Wizards of the Coast goes to be placing extra emphasis on its hottest format, Commander, subsequent 12 months, as Magic: The Gathering’s head designer Mark Rosewater revealed that each one six units popping out in 2027 can have at the very least 4 Commander precons hooked up to them. That is a minimal of 24 new decks subsequent 12 months, not together with Secret Lair precons, or different supplemental releases for the format.
This implies that – after an experimental couple of years, the place WotC put out extra various kinds of merchandise like Jumpstart, Welcome Decks, and the Ninja Turtles ‘Turtle Group Up’ field – the enterprise will likely be returning to the established order, producing a number of decks alongside every essential MTG set launch.
4 or extra for every set suggests 2027 may simply have probably the most precons of any 12 months so far. On the very least it’s going to be returning to the numbers we noticed in 2023/2024, after a pair years of decrease output.
In 2026, really, Wizards is because of launch 24 precons too, however of those, solely 17 are straight related to mainline units. Three have been Secret Lair decks (Odds & Ends, Goblin Storm, Hatsune Miku), and 4 have been tied to the Foundations complement, the cheaper starter commander decks.
Amongst essential units, the providing is extraordinarily lopsided. Solely Marvel Superheroes, Secrets and techniques of Strixhaven, and the upcoming Star Trek set have 4 or extra decks hooked up, and a number of releases have handed by completely precon-less.
In 2025, there have been solely 14 Commander precons, with the lion’s share cut up between Ultimate Fantasy and Tarkir Dragonstorm.
If Wizards releases 5 decks for any of its units in 2027 (which appears doable if Zhalfir is a faction-based set) or if it produces any Secret Lair EDH decks (which it has yearly since 2023) this will likely be an absolute bumper crop.
To date, we have solely seen details about the Marvel Darkhold Destiny decks, that includes Blade, Physician Unusual, Thor, and Hela.
The reaction to this announcement online has appeared quite blended, with some followers complaining that the excessive variety of decks appears overwhelming. Nevertheless, when a set comes out with none Commander decks, this additionally usually sparks complaints. Particularly, I am pondering of units like Avatar: The Final Airbender, the place the absence of precons felt particularly unusual.
24+ decks may trigger issues for anybody decided to purchase each precon (do not forget that man trying to build every single Commander? I hope he is doing alright). Nevertheless, extra decks means extra buyer alternative, and for many who choose to construct their very own decks: extra reprints for Commander-only playing cards which do not usually seem in regular units.
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