MTG Commander Precons: Every Deck Since 2023, Priced and Ranked (2026)

Every Commander Precon Since 2023, Priced

The table covers all 80 Commander precons Wizards has released since January 2023, newest first. Use the buttons to sort by value or price. Collector's Editions are left out (they're the same cards in foil), and so are Secret Lair decks, which are sold once on Wizards' site rather than in stores.

How to read it:

• Price is the TCGplayer market price of the sealed deck this week.
• Cards worth adds up the market price of all 100 cards in the deck, using the exact printings inside. A foil card counts at its foil price.
• Value is cards worth divided by price. 2.0× means the cards sell for twice what the deck costs. Green marks decks at 1.5× or better, red marks decks that cost more than their cards.

What the Value Number Does and Doesn't Mean

The value number is a fair way to compare decks, but it's not money in your pocket.

• About a quarter of the value is bulk. In the median deck, cards under $1 make up about 28% of the total. Nobody buys a $0.20 common on its own. Counting only cards worth $1 or more, 34 of the 80 decks are still worth more than their price, and the median deck holds about 94% of its price in those cards.
• Selling costs money. TCGplayer's market price is what buyers pay. After fees and shipping, a seller keeps noticeably less.
• New precons start high and settle. Prices in the first weeks after release move fast in both directions. The Foundations and Reality Fracture decks were two weeks old when this was written.

So read the number as "how much of a deck's price is backed by its cards", not as a profit. A deck at 2.0× is a safe buy even if you end up not playing it. A deck under 1.0× is priced as a collector item.

The Best Commander Precons to Buy in October 2026

These picks are all in print, or recently out of print and still easy to find. Prices are TCGplayer market prices on 18 October 2026.

Best overall: Multiverse Reforged (Reality Fracture)

About $51, cards worth about $99. Jace, Multiverse Architect leads a four-colour deck (white, blue, black and red) built around tokens and polymorph effects, with 16 new cards. Its best reprints include Avacyn, Angel of Horror and Flawless Maneuver.

Draftsim called it "one of the best precons of the year" if you can buy it near its roughly $50 MSRP, which it still sells at. On Playgroup.gg, which tracks games between unmodified precons, it had the fifth-best win rate of 84 decks in October 2026.

Best value: Prismari Artistry (Secrets of Strixhaven)

About $42, cards worth about $87. The best value ratio of any precon in the table. Rootha, Mastering the Moment leads a blue-red deck of big instants and sorceries, with Faerie Mastermind and Goldspan Dragon as its most valuable cards. Draftsim rated it the most competitive of the five Strixhaven decks.

The other Strixhaven decks are good value too: Quandrix Unlimited (about $38 for $76 of cards) and Lorehold Spirit (about $43 for $77). Witherbloom Pestilence is the one to skip: at about $63 for $75 of cards, it's the weakest value of the five, and Draftsim found it the weakest deck.

Best for beginners: Foundations Commander decks

The five Foundations Commander decks (October 2026) are a new line made for players who've never built a Commander deck. Each is one colour, has a $29.99 MSRP, and comes with a foil borderless commander, tokens and a deck box.

Only Keen Engineering sells near the $29.99 MSRP on TCGplayer. Above $45, these decks lose their point: one colour and simple cards are great for learning, but a regular precon at the same price is stronger and holds more value. If a local store sells them at MSRP, buy there.

Best cheap deck: Living Energy (Aetherdrift)

About $26, cards worth about $55. The cheapest precon in the table and one of the best value ratios. Saheeli, Radiant Creator leads a blue-red-green artifact and energy deck, with Panharmonicon and Academy Ruins inside.

Best Universes Beyond deal: the Marvel Super Heroes decks

The four Marvel decks list at about $75 each, and reviewers called that too much. On TCGplayer they now sell far below it:

• Wakanda Forever (T'Challa) and The Fantastic Four: about $36 each, with about $62 of cards. Draftsim rated The Fantastic Four the most competitive of the four and Wakanda Forever the most fun.
• Doom Prevails (Doctor Doom): about $61, with the most valuable cards of the four, about $87.
• Avengers Assemble (Captain America): about $47, and the one Draftsim called beginner-friendly.

Turtle Power!, the single TMNT deck (March 2026), is about $55 for about $75 of cards. It's five colours, with an unusually good mana base for a precon, but it's complex for a first deck.

Strongest out of the box: Tarkir: Dragonstorm

The 2025 Tarkir decks are some of the strongest recent precons. Sultai Arisen (Teval, the Balanced Scale) holds the most valuable cards of any 2025 deck, about $122, for about $93. Temur Roar (Eshki, Temur's Roar) is the dragon deck, and it's in the top ten of 84 precons by stock win rate on Playgroup.gg. Both cost more than when they were new. See our 2025 precons ranked for every 2025 deck in detail.

Every Precon Set Since 2023

Averages are TCGplayer market prices on 18 October 2026.

The pattern is clear: decks from 2025 and 2026 sell for $33 to $69 on average, while most 2023 and 2024 decks now cost about twice their $45 to $60 launch prices or more. Prices rise once a deck goes out of print, and the sets in the table with the highest prices (Commander Masters, Phyrexia, Wilds of Eldraine, Thunder Junction) are the ones where the sealed deck costs more than its cards.

Why Old Precons Cost More Than Their Cards

Some out-of-print decks sell for far more than the cards inside:

Sealed copies of these decks are bought by collectors, and by players who want a specific commander that was only printed in that deck. If you want to play one of them, buy the singles. It's often half the price.

How to Choose a Precon

1. Pick a commander you like. You'll play this deck for months. The commander decides how it plays, so read it first.
2. Pick a playstyle. Big creatures, lots of small tokens, spells, graveyards, or stealing the other players' cards. The table's deck names usually give it away.
3. Check the colours. Two-colour decks are easier to learn. Four- and five-colour decks like Turtle Power! and Dance of the Elements have more options but need a better mana base to play smoothly.
4. Match your group. Most unmodified precons play at about Bracket 2, and some newer ones play like Bracket 3. If your friends play precons, you're fine. If their decks are tuned, plan to upgrade.
5. Don't overpay for a new release. Prices in the first weeks are often above MSRP and can fall after a few months. The Marvel decks list at about $75 and now sell for $36 to $61.

Collector's Editions have the same 100 cards with every card in foil (surge foil for Universes Beyond), at two or three times the price. They're worth it only if you want the foils.

What's in a Commander Precon

• 100 cards: the commander and 99 others, including lands. It's ready to play out of the box.
• New cards printed for the deck, from about 10 to 16 per deck in most recent sets, up to 32 in each Star Trek deck and 43 in the TMNT deck.
• Reprints of older cards, which is where most of the value comes from.
• A foil face commander, often with a second foil commander you can swap in, plus tokens and a deck box.

Wizards raised its standard Commander deck price from $44.99 to $49.99 with Lorwyn Eclipsed in January 2026, and dropped the Collector Booster sample pack that used to come in the box. Universes Beyond decks cost more: about $69.99 for Final Fantasy and $74.99 for Marvel and Star Trek.

Upcoming Commander Precons

Star Trek (13 November 2026): four decks at $74.99, each with 32 new cards, plus Collector's Editions. Decklists weren't out yet on 18 October. See our Star Trek release guide for preorder prices.

Marvel: Darkhold Destiny (9 April 2027): four decks led by Hela, Blade, Thor and Doctor Strange, announced at New York Comic Con in October 2026. Decklists and prices aren't out yet.

Both will appear in the table above once they're on sale.

Conclusion: Which Precon to Buy

Citations & Resources

• MTGJSON: Commander decklists with card printings
• tcgcsv.com: TCGplayer market price data
• Playgroup.gg: Commander precon win rates (October 2026)
• Draftsim: Reality Fracture Commander deck review
• Draftsim: Secrets of Strixhaven Commander decks
• Draftsim: Foundations Commander decks
• Draftsim: Marvel Super Heroes Commander decks
• Draftsim: TMNT Commander deck
• MTG Rocks: Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander deck price increase
• Wizards of the Coast: Commander Brackets beta update (21 October 2025)
• Card Game Base: Star Trek Commander precons
• Wargamer: Marvel: Darkhold Destiny Commander decks

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