4 Pre-cons for a great game of Commander

Published Jan 25 2023 - 4:00pm Updated Mar 19 2024 0 Comments
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4 Pre-cons for a great game of Commander

Commander is a relative newcomer in terms of Magic the Gathering formats but it stands as one of the most popular! Commander is a highly social format that involves four players and a surprising amount of politics and negotiation! The great thing about commander is the table generally decides the level of competitiveness, from a super casual game to a really competitive one! If you're looking to get into Commander, you can start off with one of the awesome pre-constructed decks. All of these pre-cons have been selected for their beginner-friendly builds and level of fun! If you have 3 friends you can also pick these up to have your own awesome game of commander!

Bedecked Brokers Swarm your opponents with massive creatures with a ton of counters!!

Spirit Squadron Fill the skies with a tireless cloud of vengeful Spirits. Released with Crimson Vow, this deck lets you flood your opponent with a ton of tokens!

Coven Counters Bring together a myriad of humans and throw a festival for your coven! As the Harvesttide Sovereign, Leinore has the ability to gift your creatures +1/+1 counters as you see fit.

Prismari Performance Overwhelm your opponent with a variety of sorcery and instant spells whilst shoring up your defences with awesome tokens!

Commander follows the regular magic rules with a few exceptions:

  • The game has four players, each trying to come out on top
  • Each of the players starts with 40 life instead of the regular 20
  • Each player has a special commander card and a deck containing exactly 99 cards

Each Commander Deck includes the following:

  • 1 Premium card
  • 99 Regular cards
  • 10 Double Sided Tokens
  • 1 information insert
  • 1 life tracker

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