MTG Commander Decks: The 13 Best 2025 Precons, Ranked

Every 2025 Commander Deck at a Glance

How we ranked them. We weighed three things: how strong the commander is, how well the other 99 cards support it out of the box, and how much the deck's best cards are worth on their own. Prices are TCGplayer market prices for the sealed deck on 8 October 2026, and single-card prices are Scryfall's for the precon printing on the same day. Both move daily. The ranking is our judgement. Your table's power level matters more than our order.

1. Sultai Arisen (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale, {1}{B}{G}{U}, 4/4 flying Second commander: Kotis, Sibsig Champion

Teval is the best-designed commander of the year. Whenever it attacks, you mill three and may return a land from your graveyard to the battlefield. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you create a 2/2 Zombie Druid. Every reanimation spell, every flashback card, every land you bring back makes a body.

The 99 cards are built for exactly that. The reprints include:

• Living Death and Life from the Loam, two graveyard classics
• Dauthi Voidwalker, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• Avenger of Zendikar and Casualties of War

The new card Colossal Grave-Reaver (about $11) and Teval's Judgment (about $9) are also worth having.

Why it's #1: a strong commander, a deck that does what the commander wants, and the best reprints of any 2025 precon. The market agrees: it's the most expensive 2025 deck at about $93.

Best for: graveyard players and anyone who wants one deck that holds up against stronger tables.

2. Temur Roar (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)

Commander: Eshki, Temur's Roar, {G}{U}{R}, 2/2 Second commander: Ureni of the Unwritten

The box describes it in four words: Ramp mana. Summon dragons. Eshki grows by one +1/+1 counter every time you cast a creature spell. If that creature has power 4 or more, you draw a card. If it has power 6 or more, Eshki deals damage equal to its own power to each opponent.

The second commander is the reason this deck sells out. Ureni of the Unwritten is a 7-mana 7/7 flying, trampling Spirit Dragon. Whenever it enters or attacks, you look at the top eight cards of your library and put a Dragon from among them onto the battlefield. At about $21, it's the most valuable new card in any 2025 precon.

The rest of the dragon package:

• Dragonlord Atarka, Glorybringer and Stormbreath Dragon
• Thunderbreak Regent and Atarka, World Render
• Temur Ascendancy, Dragon Tempest and Elemental Bond

Best for: dragon fans and newer players. "Cast a big creature, draw a card" is easy to learn and a lot of fun to play. About $87.

3. Scions & Spellcraft (Final Fantasy XIV)

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, {1}{W}{U}{B}, 2/4 vigilance Second commander: G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn

Y'shtola punishes opponents for every big spell you cast. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or more, she deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life. At each end step, if any player lost 4 or more life that turn, you draw a card.

It's the strongest of the four Final Fantasy decks. The reprints suit a spells deck:

• Dig Through Time, Torrential Gearhulk and Sublime Epiphany
• Baleful Strix, Vindicate, Snuff Out and Propaganda
• Coveted Jewel and Exsanguinate

The new Tataru Taru (about $6) is the deck's most valuable card at regular price.

Best for: control players who like winning with spells instead of creatures. About $54.

4. Limit Break (Final Fantasy VII)

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, {2}{R}{G}{W}, 4/4 haste Second commander: Tifa, Martial Artist

Cloud is Naya (red, green and white), not Jeskai. When he enters, you attach up to one Equipment you control to him. Whenever he attacks, you draw a card for each equipped attacking creature. If his power is 7 or greater, you also create two Treasure tokens.

It's a straightforward Equipment deck. The best support includes:

• Puresteel Paladin, Skullclamp and Sword of the Animist
• Darksteel Plate, Colossus Hammer and Lightning Greaves
• Austere Command and Professional Face-Breaker

The deck doesn't include any of the Swords of X and Y or Batterskull. If you want those, they're upgrades you buy separately.

Tifa, the second commander, rewards the same plan. When a creature with power 7 or more deals combat damage, she untaps your team and gives you an extra combat.

Best for: Voltron players and beginners who want a clear plan: suit up and attack. About $45.

5. Counter Blitz (Final Fantasy X)

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian, {G}{W}{U}, 3/3 Second commander: Yuna, Grand Summoner

At the beginning of combat on your turn, Tidus moves a counter from one of your creatures to another. His Cheer ability triggers once each turn, whenever creatures with counters deal combat damage to a player: you may draw a card and proliferate.

Highlights:

• Hardened Scales, Walking Ballista, Luminous Broodmoth and Tireless Tracker
• Three Visits, Path to Exile and Farewell

Farewell is a Game Changer, so the deck is bracket 3 as it comes out of the box. Swap it out if your group plays at bracket 2.

Best for: +1/+1 counters players. About $48.

6. Abzan Armor (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)

Commander: Felothar the Steadfast, {1}{W}{B}{G}, 0/5 Second commander: Betor, Ancestor's Voice

This is the walls deck. Felothar makes each creature you control deal combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power, and lets your creatures with defender attack. Its activated ability sacrifices a creature to draw cards equal to its toughness.

The deck is full of walls and high-toughness creatures:

• Wall of Roots, Wall of Blossoms, Axebane Guardian and Arasta of the Endless Web
• Assault Formation, which does the same toughness-for-damage job

Seedborn Muse (about $19) is the most valuable reprint, and it's a Game Changer. Dragonlord Dromoka and Anguished Unmaking are also in the box.

Best for: players who like an unusual plan that opponents underestimate. About $65.

7. World Shaper (Edge of Eternities)

Commander: Hearthhull, the Worldseed, {1}{B}{R}{G}, Spacecraft Second commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

A lands-sacrifice deck. Hearthhull is a Spacecraft: you tap your creatures to station it, and it becomes a 6/7 flying, vigilant, hasty artifact creature at 8 charge counters. With 2 or more counters, it can sacrifice a land to draw two cards and let you play an extra land. Whenever you sacrifice a land, each opponent loses 2 life.

The Jund reprints are strong for the price:

• The Gitrog Monster, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King and Soul of Windgrace
• Omnath, Locus of Rage and Titania, Protector of Argoth
• Oracle of Mul Daya and Nature's Lore

Best for: landfall players. About $52.

8. Mardu Surge (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)

Commander: Zurgo Stormrender, {R}{W}{B}, 3/3 Second commander: Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

A go-wide token deck. Zurgo has mobilize 1: each time he attacks, you create a tapped and attacking 1/1 Warrior that's sacrificed at end of turn. Whenever a creature token you control leaves the battlefield, you draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, each opponent loses 1 life.

Reprints include Skullclamp, Hero of Bladehold, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Angel of Invention and Sun Titan, plus the new Goldlust Triad.

Best for: aggressive players who like big token turns. About $54.

9. Jeskai Striker (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)

Commander: Shiko and Narset, Unified, {1}{U}{R}{W}, 4/4 flying, vigilance Second commander: Elsha, Threefold Master

A spellslinger deck. Shiko and Narset have flurry: whenever you cast your second spell each turn, you copy it if it targets. Otherwise, you draw a card.

The deck is full of cheap spells (Ponder, Preordain, Opt, Frantic Search) and payoffs like Monastery Mentor, Storm-Kiln Artist and Veyran, Voice of Duality. Ghostly Prison and Reliquary Tower are the most valuable reprints.

Best for: instants-and-sorceries players. Good value at about $41.

10. Counter Intelligence (Edge of Eternities)

Commander: Inspirit, Flagship Vessel, {U}{R}{W}, Spacecraft Second commander: Kilo, Apogee Mind

Counter Intelligence is Jeskai (blue, red and white), not Esper. Inspirit is a Spacecraft. With 1 or more charge counters, it puts a +1/+1 counter or two charge counters on another artifact at the start of each combat. At 8 or more, it flies and gives your other artifacts hexproof and indestructible. Kilo is a 3-mana hasty 3/3 that proliferates whenever it becomes tapped.

Reprints include Swan Song (about $11), Steel Overseer, Hangarback Walker, Thrummingbird, Phyrexian Metamorph and Karn's Bastion.

Best for: artifact players willing to learn station. About $42.

11. Revival Trance (Final Fantasy VI)

Commander: Terra, Herald of Hope, {R}{W}{B}, 3/3 Second commander: Celes, Rune Knight

Terra is Mardu (red, white and black), not Esper. At the beginning of combat on your turn, she mills two and gains flying. Whenever she deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2} to return a creature card with power 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

The deck reanimates small creatures. Reanimate, Sepulchral Primordial, Sun Titan, Palace Jailer and Pitiless Plunderer are the standout cards.

Best for: a cheap graveyard deck. At about $34 it's the least expensive Final Fantasy precon.

12. Eternal Might (Aetherdrift)

Commander: Temmet, Naktamun's Will, {2}{W}{U}{B}, 4/4 vigilance, menace Second commander: Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

A Zombie deck built on discarding cards. Whenever you attack, Temmet makes you draw a card and then discard one. Whenever you draw a card, your Zombies get +1/+1 until end of turn. The deck reprints The Scarab God, Grave Titan, Liliana, Death's Majesty, God-Eternal Oketra and Damn.

Best for: Zombie fans. About $41.

13. Living Energy (Aetherdrift)

Commander: Saheeli, Radiant Creator, {1}{G}{U}{R}, 4/4 Second commander: Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic

Living Energy is Temur (green, blue and red), not Izzet. Saheeli gives you an energy counter whenever you cast an Artificer or artifact spell. At the beginning of combat, you can pay three energy to create a hasty 5/5 token copy of a permanent you control, which is sacrificed at end of turn.

Panharmonicon, Academy Ruins, Duplicant, Conjurer's Closet and Aetherworks Marvel are the highlights.

Best for: the cheapest 2025 precon, at about $29. It's a good base to upgrade.

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Common Misconceptions

"There was a Spider-Man Commander deck." There wasn't. Marvel's Spider-Man (September 2025) had no precons.

"Cloud is Jeskai." Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is Naya: red, green and white.

"The Final Fantasy decks are full of Swords." Limit Break's best Equipment reprints are Darksteel Plate, Sword of the Animist and Colossus Hammer. It has no Swords of X and Y and no Batterskull.

"Spacecraft can't be commanders." Inspirit and Hearthhull are legendary Spacecraft and both are legal commanders.

Conclusion: Start With Tarkir

Updated 8 October 2026: we rewrote this guide after finding errors in the previous version, including wrong commander colours, a Spider-Man precon that never existed, and reprints that weren't in the decks. Every commander, ability and card list is now checked against Wizards' decklists and Scryfall.

Citations & Resources

• Wizards of the Coast: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander decklists
• Wizards of the Coast: Final Fantasy Commander decklists
• Wizards of the Coast: Aetherdrift Commander decklists
• Wizards of the Coast: Edge of Eternities Commander decklists
• Scryfall: current Game Changers list

Related Guides

• MTG Final Fantasy Products: every Final Fantasy product, including the Collector's Edition decks
• MTG Game Changers List: which bracket each deck lands in
• MTG Formats Guide: how Commander fits among the other formats
• MTG Tribal Decks: the best commanders for dragons, zombies and more
• MTG Proliferate Explained: the mechanic behind Counter Blitz and Counter Intelligence