. As the name suggests, Draconic Destruction focuses on big Dragons. They are a very popular tribe in MTG, and some older Dragon-focused precons can be quite pricey because of that. This one is still new, and doesn’t contain that many expensive reprints, so its price is lower.
It’s a great starting point for any new Commander player who likes big creatures.
Token Triumph
- Main Commander: Emmara, Soul of the Accord
- Colors: White, Green
- Theme: Creature tokens
Where the previous deck went big, this one goes wide instead. It can quickly make a bunch of small creature tokens, and use them to overwhelm your opponent. Of course, you can also use the tokens for other things, not just attacking, as this deck has a lot of different synergies.
The Brothers’ War Commander
Long-time fans of Magic might be familiar with the storyline from the Brothers’ War. As one of Magic’s oldest stories, references to it show up on plenty of cards. However, this set is the first time we get to see actual cards from such an iconic part of the Magic’s history.
The two decks are led by the brothers themselves: Urza and Mishra. They face off in combat, pitching their armies of machines against each other. These decks do a great job of capturing the feeling of those battles, especially when it comes to differentiating between the two armies.
Furthermore, these decks have another characteristic that sets them apart from previous commander decks. To pay homage to the classic Magic story, every card in these decks has a retro card frame. Some people are critical of this, since the decks don’t also have a modern frame variant. But those that are nostalgic for the old style are in love with how the new cards and reprints alike imitate the feeling of early Magic.
You can find more information about The Brothers’ War Commander decks here.
Urza’s Iron Alliance
- Main Commander: Urza, Chief Artificer
- Colors: White, Blue, Black
- Theme: ‘Go-wide’ artifacts
This deck tries to capture the feeling of Urza building a massive army of artifact creatures to defend against the onslaught of Mishra’s forces. Most of the creatures are artifact creatures, and others get more powerful the more artifacts you control. The deck has a couple powerful new cards, as well as some reasonable reprints to round everything out.
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Mishra’s Burnished Banner
Main Commander: Mishra, Eminent One
Colors: Blue, Black, Red
Theme: Artifacts
In contrast to the Urza deck, Mishra cares more about non-creature artifacts. He transforms them into killing machines, and throws them away when he finishes with them. The rest of the deck is prepared to generate value from sacrificing those artifacts, especially the B-commander: Ashnod the Uncaring.
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- Ashnod the Uncaring
- Blast-Furnace Hellkite
- Farid, Enterprising Salvager
- Terisiare’s Devastation
- Smelting Vat
Warhammer 40k Commander
Universes Beyond introduces the first preconstructed Commander product that features all new art from a different intellectual property. The Warhammer 40k Commander decks are four of the most unique and powerful precons Wizards has ever released. They come in traditional and collector’s variants and feature dozens of characters from the tabletop war game.
You can find more information about Warhammer 40k Commander decks here.
The Ruinous Powers
- Main Commander: Abaddon the Despoiler
- Colors: Blue, Black, Red
- Theme: Cascade, Demon Tribal
There’s a lot going on in the Ruinous Powers deck. First and foremost, Abaddon indicates that there is a Cascade theme in the deck. This shows up on a handful of other cards, as well as some that care about the spells you cast from outside your hand. Other than that, the B-commander, Be’lakor, the Dark Master cares about Demons. There are a lot of Demons in the deck, including in red and blue. The support that this deck offers this tribe will likely make it playable beyond this precon.
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- Be’lakor, the Dark Master
- Magnus the Red
- Lucius the Eternal
- Kharn, the Betrayer
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
Tyranid Swarm
- Main Commander: The Swarmlord
- Colors: Blue, Red, Green
- Theme: +1/+1 and other counters
This deck is one of the most powerful, as well as most compelling counters decks that Wizards has ever released. While The Swarmlord might be less powerful than Magus Lucea Kane as a leader for the deck, both are powerful threats and worthwhile to brew around. Also, the new Ravenous mechanic rewards you for investing five or more mana into your X-costs. This gives you more bang for your buck and makes sure you never run out of firepower.
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Forces of the Imperium
- Main Commander: Inquisitor Greyfax
- Colors: White, Blue, Black
- Theme: Tokens
While the Forces of Imperium deck dips its toes in a couple of different strategies, the main one is definitely a “go wide” tokens strategy. In fact, a handful of cards from this deck have a new mechanic that I think is one of the best new multiplayer mechanics in a long time. That mechanic is Squad, and lets you pay two mana any number of times to make that many copies of the creature with Squad when it enters the battlefield. There is a Squad card that draws you more cards, one that is an anthem, one that destroys artifacts and enchantments, and so on.
Additionally, the B-commander for this deck might be the most powerful new commander in the whole set. Marneus Calgar synergizes with creature tokens, treasures, clues, food, and whatever other tokens you can find a way to make. Commander games often include tokens by accident, let alone when you build your deck specifically around generating them.
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- Marneus Calgar
- Inquisitor Eisenhorn
- Commissar Severina Raine
- Belisaurius Cawl
- Neyam Shai Murad
- Celestine, the Living Saint
Necron Dynasties
- Main Commander: Szarekh, the Silent King
- Colors: Black
- Theme: Self-Mill, Artifacts
Szarekh, the Silent King is one of a half dozen commanders who could lead this deck. Not only that, but Szarekh is probably the least of them. The main through lines for them all are artifacts and graveyards. While other mono black artifact decks have existed in the past, this one seems to be one of the most interesting. The new cards are exciting, and some of them are even unique in the game. For example, Biotransference turns all of your creatures in all zones into artifacts.
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Dominaria United Commander
The return to Dominaria comes with two new Commander decks, each led by a planeswalker. Jared Carthalion is the face commander for Painbow, and Dihada, Binder of Wills for Legends’ Legacy. Each of these focus on a different element of the main set, which we go into below.
Painbow
- Main Commander: Jared Carthalion
- Colors: all five
- Theme: Domain and All Five Colors
It feels odd for the theme of the deck to be the color identity of the commander. After all, most color combinations have dramatically variable themes spread throughout their commanders. However, Jared Carthalion and the B-commander Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile both do a great job of rewarding you for playing as many colors as possible.
This brings an interesting twist to a color combination that so often devolves into ‘good stuff’ strategies with the best cards from every color. Now there is an incentive to play fewer staples and more obscure cards as long as they have WUBRG in their casting cost.
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Legends’ Legacy
- Main Commander: Dihada, Binder of Wills
- Colors: White, Black, Red
- Theme: Legendary Spells
One of the best parts about this deck is how thoroughly Wizards committed to the theme. Every creature and most of the other non-creature permanents are all legendary. Sometimes the pre-built Commander decks can feel like they don’t follow the supposed main theme. This is not one of those decks, though. When they say Legends matter, they mean it.
Dihada also gives you a variable array of rewards for playing your legendary spells. Since Wizards is printing so many new legendary creatures, you are guaranteed to be able to find a legendary-focused theme that inspires you.
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Battle for Baldur’s Gate Commander
Battle for Baldur’s Gate or Commander Legends 2 was the second D&D themed Magic set. It brought us four two-colored decks with various themes. You can learn more about Baldur’s Gate Commander decks here.
Battle for Baldur’s Gate was not a Standard-legal premier set and therefore doesn’t have any Set Booster exclusive cards. That being said, the whole set is focused around the Commander format. There is no shortage of cards for you to put into your Commander decks from Battle for Baldur’s Gate.
Party Time
- Main Commander: Nalia de’Arnise
- Colors: White, Black
- Theme: Party
Wizards introduced a mechanic in Zendikar Rising called Party. It fit the theme of that set reasonably well, but most people expected it to reappear in the Dungeons and Dragons set coming out the next year. Theoretically, D&D would be an even better setting for a mechanic that incentivizes you to control a Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, and Warrior.
However, when Adventures in the Forgotten Realms came out, Party was nowhere to be seen. In the second D&D themed set, Wizards made up for that by printing a ton of new Party cards. This deck is focused on that very theme.
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Mind Flayarrrs
- Main Commander: Captain N’ghathrod
- Colors: Blue, Black
- Theme: Horror Tribal, Mill
In the last couple of years, the Horrors tribe has gotten a lot of love. This deck is a great follow up to Ikoria and Umbris, Fear Manifest, potentially making Horrors a legitimately powerful tribe. This deck leans into a prevalent aspect of the Horror tribe: Mill. Not only that, there is a small subtheme of stealing your opponents’ creatures. Overall, if a player is a fan of these strategies, they will likely love this deck. If they don’t though, they might hate it.
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Draconic Dissent
- Main Commander: Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
- Colors: Blue, Red
- Theme: Tribal Dragons, Goad
Draconic Dissent is Wizards’ third tribal Dragons deck. This one is a slightly different flavor as the other ones, leaning harder into the Goad mechanic. Truth be told, this deck feels more like a Goad deck than a tribal deck. In addition to these fan favorite themes, though, it’s nice to finally get a Dragons deck associated with a Dungeons and Dragons set.
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Exit From Exile
- Main Commander: Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
- Colors: Red, Green
- Theme: Casting Spells From Exile
This deck combines a cacophony of unrelated mechanics together in a very synergistic way. You wouldn’t think it, but Faldorn does a great job of making it all work despite the seeming lack of cohesion.
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Commander 2022 / New Capenna Commander
Streets of New Capenna brought with it yet another round of set-specific Commander decks. Technically, they are not associated with this year’s Commander product (despite being released at the appropriate time), but they are still full-powered decks. Each deck’s color identity is one of the three-color arc combinations.
One notable cycle that came with this set is five new Confluences, each in the appropriate combination. Each Confluence has three modes, and you can choose up to three. You are allowed to choose any mode more than once.
Like all sets lately, this set also comes with a set of cards that are exclusive to Set Boosters. You can’t get them in Draft Boosters or Commander decks.
- Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
- Tenuous Truce
- Swindler’s Scheme
- Mari, the Killing Quill
- Spiteful Repossession
- Boxing Ring
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator
- Threefold Signal
Obscura Operation
- Main Commander: Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
- Colors: White, Blue, Black
- Theme: Connive
This deck is strange because it’s an Esper deck that cares about attacking. It’s filled to the brim with cheap evasive creatures to help ensure you connect with your opponents. The card advantage makes sure the deck plays out pretty smoothly, even without any upgrades. The backup commander is also pretty intriguing. It leans into voting mechanics that get the table talking with each other. Overall, this deck is a lot of fun.
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Maestros Massacre
- Main Commander: Anhelo, the Painter
- Colors: Blue, Black, Red
- Theme: Casualty
This deck seems to be pretty decent in paper. However, in practice, it plays out pretty poorly. The fact that you have to sacrifice a creature to trigger Casualty is a legitimate cost. Especially in a deck with very few token generators. That being said, the deck has the skeleton of a great spellslinger deck.
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- Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
- Sinister Concierge
- Spellbinding Soprano
- Cryptic Pursuit
- Syrix, Carrier of the Flame
Riveteers Rampage
- Main Commander: Henzie “Toolbox” Torre
- Colors: Black, Red, Green
- Theme: Blitz
This deck is focused around the new set mechanic, Blitz. Blitz lets you cast a spell from your hand, give it haste, sacrifice it at the end of the turn, and then draw a card. It wants to cheat out a bunch of high mana value creatures and generate card advantage along the way.
The Beamtown Bullies, the backup commander for the deck, is one of the most exciting cards in the whole set. It fits elegantly in the 99 of a Henzie deck, but could also be a fantastic commander in its own right.
Iconic Cards
Cabaretti Cacophony
- Main Commander: Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
- Colors: White, Red, Green
- Theme: Tokens
This deck is pretty similar to a deck from a few years ago called. The idea is to go as wide as you can making tokens, then incentivize your opponents to fight each other along the way. Plus, there are plenty of Cats and Dogs for players who are fans of those tribes.
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Bedecked Brokers
- Main Commander: Perrie, the Pulverizer
- Colors: White, Blue, Green
- Theme: Various counters
Bedecked Brokers is a unique take on a Voltron deck in Bant colors. Basically, rather than trying to stack as many +1/+1 counters on a creature as possible, Perrie rewards you for playing as many different kinds of counters as you can. That being said, you probably won’t be mad about having a large stack of +1/+1 counters either.
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Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander
Our first return to Kamigawa came with two really exciting new decks. It also came with a new suite of set booster exclusive Kamigawa Commander cards. Even though it’s awkward that you can only get them in Neon Dynasty Set boosters, it’s great that they have found a home for these cards that might have otherwise gone unprinted.
Anyway, here are the two decks:
Buckle Up
- Main Commander: Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
- Colors: White, Blue
- Theme: Vehicles
Buckle Up is our first Vehicles matter Commander deck. Ever since their introduction to the game in Kaladesh, players have tried to find a good Commander for Vehicles. Perhaps one of the cards in this deck will finally prove to be the best option.
In addition to a bunch of great new Vehicle cards, this deck also has a few much-requested powerful white cards. Despite being the worst financial value of any precon to date, this deck is still an exciting pickup for any Commander player,
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Upgrades Unleashed
- Main Commander: Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
- Colors: Red, Green
- Theme: Modify
This deck focuses on the new set mechanic for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty – Modified. Modified cares about if a Creature is equipped, enchanted, or has a counter on it. Since these are three very different strategies, this deck seems a little unfocused at first glance.
However, somehow the commander is able to tie everything together really cleanly. In addition to the new cards, this deck also includes a solid bunch of Commander-staple reprints.
Iconic Cards:
- Kaima, the Fractured Calm
- Kosei, Penitent Warlord
- Kami of Celebration
- Tanuki Transplanter
- Rampart Rejuvenator
Older Commander Precons (2020-2021)
If you want to learn about the decks that came before these, there are two more articles to check out. First up, here’s an article about Commander Precons 2020-2021. There were 8 releases with 24 decks total.
The Oldest Commander Precons (2011-2019)
Now for the oldest ones, there were 8 releases of 35 Commander precons released between 2011 and 2019. These are the first ones, which paved the way for the precons that we know nowadays.
Conclusion
So, which of the 24 decks released between 2022 and 2023 is your favorite? Let us and our readers know in the comments below.
Do you plan to buy a precon and upgrade it? If so, check this Guide on How to improve Your Commander Deck. In it, you’ll find five useful tips on how you can have more fun, and win more games with your precon or a deck that you’ve built yourself.
Last, but not least, if you want to find a list of all precons in a single article, check our aforementioned Commander Precons List.