Star Trek Commander Week: Precons, Lands and a Calendar for Nov. 13

Star Trek reaches tabletop on November 13, and Commander players get four preconstructed decks with it: Federation Fleet, Landing Party, Klingon Fury and We Are the Borg. Card Kingdom counts more than 150 new cards across the four ^[3]. EDHREC has started its precon guides, beginning with We Are the Borg, and says that deck is out on Nov. 13 as well ^[1].

Card Kingdom's upgrade guide opens with Federation Fleet. It's a Jeskai deck led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, built around a Historic-matters theme that mixes card draw and spacecraft ^[3]. If you're picking a precon, the guides are a good place to check what each deck does before you buy.

EDHREC's review of lands and artifacts covers a cycle of rare lands. Each taps for one color and enters untapped if you control two or more other lands ^[2]. The reviewer's take on the cycle:

• Quark's Bar is called the cycle's best-kept secret, since many cards now care about non-combat damage to one player or the whole table ^[2].
• The Unicomplex gets praise if you can replay it several times, using its surveil and its ability to put a creature on top of the library. The reviewer compares it to Witch's Cottage ^[2].
• Ni'Var Science Academy plays better than it reads, because it can give a creature flying ^[2].
• Federation Outpost is the weakest, but could suit mono-white lifegain ^[2].
• Q Continuum is rated middling ^[2].

There's also a cycle of anomaly lands that sacrifice themselves and bring along a tapped land named New Planet ^[2].

Star City Games' Spike Feeders column has Star Trek Commander brews. One is led by Captain Kirk, Boldly Going, and its list includes many of the set's named starships. These include Starship Enterprise, U.S.S. Defiant, Tough Little Ship and U.S.S. Voyager, Lone Wanderer, alongside staples like Sol Ring and Arcane Signet ^[7]. Another brew uses Sarek, Federation Ambassador as commander ^[7].

On the sales side, Card Kingdom shared its top pre-ordered Star Trek cards. The tenth spot is a tie between Dr Joseph M'Benga and Primary Unimatrix Adjunct ^[8]. Card Kingdom describes M'Benga as giving creatures with counters hexproof and acting as a counter doubler ^[8].

Wizards of the Coast published a design feature on the set's creature types. It starts from a surprisingly tricky question: what creature type is Lieutenant Commander Data? ^[4] The article stresses that creature types affect both flavor and rules, so the team is careful about adding new ones, especially if a card might be reprinted later ^[4].

This matters for Commander because tribal and type-matters decks often rely on that wording. The feature also mentions Spot, Felis catus and a new support team for Cauldron Familiar ^[4]. The excerpt doesn't give full details, so read the full piece for specifics.

Star City Games' schedule lists these dates ^[6]:

• Prerelease events: November 6–12
• MTG Arena release: November 10
• Global tabletop release: November 13
• Two-Headed Giant Commander Night: November 13 to January 28, 2027
• Commander Party, Round 1: November 20–26
• Commander Party, Round 2: December 11–17

If you want to play the new precons with your group, the Commander Party rounds and Two-Headed Giant nights are natural places to start.