MTG Commander Deck Builder With a Plain Explanation on Every Card
Commander Nexus is a free deck builder for Magic: The Gathering's Commander format. See exactly how your deck plays before you ever shuffle it.
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Nauctis: The Sunken Realm
Nauctis: The Sunken Realm comes out on February 5, 2027. Every card shown so far is on this site, each with a plain explanation. Open the Nauctis: The Sunken Realm hub
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Secret Lair x Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Through the Labyrinth
7 scenes from the film as cards, from the Fireys to the Shaft of Hands. Rogue's Passage and Thran Temporal Gateway are in here.
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Never Played Commander? Start Here
Commander is a way to play Magic: The Gathering with three or four friends at one table, each with a deck of 100 cards led by one legendary creature. These four ideas are all you need to get started and build your first deck.
Read the help pageCommander is a Magic: The Gathering format where each player builds a 100-card deck around one special card, usually at a table of four.
Your commander is that special card. It waits off to the side in the command zone, and you can cast it as many times as you like.
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Color identity is the set of colors your commander uses. Every other card in the deck has to stay inside those colors.
Brackets rate how powerful a deck is, from 1 to 5, so everyone at the table can agree on what kind of game to expect.
Why We Made This
I made this site because I fell in love with Magic: The Gathering and finally found a group of people who love it just as much as I do. I scoured social media and Reddit for the most common complaints and feature requests, and I did my best to add them all here.
Find Your Way Around
Every part of the site, in one place.
- CommandersAll 3,739 legal commanders, A to Z.
- Precons181 ready-made decks, every card listed.
- Secret LairSpecial printings, every card listed.
- Banned listWhat you can't play, and why.
- Archetypes50 whole game plans.
- Themes131 ideas a deck can be built around.
- Tags211 single things one card can do.
- BracketsHow strong a deck is, in five steps.
- GlossaryEvery word the game uses.
- HelpHow the site works, and where to start.
