MTG Star Trek Commander Decks: All Four Decklists and Which to Pick

There are four Magic: The Gathering Star Trek Commander decks: Federation Fleet (blue, red, white), Landing Party (green, white, blue), Klingon Fury (red, white, black) and We Are the Borg (white, blue, black). Each is a 100-card precon led by Picard, Spock, Worf or the Borg Queen, with 32 new-to-Magic cards in the 99. The official release is 13 November 2026, but Wizards warns that English Commander decks may arrive later than that in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

What are the four Star Trek Commander decks?

If you're new to crossover sets, our guide to Magic's Universes Beyond line explains how Star Trek fits in. The wider set, with every product and date, is in our MTG Star Trek release guide.

When do the Star Trek Commander decks reach the UK?

The tabletop release date is 13 November 2026. Wizards' delay notice lists English Commander decks among the products that may arrive after that date in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It doesn't name the UK separately and gives no new date, so we can't tell you when UK stock lands from the notice alone. It also says the delays are fluid and that it will post updates.

What's in a Star Trek Commander deck, and is it really 32 new cards?

• 1 ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck
• 1 traditional foil face commander with borderless art
• 99 non-foil cards, including 32 new-to-Magic cards
• 10 non-foil double-sided tokens
• 1 reference card
• 1 deck box

We checked the 32 figure against the four decklists, and it holds. The new face commander sits on top of it, so each list has 33 new-to-Magic cards in total: 31 rares and 2 mythic rares, the mythics being the two commanders. Six of those cards appear in two decks each, which leaves 126 different new cards across the four.

Those numbers are our own count from the lists, and they tell you a lot. Two new ability words appear only on the Commander cards: seek out triggers when you draw your second card each turn, and battlefront counts how many opponents you attacked this turn. Strange new worlds counts your differently named lands, and assimilate puts a creature under your control with a +1/+1 counter, as a Borg artifact creature. New to the format? Start with how to play Magic: The Gathering.

Federation Fleet: how does the Picard deck play?

Draw two cards a turn, then let everything else happen. Twelve cards in this deck have seek out, and your draw step already counts as the first card on your own turn, so one extra draw is enough to switch them on. Picard provides it: he draws a card whenever another historic permanent with mana value 3 or more enters, and every creature in the list is legendary, so most of your creatures qualify.

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• Data discovers 4 on seek out, which usually means a free spell of mana value 4 or less.
• Chief Miles O'Brien doubles every kind of counter on an artifact or creature of yours, which suits Picard's +1/+1 and charge counters.
• Tom Paris gives your whole team flying, double strike, vigilance and haste on seek out. Expect him to end games.
• U.S.S. Enterprise-E destroys all tapped creatures as it enters. Cast it on your turn and it catches anything that attacked you without vigilance, along with anything of yours that's tapped.

The alternate commander changes the plan. Captain Janeway, Endgame draws a card and makes a 1/1 Officer each time your Officers connect with a player, and she can make herself unblockable, so she points the deck at combat instead of value.

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The two reprints most Commander players will want are Cryptic Command and Swords to Plowshares.

Landing Party: how does the Spock deck play?

Play lands, and a lot of different ones. Landing Party runs 40 lands with 35 different names and just eight basics, because strange new worlds rewards variety. Whenever Spock enters or attacks, you reveal your top card. You can cast it for free if its mana value is no more than your number of differently named lands; a land can go straight onto the battlefield tapped; and if the card is still on top, you draw it.

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• Starship Enterprise gets four charge counters every time a land enters. At 16 it becomes a 4/6 flier that draws you cards equal to the combat damage it deals.
• M'Ress makes two 1/1 Officers on every landfall, and each one can be tapped to station a Spacecraft.
• Lt. Arex is a trampler as big as your land variety, and draws three as he enters.
• Amanda Grayson puts two +1/+1 counters on a creature on every landfall, and costs less for each Vulcan you control.

Captain Kirk is the fun alternate. He gives Spacecraft +3/+3 and fetches Starship Enterprise or a basic land from your library or graveyard each time he enters or attacks, so this is the deck that plays like the Original Series.

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Klingon Fury: how does the Worf deck play?

Attack everybody, every turn. Worf brings a 2/1 haste Klingon Warrior when he enters. After that, whenever you attack, you exile the top card of your library for each opponent you attacked this turn, and you can play those cards until the end of your next turn. In a four-player game, swinging at all three opponents is three extra cards. Swing at one and you're leaving most of the deck's power behind.

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• Kurn is a 3-mana deathtouch attacker who draws you a card and costs you 1 life for each opponent you attacked this turn.
• Own the Day gets cheaper for each opponent you attacked, then untaps your attackers for an extra combat.
• Rite of Ascension adds a tapped and attacking 2/1 haste Warrior per opponent attacked, every time you attack.
• Koloth gives every player two Tribbles at your end step, and goads all Tribbles. Your table will remember it.

Kor is the alternate, a 4/4 for four. When you attack you can sacrifice another creature to draw a card and give Klingons and Warriors +2/+2, so he suits players who like to trade bodies for a bigger swing.

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We Are the Borg: how does the Borg Queen deck play?

Build an artifact army and take the best creatures from everyone else. All 20 creatures in the list are artifact creatures, so the Borg Queen's +2/+2 applies to your whole team. Whenever she enters or attacks, a target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they hit a creature, and you assimilate it. The catch is the cost: at 7 mana she's the most expensive commander of the eight, where the other three faces cost 4 or 5.

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• One, Borg Evolved gives all your artifact creatures flying, double strike, vigilance, menace, lifelink and ward {2}. That's the finisher.
• Hugh gives your artifact spells replicate {2}{U}, so late in the game you can pay for extra copies of anything.
• Join the Collective destroys all creatures, then makes a 1/1 Borg for each nonartifact creature destroyed. It wrecks your own board too, so time it.
• Gift of Perfection is a sorcery that has each opponent reveal down to a creature, then lets you assimilate one of them.

Locutus costs 4 and hands all your artifact creatures "deal combat damage to a player, make a 1/1 Borg", with lifelink on himself. He's the faster way to run the same 99, and we'd try him first if your table plays quick games.

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Which Star Trek Commander deck is best?

On paper, Landing Party is the best all-rounder, and the one we'd hand a newer player. That's our read of the lists, not a play report. Spock gets value even when the reveal misses, 40 lands means fewer stumbles, and the plan is easy to see. Here's who we'd give each deck to:

Which cards are in more than one Star Trek deck?

Six new-to-Magic cards appear in two decks, so buying a pair doubles up on these. It's worth knowing if you're planning to mix and match.

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Sol Ring, Arcane Signet and Command Tower are in all four lists, as you'd expect from a Commander precon.

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What's different about the Collector's Edition decks?

Only the finish. A Collector's Edition deck has the same 100 cards, all in surge foil, including the borderless face commander. The 10 double-sided tokens are surge foil on one side and non-foil on the other. See Federation Fleet, Landing Party, Klingon Fury or We Are the Borg in that version.

Some Commander cards also turn up in Star Trek Collector Boosters: non-foil versions of the four borderless face commanders, plus 10 borderless new-to-Magic Commander cards in non-foil and traditional foil. Those borderless versions are Collector Booster only, and the four mythics among them are the alternate commanders.

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Still deciding where to start? Our Play Booster vs Collector Booster guide covers the rest of the range, and the prerelease guide explains how the first week works at local stores. Other crossover decks are in our Magic Commander decks collection.

Full Star Trek Commander decklists

Open a deck to see its full 100 cards, in the order Wizards published them. The face commander comes first and the alternate commander second.

Star Trek Commander decks FAQ