Upgrades Unleashed Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Everything in the Upgrades Unleashed Commander deck: all 100 cards with current prices, what the deck is worth against the sealed price, the 15 new cards, and whether it is worth buying.

Commander · Gruul

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control enters, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace. At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each modified creature you control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Singles value

$87.21

TCGplayer market, 74 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$80.00

TCGplayer price for the box (Amazon $118.89) · singles are 1.1× that

New cards

15 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

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Is Upgrades Unleashed worth buying?

from Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Commander Decks: Are They Worth It? by Jeff Nabors

I’m not a massive fan of Upgrades Unleashed. It’s very Timmy-focused and the +1/+1 counters theme is not for me. I would’ve loved to see a more political aura-based deck to support Kaima, or at least more reconfigure creatures to keep the central theme.

Still, the cards in the deck aren’t bad and it’s not a terrible choice if you’re looking to bump up your collection of Gruul cards for other decks.

How Upgrades Unleashed plays

Note: Wizards of the Coast accidentally printed a second copy of Mossfire Valley in this precon, making it technically illegal for Commander. Make sure to replace it before playing.

I feel like most Gruul commanders are creature-focused and Chishiro, the Shattered Blade is no different. But the modifications mechanic is much better to keep up since the new reconfigure equipment means you won’t be lacking creatures forever. Adding in auras and +1/+1 counters makes it even easier to qualify.

That said, Upgrades Unleashed only comes with two reconfigure creatures and mostly opts for a +1/+1 counter theme. Heck, it comes with six aura cards and only two of them are new. I would’ve rather seen a more diverse spread than just another counters deck.