Commander Spotlight: the best Star Trek cards for your EDH decks
Engage warp drive, Commander fans: the Star Trek set has beamed into our command zones! This review is all about the multiplayer table, and the new crew of possible commanders is a fun one. Captain James T. Kirk, Grand Nagus Zek, Dal R'El, Augment Orphan, Dathon, His Heart Open, and Lieutenant Commander Data are all ready to take the big chair, so brewers have plenty of new directions to explore. Whether you want to boldly go somewhere unusual or just give your pod a reason to stop and stare, this bridge crew has options.
The 99 get plenty of love too. By our rating, the best Commander cards in the set are Isolinear Processor, Test of Priorities, The City on the Edge of Forever, The Inner Light, Gaseous Anomaly, and Kobayashi Maru Scenario. Some of those names should already have your brewing gears turning, and some might surprise you. Grab your communicator and settle in, because we're about to see which of these
👑 New commanders to build around
Red
Card advantage · Tokens · Value engine
Black
Ramp · Tokens · Value engine
Red/Green
Card advantage · Ramp · Value engine
Blue/Red/Green
Card advantage · Multiplayer · Value engine
Blue Card advantage · Value engine
Black Card advantage · Recursion
Red Ramp · Tokens
Green Card advantage · Tokens · Value engine🧩 Staples for existing decks
Cards that make almost any deck in their colors better.
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- Isolinear Processor — A two-mana rock that taps for mana toward artifact spells and artifact abilities, and also loots for {2}, which suits artifact-heavy Commander decks.
- Test of Priorities — A cheap, flexible instant that either smooths your draws with surveil 2 and a draw, or exiles your creature until the next end step, which can dodge removal.
- The City on the Edge of Forever — Chapter I phases out every artifact and creature, chapter II draws you two cards, and chapter III gains 5 life, so it works as a board reset and refuel in one card.
- The Inner Light — Reanimates a green or white creature, turns a combat hit into card draw, then gains life equal to your biggest creature's power and makes a Treasure.
- Gaseous Anomaly — A colorless land that later sacrifices itself for two cards and a tapped New Planet land that taps for any color, so it replaces itself and fixes your mana.
- Kobayashi Maru Scenario — Three upkeeps of value, whether bouncing a cheap creature, drawing two, or making two tokens, but Abandon Ship will make you lose, so you need an exit plan.
🪙 Budget all-stars (under $2)
$0.24$0.28$0.48$0.33$0.36$3.88$0.26$2.56🎨 Which colors win?
Looking at the top 40 Commander cards in the set, Blue gets the most goodies. Full breakdown: Blue 14, Black 11, Red 9, White 7, Green 7, Colorless 1.
Which commander are you building first? Tell us in the comments and vote on the cards you would play!
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