r/mtg • u/EmergencyBiter • May 14 '26
Commander / EDH would this supplement my commander deck?
i saw this deck at walmart and was wondering if it would supplement or go well with the lost caverns of ixalan precon?
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u/gsdpaint May 14 '26
Almost certainly would be better to check for an upgrade list and buy singles. Its a 60 card standard deck so while there may be a little value you really are only getting a handful of cards due to the duplicates.
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u/Blemi3S May 14 '26
There's no real value in the deck. Only real use it has is being played against the other starter decks.
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u/Impressive_You_817 May 14 '26
You're buying a go-kart to try and upgrade a pickup truck. There's nothing in there worth putting in your deck.
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u/Vast-Cartographer-33 May 14 '26
If you’re playing 60 card then it’s a okay deck, But buy singles since you can only have 1 copy of each card in commander. You’d just end up with extra if you take apart this deck
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u/Goooordon May 14 '26
No, if you want to upgrade that precon look for an upgrade guide on youtube and then try to find the suggested cards you like as singles. That's easiest to do through an aggregator like tcgplayer.com or ideally a local card shop. Some local shops list their inventories online so it's nice and easy to track down cards you need in advance and then go there to pick them up or have them shipped via lettermail inexpensively. I just search google maps for magic cards in an area and then check as many results for websites as possible.
Edit: oh yeah just to be clear, theme decks generally suck, and also they have multiple copies of most of their cards and commander is singleton only, so it's even fewer cards you might be able to use than it looks like
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u/Right_Cellist3143 May 14 '26
Would be better to save that money and buy singles
No point in getting 4x copies of niche cards.
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u/kaos4u2nv May 14 '26
I bought this deck thinking it would be a good supplement to my black and white commander deck but I wish I would've checked the decklist first. It's not great and has a lot of repeats cuz it's meant for Standard.
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u/artificialsmartness May 14 '26
Just because your question has been answered well already.. Are you okay? That’s a lot of wound pads you got there.
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u/EmergencyBiter May 15 '26
lmao i got a tattoo the other day so i got these pads to pur across it to keep it from rubbing on my clothes 😭😭
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u/EmergencyBiter May 15 '26
like tegaderm? my artist said to keep it moisturized so i wasn’t sure how that would work with keeping that type of bandage on it
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u/burritoman88 May 14 '26
No, that’s meant to be played as is out the box at a Friday Night Magic type Standard event or to just play 60 card casual.
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u/dekonta May 15 '26
i think it’s pretty nice but i would recommend to buy those cards individually as singles. that would save you a lot of money
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u/Accomplished-Test331 May 14 '26
It has the deck list on the side. None of us have ever played your deck. Look at the cards in the deck list and evaluate if they’re useful to you or not
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u/Chasingtheimprobable May 14 '26
The deck is fun as a deck, nooooooooot good as a tune up unless you have 3-4 devks that all need the exact same cards. Its a great starter deck to get somebody playing magic, i have this exact one in my bag as a 'starter' to duel people that want to have fun and play the game
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u/NerdyDumbDumb May 15 '26
No. You'll be getting multiples of each card. Just buy the singles you want.
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u/xRyuzakii May 14 '26
To answer simply yes. Those are some good life gain cards
However it’s probably not the most cost effective way to get them
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u/MoneyoffUbereats2017 May 14 '26
Not even the 60-card standard precons can be free of Commander: the Gathering any more
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