Reality Fracture is doing something unusual with Commander.
Instead of releasing several preconstructed decks alongside the set, Wizards has focused its attention on a single four-color deck: Multiverse Reforged, led by Jace, Multiverse Architect.
That makes the obvious question much easier to ask.
Is Multiverse Reforged actually worth buying?
Based on the complete decklist, the answer looks promising — but not because of the enormous prerelease singles values currently appearing online. Those prices will move quickly once supply enters the market.
The better reasons are the deck’s 16 new-to-Magic cards, unusually strong reprint package and a coherent Polymorph strategy that already works without replacing half the deck.
What Comes in Multiverse Reforged?
Each Multiverse Reforged Commander deck contains a ready-to-play 100-card deck led by Jace, Multiverse Architect.
Inside the box are:
- 1 traditional foil borderless face commander
- 1 traditional foil borderless featured commander
- 98 nonfoil cards
- 16 new-to-Magic cards
- 10 double-sided tokens
- 1 reference card
- 1 deck box
That count of 16 completely new Magic cards is one of the biggest reasons the product deserves attention. This is not simply a collection of old Commander staples wrapped around one new commander.
Those new cards include alternate-reality versions of some of Magic’s most recognizable characters, including Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Omnath, Locus of the Void, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, The Ur-Sphinx and Nissa, Leyline Tamer.
Several of them are interesting enough to build completely separate Commander decks around.
The Reprint Package Is Excellent
Even before considering the new cards, Multiverse Reforged contains an unusually attractive selection of established Commander cards.
Archon of Cruelty is one of the premier creatures for reanimator and cheat-into-play strategies. Serra’s Emissary can completely reshape combat or shut down certain strategies once it enters.
Then you have cards such as Flawless Maneuver, Grand Crescendo, Sunfall, White Sun’s Twilight, Shark Typhoon, Mass Polymorph and Proteus Staff.
Even the interaction package is better than the filler found in many older precons.
Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Stroke of Midnight and Despark give the stock deck legitimate answers rather than forcing your first upgrade to be “remove the bad five-mana removal spell.”
The ramp package is similarly generous, with Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, four Talismans and four Signets helping support a four-color commander.
This feels less like a precon containing a handful of good reprints and more like a deck where Wizards deliberately reused cards that actually support the strategy.
The Mana Base Is Better Than I Expected
Four-color precons make me nervous because the easiest place to save money is usually the mana base.
Multiverse Reforged does better than expected.
Reflecting Pool, Fabled Passage, Exotic Orchard and Command Tower provide excellent fixing, while the list also contains lands such as Battlefield Forge, Caves of Koilos, Shivan Reef, Sulfurous Springs, Underground River, Mystic Gate, Fetid Heath, Sunken Ruins and several check lands.
It is not a premium four-color mana base.
There are still upgrades available, and the deck obviously does not come packed with fetchlands and shock lands.
But it is perfectly functional for a Commander precon, especially when combined with the large number of two-mana rocks.
That matters because Jace, Multiverse Architect requires access to white, blue, black and red.
The Real Value May Be the 16 New Cards
Singles prices for new Commander-exclusive cards are particularly unreliable before release.
If a card initially looks unique and supply is low, preorder pricing can become absurd. Once thousands of Commander decks are opened, the price can fall dramatically.
So rather than adding up today’s preorder prices, I would ask a different question:
Are the exclusive cards actually useful?
In Multiverse Reforged, several clearly are.
Jace, Multiverse Architect offers an unusual four-color Polymorph commander that can convert cheap tokens into enormous creatures.
Nissa, Leyline Tamer supports a completely different landfall strategy and can function as an alternative commander.
Avacyn, Angel of Horror creates a mono-black sacrifice and recursion engine.
Omnath, Locus of the Void opens up a bizarre colorless stored-mana strategy.
The Ur-Sphinx finally provides Sphinx tribal with a dedicated Eminence commander.
Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel converts lifegain into card draw.
These are not merely sixteen cards designed to work in one precon.
Several have obvious homes across Commander, while others can lead entirely new decks. That gives the box significantly more brewing value than its Jace strategy alone suggests.
We covered many of these legends individually in our Best Reality Fracture Commanders guide.
How Good Is Multiverse Reforged Out of the Box?
This may be where the deck impresses me most.
Multiverse Reforged has an actual plan.
Create disposable tokens with cards such as Skrelv’s Hive, Dreadhorde Invasion, Lingering Souls, Secure the Wastes and Grand Crescendo.
Then sacrifice those inexpensive creatures to effects that replace them with something much more dangerous.
Jace’s −3 performs the transformation himself, while Proteus Staff, Synthetic Destiny and Mass Polymorph provide additional versions of the same concept.
What are you trying to hit?
Cards like Archon of Cruelty, Serra’s Emissary, Archfiend of Despair and Reality Fracture’s enormous new legends.
The deck therefore does not suffer from the classic precon problem where three different subthemes fight over the same 99 cards.
There are some awkward hits that can be removed during upgrades, but the central structure is already there.
Jace Is a Real Build-Around Commander
Jace, Multiverse Architect is not simply a generic value commander printed on the front of the box.
His −3 determines how the deck should be constructed.
If you fill the deck with cheap utility creatures, every one of those creatures can become the disappointing card Jace finds after you sacrifice a token.
If you instead generate tokens using noncreature cards and keep only powerful creatures in the library, Jace becomes far more predictable.
His +1 also solves another Polymorph problem. It draws two cards and puts one card from your hand onto the bottom of your library, letting you return an expensive creature you accidentally drew to somewhere Jace can find it again.
That is smart precon design.
The commander, token generators and giant creatures are not merely cards that happen to share colors. They actively explain why the rest of the deck looks the way it does.
Our full Multiverse Reforged Upgrade Guide goes through the first cuts and upgrades if you want to push that strategy further.
Is the Current Singles Value Real?
Be very careful here.
Before release, some pricing trackers currently value the 100 singles at well over €200, while sealed preorder prices can still sit around €50.
I would not interpret that as buying €200 worth of guaranteed value for €50.
The deck does not release until October 2. Many of its new cards currently have limited supply, and every Multiverse Reforged deck opened will put another copy of those cards onto the market. Reprints can also fall once a new wave of supply arrives.
The useful conclusion is much simpler:
At roughly the normal Commander-precon price range, the deck currently appears to contain a strong amount of cardboard value.
Whether it remains an extraordinary financial bargain depends on where singles settle after release.
For players who actually want several of the included cards, buying the sealed deck is much easier to justify than it is for someone planning to crack it purely for resale.
Who Should Buy Multiverse Reforged?
I would be particularly interested in this precon if you:
- want to build Jace, Multiverse Architect;
- enjoy Polymorph or creature-cheating strategies;
- want several of the new Reality Fracture Commander legends;
- need reprints such as Archon of Cruelty, Flawless Maneuver or Serra’s Emissary;
- enjoy upgrading precons rather than replacing most of the original list.
It is also an interesting product for brewers because the 16 new cards can feed several completely different future decks.
Who Should Skip It?
The value proposition becomes weaker if you are interested in only one or two cards.
Commander precons are often attractive because the sum of their singles looks impressive, but owning thirty $1–$3 cards you never intend to use is not necessarily better than buying the two singles you actually wanted.
Players who dislike four-color mana bases or Polymorph strategies may also find Jace less appealing than the raw deck value suggests.
And if your only goal is financial speculation, I would wait until after release before treating today’s singles prices as meaningful.
The market still needs to absorb an enormous amount of new supply.
Is Multiverse Reforged Worth It?
For someone who wants to play the deck, I think the initial package is compelling.
The reason is not a temporary prerelease singles total.
It is the combination of:
16 new-to-Magic cards.
Several desirable Commander reprints.
A functional four-color mana base.
Good interaction and ramp.
A coherent Polymorph strategy straight out of the box.
Multiple new legends that can become commanders of completely different decks later.
That is a much stronger argument for buying a precon than one expensive reprint surrounded by ninety-nine mediocre cards.
I would still judge the exact financial value again once Reality Fracture has been on shelves for a few weeks. Prices on the new cards will settle, reprints will absorb their new supply and we will know much more about which exclusives become genuine Commander staples.
But as a playable Commander product around the normal precon price point, Multiverse Reforged currently looks like a very strong package.
And unlike buying a stack of singles purely because a spreadsheet says they are worth more, you can actually shuffle this one up and play it.
If you are still deciding whether to buy packs, Collector Boosters, the Commander deck or singles from Reality Fracture, our broader What MTG Products Should You Buy? guide explains which product makes sense for each type of player.
For Multiverse Reforged specifically, the question is simple:
If you want Jace, several of the new legends and even a handful of the reprints, the sealed deck gives you a lot more than just the face commander.
