Commanders reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 121 Reddit reviews across 11 subreddits and 25 posts to rank the best Commanders brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/EDH, r/mtg, r/MTGCommander, r/CompetitiveEDH, r/magicTCG. Top-rated brands include Magic: The Gathering (4.3/5), Wizards of the Coast (4.3/5), Kess (4.0/5).
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Reviews121
Subreddits11
Posts25
Brands42
Products73
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#1
Magic: The Gathering
4.3
(55)
"My absolute favorite partner pairing is my Ikra Shadiqi, the Usurper + Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder creature based aggro lifegain deck."
"Krrik, son of yawgmoth is probably the best in my entirely biased opinion."
"She's awesome and you get her entire deck in a Draconic Destruction precon and with some minimal upgrades in mana artifacts, some dragons and few sorceries and enchantments you're good to go!"
"Big red my man. Embrace the violence, curate the hate. Burn it all down and your friends will thank you for that sweet release. So many ways to build it too, [[ragavan, nimble pilferer]] theft to [[purphoros, bronze-blooded]] sneak attack."
"[[Reyhan, Last of the Abzan]]/[[Sakashima of a Thousand Faces]] double Reyhan +1/+1 counter aristocrats."
"I built a MLK deck (and stole a great name ‘My X-Wife’) and put in almost all the big X cost tyranids and hydras. Good ramp and other X cost spells go nuts in it."
"I think [[purphoros, god of the forge]] is the best one. Because you’re a tokens deck you have lots of blockers for the hate you will assuredly receive, and indestructible gods are very hard to deal with especially if they’re not creatures."
"As other people said, Magda is the best."
"It’s Magda and it’s not even a tiny bit close."
"[[Magda]]"
#2
Wizards of the Coast
4.3
(6)
"There is only xenagos. Big things go smash fast and hard and can kill the table out of nowhere."
"First one that comes to mind is [[Xenagos, God of Revels]]. Cast big creatures, pump them with Xenagos, and swing for the fences."
"Gruul Dragons."
"Mono-colored commander that creates a clock for you opponents un-answered."
"If you can count to 11 - Godo."
"I'm working on a [[Sammut vizer]] just got this purpose. That being said my Dragon deck under [[Atarka world Render]] fits this purpose."
#3
Kess
4.0
(4)
"I would go with Kess, then. I think she gives you the most options for interaction."
"Lots of different ways you can go with Kess! One option is a traditional Spellslinger deck."
"For a first EDH deck? Definitely Kess."
"Kess is a pretty solid spellslinger commander."
#4
Zedruu the Greathearted
4.0
(3)
"Zedrru the Greathearted is a classic comedy gold commander with horns."
"Zedruu the Greathearted."
"If you wanna share your love of horns, why not play grouphug with Zedruu the Greathearted."
#5
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
4.0
(3)
"Muldrotha can be done so many ways so I’m sure you could figure something out that feels nice to you."
"Villainous wealth is SUCH a fun card omg. i’d def go w/ Muldrotha or maybe Zaxara if u wanna get wild w/ mana and just spam it lmao"
"I have a Muldrotha, the Gravetide land fall deck. Plays pretty well, wins via pinging opponents to death with lands."
#6
Kelsien
4.0
(3)
"I have Kelsien and love playing him."
"Kelsien - Embrace being a tyrant or build him in a small token gifting way and untaps. Tyrant playstyle will draw alot of heat after they play against him."
"Kelsien Voltron looks like a lot of fun to me."
#7
Indoraptor
3.7
(3)
"I love Indoraptor. It was my first commander deck I built from the ground up."
"Indoraptor - Mean in its own way. Probably the strongest out of this just on terms of gameplan flexibility."
"Indoraptor is probably the only playable one. But it will take some heavy deck building, use EDHREC."
#8
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
3.7
(3)
"Jetmir - Is a game ender. Great guy, likely bet"
"Jetmir can go in it and he's a cracked finisher."
"With Jetmir you must realise you have what we call a Monolith Commander. That means that once you cast your commander the whole table will turn against you."
#9
Bloomburrow
4.5
(2)
"Squirreled Away from Bloomburrow is an EXCELLENT Green/Black precon, and if you want to try another playstyle you can swap the face commander out for Chatterfang (included) without any upgrades."
"If you go for bloom burrow get the Bello deck. Very straight forward and easy to play."
#10
Peace Offering
4.5
(2)
"Got the Peace Offering deck with Ms. Bumbleflower precon and I love it! And it's competitive for being group hug."
"My personal choice of those would be the Peace Offering deck from Bloomburrow."
#11
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
4.0
(2)
"Rakdos lord of riots has horns and is really interesting/fun to build."
"Rakdos lord of riots has horns and is really interesting/fun to build."
#12
Baylen, Kriodolon Knight
4.0
(2)
"I believe Baylen's the strongest option in there, given you have mana and card advantage built in."
"Baylen is probably the most versatile of the set."
#13
Teval, the Balanced Scale
4.0
(2)
"Teval the balanced scale is fantastic with a land theme."
"Teval, the Balanced Scale, Zimone and Dina, Yarok the Desecrated, Archelos, Lagoon Mystic, Glarb, Calamity's Augur"
#14
Riders of Rohan
4.0
(2)
"Riders of Rohan precon was at Costco not long ago, it's cheap, and works very well with a simple yet effective plan."
"Riders of Rohan from LotR is very good out of the box and pretty straightforward."
#15
Explorers of the Deep
4.0
(2)
"I just started out and I picked up Explorers of the Deep and Temur Roar for about $50 each."
"Explorers of the deep from lost caverns is strong. It's straight forward but there are a lot of triggers and that could end up with some long turns as you figure out all your triggers."
#16
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
5.0
(1)
"My dude, why complicate things when [[niv mizzet parun]] and the 3 flavours of [[curiosity]] can win you the game every time."
#17
Tarkir Dragonstorms
5.0
(1)
"Tarkir Dragonstorms: Sultai arisen is a great Precon to get into commander with. It is very upgradeable and easily in my opinion one of the strongest Pre cons you will find at the price atm."
#18
Ms. Bumbleflower
5.0
(1)
"Ms. Bumbleflower has become one of my favorite commanders since the deck came out."
#19
Elenda the Dusk Rose
5.0
(1)
"I love my Elenda the Dusk Rose deck. She eats her dinner in an aristocrats deck."
#20
Prossh
5.0
(1)
"You might like prossh as you seem to like a combo play style. Prossh is a very good aristocrat combo commander."
#21
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
5.0
(1)
"I run every extra land drop effect under the sun and play lands off the top or out of my graveyard."
#22
Hazezon Tamar
4.0
(1)
"Hazezon - Will focus your deck into lands as much as tokens. So your deck will want to run landfall stuff, ways to sac lands, ways to recur or fetch your deserts on repeat or en masse."
#23
Slimefoot, the Stowaway and Squee, Goblin Nabob
4.0
(1)
"Off a quick search, [[slimefoot and squee]] could be a pretty solid option for recurring threats and goad all star [[kardur, doom"
#24
Abzan Armor
4.0
(1)
"Food and fellowship from lotr and abzan armor from tarkir are both black, green, white decks that are pretty decent out of the box as well."
#25
Roxanne
4.0
(1)
"For simplicity of purpose and power on a budget, it's hard to go past Roxanne, Starfall Savant."
#26
Shu Yun
4.0
(1)
"Shu yun, silent tempest. It can be built with very cheap noncreature spells and hit hard."
#27
Zendikar
4.0
(1)
"I picked up both Zendikar precons at about 15€ each last year. They had been and stayed at that price for sometime. If it's still the case, those are decent precons."
#28
Shirei
4.0
(1)
"Currently building a budget Shirei mono black aristocrats for under $50 as well."
#29
Food and Fellowship
4.0
(1)
"Food and fellowship from lotr and abzan armor from tarkir are both black, green, white decks that are pretty decent out of the box as well."
#30
Jeskai Bloomburrow
4.0
(1)
"The Jeskai bloomburrow precon family matters is pretty simple to learn and fun out of the box."
#31
Lost Caverns of Ixelan
4.0
(1)
"I got started with the Lost Caverns of Ixelan precons, and really like Blood Rites and Veloci-ramp-tor for a new player."
#32
Esper Zombie Precon
4.0
(1)
"The esper zombie precon from aether drift is super fun and pretty cheap to upgrade."
#33
Temur Roar
4.0
(1)
"I just started out and I picked up Explorers of the Deep and Temur Roar for about $50 each."
#34
Bloomburrow and Tarkir
4.0
(1)
"Bloomburrow and Tarkir have some wonderful precons. Abzan Armor from Tarkir is especially fun imo."
#35
Bloomburrow and Tarkir Dragonstorm
4.0
(1)
"Any of the precons from Bloomburrow or Tarkir Dragonstorm are all solid options."
#36
Virtue & Valor
4.0
(1)
"I'm a big fan of Virtue & Valor for new players. It's pretty straightforward."
#37
Tarkir Precons
4.0
(1)
"The new Tarkir precons are all very good and there's a White/Black/Green one."
#38
White Blue Foretell
4.0
(1)
"My favorite is the white blue fortell one! It's also a very timing dependent deck so it's got a high skill ceiling."
#39
Mono Red Aggro
4.0
(1)
"Mono Red Aggro is the go-to budget archtype."
#40
Oji, the Exquisite Blade
4.0
(1)
"I have an Oji, the Exquisite Blade blink control deck that has it as it's only wincon."
#41
Rafiq of the Many
4.0
(1)
"I'm gonna just throw out Rafiq of the Many as an excellent Voltron commander with a lot of colors at his disposal."
#42
Phabine, Boss's Confidant
3.0
(1)
"Personally, I really find [[Phabine, boss's confidant]] to be a very fun commander, though it might be a bit difficult to build"
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