Everything We Know About the MTG Star Trek Commander Decks

Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest | Background Illustration by PINDURSKI

The last set of 2026 has the potential to be a doozy. Star Trek comes with a Standard-legal main set, a bonus sheet, and our focus today, a lineup of Commander precons.

Star Trek has an interesting balance in its Commander decks. Each of them is three colors, but the colors aren’t represented equally: Green only shows up in Landing Party, while white is present across all four. There’s an interesting mix of typal themes with some tried and true precon archetypes, plus some new iterations on what Edge of Eternities introduced when it launched us into space for the first time.

Are you looking for some Star Trek Commander data? I may not be an android (allegedly), but I’ve got you covered!

What Is Star Trek Commander?

U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class | Illustration by Pablo Mendoza

Star Trek Commander is a series of four preconstructed Commander decks that release alongside the Star Trek Magic set. They’re available in regular and Collector’s Editions.

Star Trek Commander decks contain 33 new cards, as well as their fair share of reprints, basic lands, and tokens.

All Star Trek Commander cards that aren’t from the main set (TRK) use the TRC set code and set symbol.

When Does Star Trek Commander Release?

Star Trek Commander officially releases on November 13, 2026. Your Local Game Store might sell them and allow you to pick up preorders as of the Star Trek Prerelease on November 6.

How Much Will Star Trek Commander Precons Cost?

The MSRP for Star Trek Commander precons is $74.99 for regular versions and $159.99 for Collector’s Editions.

Who Are Star Trek Commander Decks For?

Star Trek Commander decks are for Magic and Star Trek fans alike, but especially for fans of the Commander format. They’re also for newer players that want to get into the format and collectors that are looking for art of their favorite Star Trek characters and moments. Since Universes Beyond products are designed to onboard fans of other franchises, these decks will perform better if they’re good for anyone from cadets to admirals.

Star Trek Commander Decks

We don’t have the full decklists yet, or even any of the face commanders, but we can base speculation on taglines and promotional material. I’m estimating these decks’ themes based on the descriptions provided on the WPN website.

Federation Fleet

Commander and Themes

Federation Fleet is a Jeskai () deck helmed by an iteration of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The product description suggests a spacecraft subtheme, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Enterprise itself were the backup commander.

Expect ways to get +1/+1 and charge counters onto your creatures and spacecraft. The Counter Intelligence precon from Edge of Eternities is likely a good reference point, but I’m not totally sold on the use of the word “proliferate” in this context. You don’t need it to place counters, though.

Expect a mix of familiar faces from Star Trek: The Next Generation and spacecraft among the 99, and perhaps Federation officers from other shows and films. We should also see a mix of pilots, scientists, and officers, though pilots and officers make the most sense if spacecraft are a core part of the deck.

Maybe I’m overthinking the “mak[e] a compelling case for your ultimate victory” text on the WPN website, but I wonder if there’s going to be an alternate win condition based on the number of permanents or counters that you have. I know that it’s a reference to the times that Picard has argued court cases or won encounters in a peaceful manner, so that could be an interesting way to show that not all conflicts need to be resolved with bloodshed.

Landing Party

Commander and Themes

The Landing Party precon is led by a version of Commander Spock, and it’s a Bant () lands-matter deck. Some of the cards are going to pay you off for controlling different named lands, and you’ll have support from landfall.

We do have a spoiler for Captain Kirk, Boldly Going, which looks primed to be a backup commander since the spoiled image is of a foil printing. If that’s the case, there should be at least a few spacecraft in the deck, including Starship Enterprise.

For a deck that cares about differently named lands, I’m very curious what kind of mana base it’ll have, especially since Captain Kirk only fetches basics. Sounds like the face and backup commander may be slightly at odds, which is incredibly fitting. Tricky Terrain from Modern Horizons 3 Commander may offer some insights into land distribution; it has 7 basics among 44 lands.

These decks could be a neat place to experiment with a few more planet designs, and Landing Party makes the most sense given its theme. I doubt the deck will burn all 33 new cards on lands, but five seems reasonable, especially if some reprints get new Star Trek names.

A reskinned Exploration Broodship here would be fitting, as would a Scute Swarm. It’s the only deck that can reprint our favorite ramp spells in Star Trek art, too. Spock’s sacrifice at the end of Wrath of Khan could be our Heroic Intervention for the set, though lately Wizards has preferred putting it in bonus sheets rather than precons.

Klingon Fury

Commander and Themes

Klingon Fury is a Mardu precon () helmed by a version of Worf. It sounds very much like Mardu doing Mardu things, with payoffs for attacking all your opponents at once. Given the Klingon angle, there’s also a warrior typal subtheme at play.

Many different shades of aggro could appear in this deck. Attack triggers are likely, especially in the form of myriad or mobilize. Extra combats are 50/50 for me; maybe we’ll get a reprint or a new card, but I expect that to be a theme we develop via upgrades.

This is going to be the polar opposite of a samurai deck that wants one creature to attack alone. I expect end step or end of combat triggers that reward you for each opponent you’ve attacked or that lost life, maybe in the form of more warrior tokens as reinforcements.

The neat thing with Worf as a character is that he bridges the gap between The Next Generation and Deep-Space Nine, so there’s opportunities for characters from both series, if these decks are built to care about that. This can also be a deck for other Klingon characters like Worf’s son Alexander, Gowron, B’Elanna Torres, the members of the House of Duras, and others.

We Are the Borg

Commander and Themes

Resistance is futile.

Tokens meet assimilation in We Are the Borg, an Esper precon () focused on the Borg Collective. This looks like it’ll be a token deck first, but the assimilation part has the chance to be interesting. The assimilate ability introduced on Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest could play a part here, as could other permanent theft abilities. I doubt Mindslaver effects will appear just because that feels like it would be less fun for new players.

I expect this deck to be lighter on creatures than the others in favor of permanents that give you Borg tokens and spells or auras that’ll mess with your opponents. The Borg cards we’ve seen so far are artifact creatures, so expect some artifact or artifact creature payoffs. There should also be a Borg Cube somewhere, and trust me when I say that I’m resisting every Cube format pun that beckons to me.

Token lords or doublers could factor in. We’ve seen cards that give tokens keywords, so those could supplement artifact creature lords. I’d love an Anointed Procession reprint in this precon, but I won’t hold my breath. This is the perfect deck for a one-sided sweeper that leaves artifact creatures or token creatures alone, too.

Previous token decks can give us more clues, and I’m looking at Forces of the Imperium from Warhammer 40,000. It has the same color identity and a token theme, albeit executed differently. The squad ability could make sense in all of the Star Trek Commander decks to add some board presence; you don’t need as many creature cards when one card can represent two or more bodies.

Star Trek Collector's Edition Commander Decks

Star Trek will feature premium versions of all four Commander precons as we've seen with other Collector's Edition releases of precon line-ups. Each one has an MSRP of $159.99 and contains the same cards as a normal deck, except completely in surge foil.

Where to Find Star Trek Commander Spoilers

As Star Trek Commander spoilers hit our scanners, we’ll send our findings to the dedicated Draftsim Spoilers page.

Commanding Conclusion

Overgrown Tomb | Illustration by Sam Burley

And that’s our preliminary report on Star Trek Commander. The themes and color combinations are promising, but we still don’t have full card information to pump into our holodecks simulators. If the Marvel Super Heroes Commander lineup is any indication, I expect there to be some important reskinned reprints. Regardless, I think I may wind up making some very unwise financial decisions come November….

What are your thoughts on the Star Trek Commander decks so far? Which characters do you hope will appear in each deck? How do you think the designers have approached these decks’ themes? Let me know in the comments below, or share a personal log over on the Draftsim Discord server.

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