Best precon on Reddit
181 reviews from r/EDH, r/mtg, r/magicTCG and 2 more subreddits
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#1
Magic: The Gathering
4.1
(76)
"This one was GREAT for that stuff. Includes staples and is easy to pick up and play."
"Easy and reaaaally strong for precon duels."
"If you are looking for something powerful with a straightforward upgrade path check out Explorers of the Deep! It's a little more expensive than other precons but it's a winner right out of the box."
"From this list: best deck out of the box is Explorers of the Deep. One of the strongest precons I've ever played."
"That deck is disgusting."
"Unmodified, Explorers of the Deep is the strongest."
"I think Reap the Tides, the Aesi deck is a monster."
"Is a STRONG precon and pretty easy to pilot even for a beginner."
"This deck is super playable out of the box, and has the benefit of commanders being bot."
"Swapped to [[Otharri]] and hes honestly an absolute beast. One of my favourite decks I own."
#2
Wizards of the Coast
3.8
(13)
"Explorers of the Deep is incredibly easy to pilot and very strong out of the box!"
"I replaced [[Szarekh]] with [[Ashnod, flesh mechanist]], a 1 mana commander that ramps and fills your graveyard for reanimation is super super fun."
"Any precon is great for a new player that's what they are designed for."
"I like the merfolk one it's pretty good out the box"
"I personally like the red/green bloomburrow animated army."
"I love the precons, the bloomburrow ones were especially awesome."
"Generally any of the recent precons in the last few years are worth their price that WOTC charges."
"I'd recommend something roughly from Warhammer 40k or later, since that's when the decks started ramping up a bit."
"Cavalry Charge, Veloci-ramp-tor and Quick Draw are the "best out of the box" recent precons IMO."
"In the Necron Dynasty precon, I swapped the Silent King for [[Anrakyr the Traveler]] and I been loving it."
#3
Explorers of the Deep
4.8
(9)
"I recommend these ones: Explorers of the Deep."
"Explorers of the deep from ixalan is imo the best precon out of the box."
"A very good and powerful precon."
"A very strong precon with an easy and fairly affordable upgrade path."
"It's an absolute blast to play right out of the box!"
"A very strong precon."
"I really enjoyed Explorers of the Deep."
"Explorers of the deep is great you’ll end up spending bout 75 to make it good."
"Explorers of the Deep and Blood Rites from Ixalan."
#4
Merfolk
4.7
(7)
"Imo the merfolk precon from lost caverns is the strongest out of the box precon I've played lately."
"The new merfolk deck from ixalan is what i think the best +1+1 precon."
"The merfolk precon with Hakbal from lost caverns of ixilan goes hard straight out of the box."
"If you can find it for $34, I absolutely recommend it."
"It can throw hands with a number of my longtime playing friend's decks."
"The merfolk precon is pretty good."
"The new merfolk plays great."
#5
Wilds of Eldraine
4.5
(4)
"My girlfriend got into magic by picking up the Fae Dominion precon. It’s still one of her favorite decks and is very easy to learn."
"I recommend Fae Dominian to everyone. It has been an absolute blast to play out of the box."
"The Fae Dominion deck from wilds was the first precon i bought"
"I like the Wilds of Eldraine precon, Fey Dominion. I use the alternative commander, [[Alela, Cunning Conqueror]]."
#6
Fae Dominion
4.5
(4)
"Fae Dominion gets so much stronger with. [[Talion, the Kindly Lord]]. So much value out of the command zone makes the deck a lot more efficient."
"My girlfriend got into magic by picking up the Fae Dominion precon. It’s still one of her favorite decks and is very easy to learn."
"The Fae Dominion precon might be exactly what you want."
"Another good one that got suggested to me was the Fae dominion one from WOE."
#7
Exit from Exile
4.0
(4)
"Exit from Exile is pretty nice."
"Exit from Exile is a great pick depending on how comfortable your partner is with the rules."
"I'd vote for Exit to Exile."
"Exit from Exile, Riders of Rohan, and Velociramptor are all exceptional and have good upgrade routes."
#8
Riders of Rohan
4.3
(3)
"Super powerful."
"Riders of Rohan is probably the most approachable and respectable out of the box."
"Riders of Rohan and even food and fellowship could be added to the list."
#9
Virtue and Valor
4.3
(3)
"Everyone sleeps on Virtue & Valor."
"Virtue and Valor is an enchantress deck that plays how you describe."
"Virtue and Valor with Sythis instead of Ellivere"
#10
Enduring Enchantment
5.0
(2)
"Enduring enchantments - enchantress is well supported and it’s quiet good out of the box."
"Enchantress is a popular, well-supported archetype and the precon comes with many of its key pieces."
#11
Doctor Who
3.3
(3)
"Masters of Evil precon, because planechase with [[Missy]] is so goddamn fun"
"The dr who decks are great for "mix and match" and have a decent starting manabase."
"I dislike sitting across from any Dr who precons, I would definitely not recommend those to ANY new players."
#12
Family Matters
4.5
(2)
"I'm a new player and started with Family Matters and its been extremely fun to play with."
"I would say go with family matters."
#13
Call for Backup
4.5
(2)
"Very strong and incredibly fun otb."
"Pretty fun precon that used counters."
#14
MTG Arena
4.5
(2)
"If you dont mind that its not in paper, MTG Arena's tutorial is the best way to teach someone new."
"There's starter kits which are just simple decks, they don't really force you to learn the ropes."
#15
Selesnya
4.0
(2)
"He helped me pick out a precon on Amazon that was under $30, it's the Token Triumph deck with Emmara Soul of the Accord as the commander."
"I suggest the selesnya starter commander deck, it's called Token Triumph. I purchased this for my wife to get her in to commander and it was a success."
#16
Henzie
4.0
(2)
"Henzie is the most fun out of those mentioned."
"I would recommend Henzie, although the precon requires some changes."
#17
Revenant Recon
5.0
(1)
"Is a really fun commander! Surveil reanimate synergy is a blast and he inherently becomes a large Voltron threat."
#18
Jumpstart
5.0
(1)
"Jumpstart is probably the best way to introduce a new player to the game. Take any 2 jumpstart boosters and shuffle them together into a 40 card deck."
#19
Magic: The Gathering Xander New Capenna Deck
5.0
(1)
"I very quickly built an optimized Tivit deck which is AMAZING."
#20
Magic: The Gathering C18 Adaptive Enchantments Bant Precon
5.0
(1)
"Performs way better!"
#21
Endless Punishment Precon
5.0
(1)
"The endless punishment precon is a perfect fit lol"
#22
Tyranid Precon
5.0
(1)
"I think the best commander is the tyrannid precon."
#23
Atraxa Precon
5.0
(1)
"I feel like atraxa precon was insane as well."
#24
Eldrazi Precon
5.0
(1)
"Everyone knows it's eldrazi."
#25
Magic: The Gathering Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher Deck
5.0
(1)
"It can really hang at any table if I’m not ganged up on."
#26
Magic: The Gathering Dina Soul Steeper Deck
5.0
(1)
"Swapped wilhelt out for [[scarab god]] and it rocks with minimal upgrades."
#27
Forge and Fire
5.0
(1)
"It will give you all 4 decks (so you could play together) and this company is the best. Highly recommend them"
#28
Duskmourn
4.0
(1)
"The group slug pre-con from duskmourn is solid. A few upgrades can make it super."
#29
Warhammer 40K
4.0
(1)
"The necron lord deck from warhammer 40k is good too."
#30
LOTR
4.0
(1)
"RoR is a LOTR precon, and strong right out of the box."
#31
Starter Commander Decks
4.0
(1)
"Any precon that you think has a theme you enjoy. landfall, energy, zombies w.e you’d be most entertained with."
#32
Commander Masters
4.0
(1)
"Comander masters for the price. There are a lot of great decks cheaper than their release right now to pay for those."
#33
TCC
4.0
(1)
"A good starter precon btw"
#34
Elves
4.0
(1)
"I highly suggest something simple sadly a lot of the 'female aesthetic' decks are a bit harder to play maybe go with elves or something similar."
#35
Mutant Menace
4.0
(1)
"Mutant Menace with [[The Master Transcendant]] instead of [[The Wise Mothman]] goes hard."
#36
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
4.0
(1)
"Quick Draw from Outlaws of Thunder Junction is your best bet."
#37
Ruthless Regiment
4.0
(1)
"Ruthless Regiment, swap out Jirina Kudro for Silvar and Trynn (partner commanders), it’s a more effective strategy overall."
#38
Squirled Away
4.0
(1)
"Squirled away is a recent one, and is quite fun, tokens are an absolute blast."
#39
Boros
4.0
(1)
"I also really like rebellion rising precon so Boros is good I guess."
#40
Osgir
4.0
(1)
"Osgir slaps! I love that deck."
#41
Brothers War
4.0
(1)
"I recently picked up both of the Brothers War decks and have been really enjoying them."
#42
Bloomburrow
4.0
(1)
"Forge and fire (a online store) have all 4 bloomburrow precons for 150 total, you could buy that and sell the other three and probably make money and still have the squirrel one left over"
#43
Animated Army
4.0
(1)
"Animated Army with Bello seems very straightforward for beginners. Cast big things, swing with them."
#44
Tyranid Swarm
4.0
(1)
"Tyranid Swarm - Using Magus Lucea Kane! Much more value and much scarier board states!"
#45
Coven Counters
4.0
(1)
"Coven Counters using [[Kyler, Sigardian Emissary]] is a beast."
#46
Dimir
4.0
(1)
"Dimir deck is more powerful off rip."
#47
OTJ Quick Draw
4.0
(1)
"I think the OTJ Quick Draw deck is a good deck to start with."
#48
Mothman
4.0
(1)
"I played my first ever games of commander last night with the Mothman Fallout deck. It was a blast!"
#49
Necron Warhammer Deck
4.0
(1)
"The Necron Warhammer deck is pretty sweet."
#50
Explorers of the Deep Precon
4.0
(1)
"This deck is crazy and will make you the archenemy and everyones focus."
#51
Fallout
3.0
(1)
"The science deck from fallout. The commanders are cool and energy is something not used in commander very often."
#52
Evasive Maneuvers
3.0
(1)
"One of our then new players bought 'Evasive Maneuvers' with [[Derevi, Empyrial Tactician]] as commander."
#53
Pantlaza
3.0
(1)
"It’s expensive now but the Pantlaza precon can go crazy with upgrades."
#54
WoTC
3.0
(1)
"Some are a bit stronger and more tuned OOB."
#55
Timey Wimey
2.0
(1)
"The Timey Wimey precon is a nightmare of a boardstate to track."
#56
Food and Fellowship
2.0
(1)
"Food and Fellowship is a bad choice for newbies."
#57
Hakbal-Merfolk
2.0
(1)
"Hakbal-merfolk precon is actually one I dislike for new players."
#58
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
2.0
(1)
"From personal experience only, I'd say the [[Inalla, Archmage Ritualist]] wizard-typal deck from C16."
#59
Painbow
2.0
(1)
"My very first precon was Painbow. I've seen people strongly recommend against 5c as an entry point."
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