Commander Precons: What Comes in a Preconstructed Commander Deck

A Commander precon is a sealed, ready-to-play 100-card deck that Wizards of the Coast builds around one commander. Every precon includes a foil commander, tokens, a reference card and a deck box, so you can shuffle up and play. For a first deck, pick a one-color Foundations Commander deck; experienced players pick by color and play style.

How to choose a Commander precon

Choosing a Commander precon comes down to three questions, in this order:

1. How much Magic have you played? A new player should start with a one-color deck and one simple plan. Wizards made the five Foundations Commander decks for exactly this: each “employs a simple, straightforward, and exciting strategy like artifacts, big creatures, or Dragons.”
2. Which colors do you enjoy? The commander’s color identity decides every card you can add later, so pick colors you would like to keep building in.
3. Which play style do you like? Some decks win with big creatures, others with a stream of tokens or with tricky spells. Wizards’ product pages describe each deck’s plan in a sentence or two.

Before you buy, read what a Commander deck is if the format is new to you.

What comes in a Commander precon

A Commander precon holds a complete deck plus the pieces you need for a game. Wizards lists the contents of each deck on its product pages. Here is what the two decks released with Reality Fracture contain:

Wizards’ Product Guide adds that a typical Commander deck carries at least 10 new rare and mythic rare cards and a Collector Booster sample pack with each deck. Contents change between releases, so check the product page for the exact deck you buy.

Current Commander precons from Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast releases Commander decks alongside most sets. These are the releases listed on its Commander and product pages from mid-2025 on:

The Foundations Commander decks are the easiest to learn with. Multiverse Reforged is a four-color deck led by Jace that Wizards aims at “players who are looking to step up their game.”

Commander precons for fans of other franchises

Commander precons for other franchises are a large part of Wizards’ recent releases. Wizards describes the four Final Fantasy decks as “featuring new-to-Magic cards and FINAL FANTASY artwork,” and the single Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles deck, Turtle Power!, as a way to play “all your favorite turtles in one Commander deck.” The four Star Trek decks, due November 13, 2026, are each themed on crews, fleets and armies from the show’s history, and Wizards also lists Collector’s Edition versions.

Magic’s own worlds get decks too. The two Lorwyn Eclipsed decks “embody the duality of light and shadow,” with commanders tied to Lorwyn or Shadowmoor, and Wizards invites buyers of the five two-color Secrets of Strixhaven decks to “choose your college of magical study.” If a franchise or world matters more to the player than the strategy, start there and check the deck’s colors second.

Sealed Commander decks

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Buying a sealed Commander deck after release

A sealed Commander deck from an older release is mostly found on the resale market once stores sell out. Three checks keep you from buying a broken deck:

• Sealed means complete. A factory-sealed deck has all 100 cards and its tokens. An opened deck may be missing its best cards.
• Avoid “upgraded” listings when you want the original. Sellers sometimes swap cards in and out of a precon.
• Read the deck name, not only the set. Sets often have several decks, and each one plays differently.

Where to go after your first precon

A first precon is a starting point, not a finished deck. Most players change a few cards at a time, adding cards they open in boosters. Wizards suggests exactly this for the Foundations decks: learn the game with the deck as it comes, then “retool and reconfigure it using other cards from your collection.”

When you sit down with strangers, use Commander Brackets to describe the deck. Wizards’ five brackets run from 1 Exhibition to 5 cEDH, and saying your bracket before the game helps match decks of similar strength. Our guide to how to build a Commander deck covers color identity, land counts and Commander Brackets, and Foundations Commander decks compares the five beginner decks side by side.

If you are still deciding between Commander and other kinds of Magic product, start with which Magic product to buy. For gift ideas built around Commander decks, see gifts for Magic: The Gathering players.