Doom Prevails Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Everything in the Doom Prevails Commander deck: all 100 cards with current prices, what the deck is worth against the sealed price, the 30 new cards, and whether it is worth buying.

Commander · Grixis

Doctor Doom, King of Latveria

Whenever you discard one or more land cards, each opponent loses 2 life. At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Singles value

$98.27

TCGplayer market, 85 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$62.46

Amazon price for the box (TCGplayer $69.13) · singles are 1.6× that · MSRP $70.00

New cards

30 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

Buy sealed on TCGplayer $69.13 Amazon $62.46 Decklist

Is Doom Prevails worth buying?

from Marvel Super Heroes Commander Decks: Are They Worth It? by Timothy Zaccagnino

I’m a little turned off by the sheer wordiness and complexity of Doom Prevails. Like, some of these cards are an actual slog to read, and with so many new cards in one deck, it’s a bit of a headache. This precon could’ve benefitted from stepping down the complexity a notch.

It’s a cool theme though. Conniving with villains is very on-brand, and this certainly feels like a Grixis deck, with all the card theft and spell-cheating going on. The more combat-oriented inclusions like Titania, Proud Pummeler feel out of place, but I suppose we had to stuff as many recognizable villains in here as possible.

The reprint value and card choices work in its favor, and the deck does seem powerful out of the box, so that’s enough for me to recommend it to anyone who just wants to play with Marvel villains. Just be weary of the high learning curve for newbies.

How Doom Prevails plays

primer from Doom Prevails Upgrade Guide: 16 Easy Changes You Can Make by Pedro Furtado (djorso)

I imagine Doom Prevails will have a wider audience since it’s the only villain-themed deck of the bunch, and everyone knows the bad guys always get all the cool powers. It’s a Grixis precon, and another typal deck packed full of Marvel’s most nefarious villains. You know, like Stilt-Man, I guess.

The face commander Doctor Doom, King of Latveria certainly does what the deck advertises, but it’s pretty limited, offering one connive per turn and some incidental damage if you discard lands. Loki, the Deceiver is the backup, and it feels overtly more powerful since it draws cards and makes copies of your best villains. Loki seems like the stronger commander in a vacuum, though you miss out on the connive synergies that Doctor Doom provides in the command zone.