Top 12 Most Powerful Commander Precons in Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering is a fantastic card game, but the Commander format has given it even more legs. We’ve narrowed down our top 12 most powerful Commander preconstructed decks.

It revolves around a central Commander that helms your deck, giving it a ton of personality as players gravitate towards their favorite legendary creatures to build around. Wizards of the Coast finally recognized the format in 2011, beginning a deluge of preconstructed decks that are playable right out of the box. We’ve got a full list of them, but for now, we’ve narrowed down our top 12.

These aren’t presented in any real order, but let us know which ones you’ve played!

The Most Powerful Magic: The Gathering Commander Precons

Draconic Domination - Commander 2017
The Ur-Dragon still commands a high fee, and the 10/10 standard-bearer of this five-color precon is a beneficiary of the Eminence keyword. It drops the cost of Dragon spells by 1 mana, and then, when it is on the field, your dragons essentially multiply as they attack. It’s far and away the most powerful preconstructed Dragon deck, but if you’re looking for cheaper alternatives, my first deck was Draconic Destruction from the Commander starter decks, and Temur Roar is a great three-color dragon deck with upgrade potential, too.

Counter Intelligence/World Shaper - Edge of Eternities
OK, I’m cheating a little here, but both Edge of Eternities decks were great. Counter Intelligence is helmed by Kilo, Apogee Mind, and ramps up counters swiftly by proliferating every time it’s turned sideways. World Shaper, on the other hand, is a deck I’ve had a lot of fun with. Szarel, Genesis Shepherd lets you play lands from your graveyard, and there are a ton of landfall effects that play into that, too. Both decks also use the Spacecraft card type, which is highly likely to return in Universes Beyond: Star Trek.

Counter Blitz - Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy
All the Final Fantasy decks were great, but Counter Blitz stands ahead of the others for the counter-switching shenanigans it could lead to. Tidus, Yuna’s Guardian, lets you move counters around, but the type of counter isn’t specified. There are four Summon creatures in the deck that you could essentially keep around forever with the right counter shuffling. The deck also contains some great reprints, like Three Visits and Farewell, while Yuna is a great Commander in her own right.