mtg commander deck requirements Starter Decks – Beginner-Friendly Magic: The Gathering Commander Decks 2025 MTG Commander Deck Guide:

I say let him die youre going to get party wiped plenty

But when all of those archetypes are thrown together into the grand melting pot of Commander, a few top-tier choices stand out

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker is far from the most egregious, but worth noting as the only WU partner that doesnt pair with a specific card

ARTIFACT Definitely not one sad robot

Basic-Heavy Five-Color Mana Base | Commander | Kendra Smith Lands (41) 4 Forest 4 Island 4 Mountain 4 Plains 4 Swamp 1 Ash Barrens 1 Canopy Vista 1 Choked Estuary 1 Cinder Glade 1 Command Tower 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Fabled Passage 1 Foreboding Ruins 1 Fortified Village 1 Frostboil Snarl 1 Furycalm Snarl 1 Game Trail 1 Necroblossom Snarl 1 Port Town 1 Prairie Stream 1 Reflecting Pool 1 Shineshadow Snarl 1 Smoldering Marsh 1 Sunken Hollow 1 The World Tree 1 Vineglimmer Snarl This list is running way more basics, thereby allowing us to avoid as much of the heavy nonbasic hate

Our creatures wont be getting into the red zone at all