The Most Powerful Preconstructed Commander Decks Ever Made for Magic: The Gathering - MTG

Published 2024-05-08
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All Comments (21)
  • @tschomb1332
    The Prof reminds me of a used car salesman from like, an early 2000s commercial when he does his advertisements and I absolutely love it.
  • @thetrinketmage
    I really wish the quality of precons was more consistent. A lot of them are just so slow I see new players frustrated when they try out the weaker decks
  • @ZobmieRules
    Explorers of the Deep (the Merfolk deck from Lost Caverns of Ixalan) has a notorious reputation in my community due to strong tribal synergy that includes ramp and card draw, evasion and interaction, it's the whole package. Deep Clue Sea is another one that's had its power level lauded.
  • @chrisgallo2236
    Exit From Exile was a pretty good value too from what I remember. It also played pretty well out of the box.
  • @bumblebflame99
    The Mutant menance deserves a serious shoutout. It has extreme synergy and efficiency. You're milling and pinging the entire table, and at the same time, you're building up your flying commander for massive damage. Only needs a few counter spells
  • @BroncosDaBomb19
    Definitely did not expect some of these decks in here. Party Time was a goal of mine to get and I recently got one, but run Burakos instead because I just love his versatility in a party themed deck. Kinda surprised none of the Lost Caverns of Ixalan precons made it in here based on how crazy the Dinosaur and Merfolk decks always seemed to get.
  • @cubikx8575
    One that ive found REALLY works is the Riders of Rohan deck, ive often won against my lgs's higher power decks without even using a single upgrade
  • @bba219
    Ixalan Veloci-Ramp-Tor is also insane
  • @rav5373
    Personally i think Cavalry Charge is amazing out of the box. The card selection Eminence provides is great, the commander has both flying and first strike making it almost impossible to kill in combat and will often get through reaniming a big knight. It has great card draw and despite only having 3 single target removals, it can feel enough, especially against other precons, since you will surely draw 1. And that deck is so easy to make into a really powerful one, even with just a few upgrades.
  • @Aigis31
    Wow, what perfect timing! I've recently started looking into preconstructed decks again since a family member wants to buy a few for us to play and never modify. Thanks, Prof!
  • @FlammBii
    I dont even want to think about how much work went into the writing of the video Thank you prof and associates for your services to the multiverse
  • @johnny_crash
    Honorable mention for Reap the Tides. When released it was 20 bucks, but does some degenerate stuff. Another honorable mention is Buckle Up. My cousin saw this deck, looked through it, and asked me how long I needed to build it. I told him it’s a Precon. Some weeks later he was knee deep into Commander
  • @Beckola44
    I appreciate you sharing your Top 5 Commander Pre-cons. Thank you for the video Professor.
  • Watching new players with the Quick Draw precon take 10 min for a useless turn casting 10 spells is absolute hell.
  • @choppergrumbles
    I was literally looking for this video from you two days ago hoping you made one and now here it is.
  • @jasonlarue5694
    That's awesome about Party Time. I remember your review on those Commander Decks and took your word to try out Exit From Exile. I've slung that Precon at my local LGS a couple times and have taken home a Pod win with it.
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  • @registereduser
    I will forever love the Brother’s War precons for reprinting a bunch of cards in the classic frame.