We’re greater than halfway through the 12 months and have already had the pleasure of having fun with 4 latest Magic: The Gathering<\/strong> sets, with three still to return. Whether you have picked up and played with every set or simply those that appeal to you essentially the most, there’s been something for each form of player this 12 months, especially those that play Commander.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have had 13 unique Commander precon decks thus far this 12 months, with at the very least six more to return from Reality Fracture, although five of those are beginner decks. So, I’m going to have a look back at every deck we have had the pleasure of twiddling with this 12 months and rank them from worst to best.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While there are easily no terrible Commander precons from 2026 thus far, one in every of these decks has to are available last place, and for me, it’s Blight Curse.<\/p>\n I do not mind the Blight mechanic in any respect, but it surely’s barely made an impact on Standard play, and this deck just is not quite on the identical level as lots of the others released thus far this 12 months. <\/p>\n Blight Curse is currently value $44.40 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n I’ve played with and against this deck, and it is usually struggled to maintain up with the pace of the sport and to have any meaningful impact. If anything, it churns away and makes it deep into games if only since it’s the bottom threat on the table and gets treated as such. <\/p>\n That being said, it may possibly be quite the engine if left unchecked with Auntie, Ool, Cursewretch on the battlefield. Blighting creatures has an impact on the sport irrespective of what, with you either drawing cards or having opponents lose one life.<\/p>\n Still, it’s an unremarkable deck that might do with some major upgrades if you would like to turn it right into a consistent performer at your local game night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m not a fan of Planeswalker-led Commander decks at the most effective of times, and while Lorehold Spirit can still pop off for large damage as you swing wide with Spirit tokens, it’s a reasonably one-dimensional deck that will be easily frustrated.<\/p>\n This deck is built on the Boros Flashback mechanic and general interactions along with your graveyard. The concept is to solid spells that will be solid again out of your graveyard or ones that permit you manipulate your graveyard in any way. When doing this, you may even be creating Spirit 3\/2 tokens.<\/p>\n The Lorehold Spirit deck is value $60.87 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n The major issue I actually have with the deck is that any half-decent Commander player will see what this deck is trying to attain from miles away and just reserve removal, board wipes, and graveyard exiles to repeatedly hammer down on its controller until they’re left with few strategic options.<\/p>\n Boros tends to do higher inside the Standard format since it’s one-on-one and 20 life points. You may play as aggressively as you want, and the sport’s limited nature often means you’ll be able to overwhelm your opponent before they’ve an honest answer. In Commander, games naturally go on for for much longer, and a deck list this gets weaker with every turn if its battlefield is not stacked with powerful creatures and tokens.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That is one in every of two decks that it hurts to have so low down this rating, but Witherbloom Pestilence just is not as powerful as I hoped it might be, especially when this Strixhaven College is arguably the most effective to make use of within the Limited format, and has seen multiple cards cross over into the Standard meta for some fringe decks.<\/p>\n The deck is much too creature-heavy, with 39 in total, which is somewhat comprehensible given there shall be numerous sacrificing, but that is typically reserved for tokens, which will be created by instants, sorceries, and enchantments. Principally, the deck feels unbalanced, and if players know your strategy is essentially to go all in on creatures, they will be way more aware of your combos and keen to stop them.<\/p>\n The Witherbloom Pestilence deck is value $63.52 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n I might argue that that is one in every of the higher decks on this list for brand new players, as its creature-heavy nature is nice for learning about combos, synergies, and the way dynamic certain creatures will be, but when you hope to make it truly competitive at your game night, it is going to take quite a number of upgrades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Admittedly, I struggle with where to rank the Turtle Power deck on this list. it from a pure power perspective, it’s relatively high up. The choice to run a Partner Commander can also be an enormous positive, as is the wonderful thematic storytelling that went into its design. Nevertheless, it just doesn’t consistently turn out to be the large mutant engine it ought to be.<\/p>\n It is a slow starter when you do not have a curated first hand, and I might say that it’s such a situational deck that even pulling generally good cards off the highest of your deck can feel a bit of jarring once you have not got your board arrange right to play and\/or protect it.<\/p>\n The Turtle Power deck is value $81.67 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n WUBRG decks are at all times a bit of tricky to evaluate if they don’t seem to be blatantly powerful right out of the box, and since the theming of this deck is so cool, it feels disruptive to attempt to make upgrades to it, so it’s almost a case of being a precon that you mustn’t upgrade, but yet it desperately needs it.<\/p>\n Ultimately, I compare this deck with the opposite WUBRG that has released this 12 months, and in doing so, it became much clearer where the 2 stack up against one another and the remainder of this list, and Turtle Power falls into the lower half consequently.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That is the opposite deck that pains me to have this low, but Doom Prevails is just ripe for upgrades and never quite gets over the road to succeed in its potential straight out of the box.<\/p>\n Conniving is the secret with this deck, however the creatures sometimes don’t mesh well with the strategy, and as an alternative it gets a bit of lost, especially when you cannot get good Connive cards on the board early on. Doctor Doom allows Connive to profit you irrespective of the consequence: once you discard a land card, each opponent takes 2 damage, and if it is a nonland card, you continue to place a +1\/+1 counter on the creature that Connived. But without some truly repetitive Connive triggers, this is not as powerful because it first seems. <\/p>\n The Doom Prevails deck is value $93.03 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Black Market Connections can also be an enormous a part of the deck, and getting it onto the board early, but still struggling to place among the combos together just ends in the deck bleeding you dry of life points while your opponents sit and laugh.<\/p>\n Upgrades could make this deck very<\/em> good, but without that refinement, it’s a bit of hit-and-miss, so it may possibly’t quite crack the highest half of this rating.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We’re entering into the decks which can be largely separated by positive margins now, with Wakanda Perpetually being a superb artifacts deck that just focuses a bit of an excessive amount of on mana artifacts for my liking. <\/p>\n Given how T’Challa works, you are not going to be in need of colorless mana to solid artifacts, yet of the 24 artifacts on this deck, 1 \/ 4 of them are mana generators. Beyond the fundamental Arcane Signet and Sol Ring, artifacts that produce mana feel wasted on this deck, so it could have gone heavier on card draw, equipment, or vehicles to actually power up this strategy.<\/p>\n The Wakanda Perpetually deck is value $84.23 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n The fast and sorcery spells on this deck could also use some refinement. It is the expected removal and looting you’ll expect to see, but I would really like to see more token generation or boosting for existing creatures just so as to add one other deadly element to the playbook.<\/p>\n Finally, 12 forests and 12 plains leave numerous room for more powerful or impactful lands to be played, which looks like an obvious start line for upgrades.<\/p>\n What this deck does well, nonetheless, is persist with its core artifact-based attack, and it may possibly turn out to be an issue in a short time when you get T’Challa churning out the Vibranium tokens as soon as possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most important compliment I pays to Prismari Artistry is that, within the times I’ve played it since its launch, players have often underestimated it as an easy spellslinging deck. In point of fact, there’s way more nuance to this deck, and Rootha is kind of a superb Commander when played right.<\/p>\n You may be slinging spells, sure, but Rootha creates flying Elementals with Haste and power\/toughness equal to the best mana value spell you solid in your first major phase. This implies you would like to reserve a single spell for this phase, if possible, before moving into combat. You furthermore mght don’t desire to waste spells in your opponents’ turns when possible, because churning out these Elemental tokens is kind of key to victory. <\/p>\n The Prismari Artistry deck is value $68.46 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n My major gripes with Prismari Artistry are that the mana base feels a bit of high, more likely to benefit from Rootha’s ability, so I’ve found myself almost downgrading the deck with some cheaper spells to remain relevant in the sport during earlier turns. Its spell diversity can also be great, but it surely could do with some more high-cost spells with alternative casting methods. Delve is used to great effect on a number of cards, but more ways to solid huge spells for less while still triggering the upper cost for Rootha is a straightforward upgrade.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I can happily admit after I don’t love a deck, and that is the case with the Unbelievable 4 precon, but I actually have to acknowledge that it’s a very great precon that’s super fun to play and never feels imbalanced or jarring no matter which Commander you select. <\/p>\n I’ve had essentially the most fun with this deck when using Human Torch as the first Commander, and he’s also the cardboard I’ve struggled essentially the most against, but each of the 4 Heroes is useful in their very own right, and the indisputable fact that all 4 are at all times within the deck means you are never distant from some game-changing plays.<\/p>\n The Unbelievable 4 deck is value $87.31 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n While the deck leans heavily into the concept you would like to be casting an fast or sorcery in your first major phase before combat, you never feel limited in options, and the deck still feels balanced across the board despite having a whopping 23 sorceries.<\/p>\n Provided you manage your mana right, this deck is fun to play and encourages experimentation by running it with the 4 different Commanders. All in all, it’s an enormous win for the precon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’s something barely sadistic about sitting back watching your opponents tear one another apart after which swooping in to choose up the pieces for a straightforward victory, however the Silverquill Influence deck is designed to do exactly that, and it’s remarkably effective at it.<\/p>\n A few of the most effective Commander precons are decks you like twiddling with, but hate playing against, and this sums up Silverquill Influence nicely.<\/p>\n You may be profiting from the Goad mechanic, which makes players attack each turn if able, and, if possible, any player apart from you. You may even be handing out contracts to do the identical, as this enchantment-heavy deck looks to purchase itself time to get in position to win the sport while barely coming under threat from other players on the table.<\/p>\n The Silverquill Influence deck is value $75.62 in accordance with TCGPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Despite the strategy, you may be removed from passive when twiddling with this deck, and it may possibly be numerous fun to endlessly frustrate your opponents who’re eager to send their biggest creatures your way for devastating attacks. <\/p>\n We’re well and truly in “great out of the box” territory now, and Silverquill Influence requires no upgrades to be a fun, competitive deck at your local game night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do not be fooled by the low card value on this deck, because I’ve seen this precon within the hands of each latest and experienced players and had my ass handed to me regardless.<\/p>\n Comparing this WUBRG deck to Turtle Power makes it clear that this deck just has more going for it as an out-of-the-box precon and upgrade potential. You are going to be casting huge elementals, while Ashling can then allow you to solid every part for an Evoke cost of 4 mana.<\/p>\n Fear not, nonetheless, as there are good enough ways to get cards out of your graveyard back into play, even when you do start swinging creatures for an Evoke cost. <\/p>\n \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bThe Dance of the Elements deck is value $53.50 in accordance with TCPPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n With 35 creatures in total, it’s heavy on aggression, but lots of these creatures have devastating abilities or near-broken utility for his or her cost ( you, Flamebraider), so there is a nuance to the deck, too.<\/p>\n I really like Lorwyn Eclipsed as a set, and because the 12 months has gone on, my appreciation for this deck has only grown with every crushing defeat I take at its hands.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’re greater than halfway through the 12 months and have already had the pleasure of having fun with 4 latest Magic: The Gathering sets, with three still to return. Whether you have picked up and played with every set or simply those that appeal to you essentially the most, there’s been something for each form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[10219,10310,1089,1585],"class_list":["post-365977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-commander","tag-deck","tag-ranked","tag-worst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n 13 <\/span>
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\n Blight Curse
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
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\n Lorehold Spirit
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Quintorius, History Chaser
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\n ![\"Quintorius](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/03\/quintorius-histroy-chaser-mtg-secrets-of-strixhaven-lorhold-spirit-commander.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Witherbloom Pestilence
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Dina, Essence Brewer
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\n ![\"Dina,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/03\/dina-essence-brewer-mtg-card-from-secrets-of-strixhave-1.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Turtle Power!
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Leonardo, The Balance (+ Partner)
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\n ![\"Leonardo,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/02\/leonardo-the-balanced-mtg-card-against-a-tmnt-ronin-background.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Doom Prevails
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Doctor Doom, King Of Latveria
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\n ![\"Doctor](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/06\/doctor-doom-king-of-latveria-mtg-card.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Wakanda Perpetually
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\n <\/h2>\n\n T’Challa, The Black Panther
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\n ![\"T'Challa,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/06\/t-challa-the-black-panther-mtg-card.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Prismari Artistry
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Rootha, Mastering The Moment
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\n ![\"Rootha,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/04\/rootha-mastering-the-moment-mtg-from-strixhaven.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n The Unbelievable 4
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Mister Unbelievable, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Or The Thing
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\n ![\"Fantastic](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fantastic-four-mtg-cards-against-a-blurred-background.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Silverquill Influence
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Killian, Decisive Mentor
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\n ![\"Killian,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/04\/killian-decisive-mentor-mtg-secrets-of-strixhaven-commander.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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\n Dance Of The Elements
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\n <\/h2>\n\n Ashling, The Limitless
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\n ![\"Ashling,](\"https:\/\/static0.thegamerimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/07\/ashling-the-limitless-mtg-card.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=2\")
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