Deck Forging

Witherbloom Pestilence Upgrade Guide: Best Dina Upgrades

Witherbloom Pestilence comes out of the box with something many Commander precons spend their first ten upgrades trying to assemble: a genuine aristocrats engine. The...

Prismari Artistry Upgrade Guide: Best Rootha Upgrades

Prismari Artistry arrives as an Izzet spellslinger deck led by Rootha, Mastering the Moment, but this is not the usual Commander strategy built around...

Silverquill Influence Upgrade Guide: Best Killian Upgrades

Silverquill Influence arrives as an Orzhov Aura deck led by Killian, Decisive Mentor, and unlike many Commander precons, the most aggressive path forward is...

Blood Rites Upgrade Guide: Best Clavileño Upgrades

Blood Rites already has most of the pieces needed for a strong Vampire deck, but Clavileño, First of the Blessed gives the tribe a...

Ahoy Mateys Upgrade Guide: Best Admiral Brass Upgrades

Ahoy Mateys is a Pirate deck, but Admiral Brass, Unsinkable gives the tribe a much more interesting identity than straightforward Grixis aggro. She wants...

Graveyard Overdrive Upgrade Guide: Best Disa Upgrades

Graveyard Overdrive is already one of the strangest graveyard decks you can open from a Commander precon. Instead of paying mana to reanimate creatures,...

Tricky Terrain Upgrade Guide: Best Omo, Queen of Vesuva Upgrades

Tricky Terrain is one of those Commander precons that becomes much stranger once you stop treating it like a normal Simic lands deck. At first...

Scions & Spellcraft Upgrade Guide: Best Y’shtola Upgrades

Scions & Spellcraft takes the familiar Esper control shell and gives it a commander that actively rewards you for doing what the colors already...

Counter Blitz Upgrade Guide: Best Tidus Upgrades

Counter Blitz is one of those Commander precons where the face commander tells you almost everything you need to know about the deck. Tidus,...

Limit Break Upgrade Guide: Best Cloud Upgrades

Limit Break takes the cast of Final Fantasy VII and turns them into a Naya Equipment deck built around one very specific number. Cloud,...

Revival Trance Upgrade Guide: Best Terra Upgrades

Revival Trance takes Final Fantasy VI's ruined world and translates it into a Mardu reanimator deck led by Terra, Herald of Hope. Unlike traditional...

Temur Roar Upgrade Guide: Best Eshki Upgrades

Temur Roar arrives as a traditional Temur Dragon deck led by Ureni of the Unwritten, but one of the most interesting cards in the...