The Avengers Assemble Commander precon is the first of the four MTG Marvel Super Heroes Commander decks to have its full 100-card list revealed. Captain America, Team Leader leads a Jeskai (White/Blue/Red) Hero typal strategy built around the Teamwork mechanic and +1/+1 counters. Here is the complete breakdown of what is in the box, how the deck wins, and the targeted cuts and additions that make it perform at a higher level.
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The Commander: Captain America, Team Leader
Captain America, Team Leader is a Jeskai legendary creature built around cooperative play. His abilities reward paying Teamwork costs — tapping your creatures together to execute powerful cooperative effects — and the more Avengers you control, the more efficient those cooperative plays become. He is a facilitator, not a finisher: he creates the conditions for your Avengers to dominate, but your actual win conditions come from the Hero roster he assembles.
He pairs most powerfully with creatures that benefit from being tapped or that trigger off Teamwork payments. Agent Maria Hill, in particular, draws a card and gains a +1/+1 counter every time she is tapped for Teamwork — turning Captain America’s cooperative strategy into a card draw engine that compounds across the turn cycle.
Full 100-Card Decklist
Commander
Captain America, Team Leader
Creatures (29)
Ant-Man, Elusive Avenger · Black Widow, Agile Avenger · Captain America, Living Legend · Captain Marvel, Apex Avenger · Captain Mar-Vell, Space-Born · Director Nick Fury · Falcon and Redwing · Firebird, Blazing Ranger · Hawkeye, Avenging Archer · Hercules, Olympian Hero · Iron Man, Armored Avenger · Jarvis, Earth’s Mightiest Butler · Jocasta, Automaton Avenger · Metallic Mimic · Patriot, Shield Wielder · Photon, Mighty Marvel · Professor Hulk · Quicksilver, Speedster · Rescue, Pepper Potts · Scarlet Witch, Chaotic Avenger · Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings · She-Hulk, Wallbreaker · Speed, Young Avenger · The Wasp, Winsome Avenger · Thor, Asgard’s Avenger · Vision, Synthezoid Avenger · War Machine, Avenging Arsenal · Winter Soldier, Reborn Avenger
Instants (7)
Arcane Denial · Destroy Evil · Heroic Return · Heroic Sacrifice · Make Your Move · Methods of the Mighty · Swords to Plowshares
Sorceries (6)
Austere Command · Avenge · Dismantling Wave · Raise the Palisade · Rip Apart · West Coast Expansion
Enchantments (5)
Folk Hero · Gift of Immortality · Kindred Discovery · Love on the Battlefield · Reconnaissance Mission
Artifacts (13)
Arcane Signet · Avengers Quinjet · Door of Destinies · Fellwar Stone · Herald’s Horn · Hero’s Blade · Hulkbuster Armor · Relic of Legends · Sol Ring · Talisman of Conviction · Talisman of Creativity · Talisman of Progress · Thought Vessel · Tome of Legends
Lands (38)
Avengers Tower · Clifftop Retreat · Coastal Peak · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Frostboil Snarl · Furycalm Snarl · Glacial Fortress · Glittering Massif · Irrigated Farmland · Mystic Monastery · Path of Ancestry · Plaza of Heroes · Port Town · Prairie Stream · Radiant Summit · Scavenger Grounds · Scorched Geyser · Secluded Courtyard · Spectator Seating · Sulfur Falls · Unclaimed Territory · 5 Island · 5 Mountain · 6 Plains
Key New Cards Worth Knowing
Iron Man, Armored Avenger — The Equipment payoff the deck is built around. He scales with the gear attached to him and creates explosive mid-combat turns. The Power-Up mechanic makes each activation feel like a genuine Iron Man armor upgrade. Pairs directly with Hulkbuster Armor and Hero’s Blade.
Thor, Asgard’s Avenger — A hard-hitting threat with built-in resilience and artifact synergies. He demands an answer and punishes opponents who do not have one immediately. In the early turns he applies the kind of pressure that forces your opponents off their own game plan.
Rescue, Pepper Potts — Quietly one of the most impactful new additions. Her ability protects your commander or key creatures from targeted removal, addressing a vulnerability that white-red-blue Commander decks frequently struggle with.
Agent Maria Hill — The best Teamwork payoff in the deck. Tapped for Teamwork costs, she draws a card and grows larger. In a deck paying Teamwork costs every turn she generates card advantage at a rate that makes her one of the most efficient draws in any precon released this year.
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10 Cards to Cut
Lands (4)
Coastal Peak — Enters tapped unconditionally in a deck that wants to be developing board on every turn. Replace with any dual that enters untapped.
Frostboil Snarl — Conditional untapped entry is unreliable in three-color. Too often you are entering it tapped at the moments you can least afford to.
Furycalm Snarl — Same problem as Frostboil. Both Snarls were passable when they were new; the format has moved past them.
Scorched Geyser — A tapped Mountain that taps for one red. Strictly worse than a basic Mountain. Cut immediately and replace with anything better.
Creatures (3)
Speed, Young Avenger — Low impact. The counter synergy is too marginal to justify the slot when stronger Hero creatures exist at similar cost.
Quicksilver, Speedster — Haste is genuinely useful but Quicksilver’s other abilities are underwhelming. The slot is better used on a creature that generates lasting value.
Firebird, Blazing Ranger — Underpowered for the mana cost in Commander. Her effect is narrow and her body does not threaten enough to compensate.
Spells (3)
Love on the Battlefield — Too narrow. The lifelink condition requires specific timing to generate value and is rarely impactful when it resolves.
Methods of the Mighty — One-time effect requiring specific board state. Consistent utility trumps one-time efficiency in Commander.
Tome of Legends — Draw engine that requires attacking and accumulates pages slowly. Better draw options exist at this mana cost.
10 Upgrades to Add
Lands (4)
Jetmir’s Garden ($2–4) — Triome that enters untapped under basic conditions in three colors. Direct upgrade over Coastal Peak.
Inspiring Vantage ($6–8) — Fastland that enters untapped turns 1–2. Excellent mana fixing in the early turns when you need it most.
Needleverge Pathway ($3–5) — Flexible Pathway that solves specific color shortfalls. Replaces Frostboil Snarl cleanly.
Spectator Seating — Already in the list. Upgrade the weakest basic in the same slot as Scorched Geyser if needed.
Creatures (3)
Esper Sentinel ($18–22) — White tax creature that draws a card each time opponents cast noncreature spells without paying the tax. One of the most efficient card draw engines in white Commander and a staple in virtually every white deck.
Maskwood Nexus ($3–5) — Makes all your creatures every creature type simultaneously. Hero typal cards — Herald’s Horn, Door of Destinies, Kindred Discovery — all trigger for your entire board. One card dramatically amplifies every tribal synergy you already have.
The Ozolith ($6–10) — Saves +1/+1 counters when creatures leave the battlefield. Given how many counter-generating creatures are in this deck, losing those counters to removal is a real problem. The Ozolith eliminates that vulnerability entirely.
Spells (3)
Smothering Tithe ($18–25) — Generates Treasure tokens whenever opponents draw without paying. Produces mana at a compounding rate that changes the game’s economy. Replaces Tome of Legends and is a top-tier Commander staple.
Teferi’s Protection ($25–35) — Phases your entire board out until your next turn. Survives board wipes, Cyclonic Rifts, and targeted removal simultaneously. The best single protection spell in Commander. Replaces Love on the Battlefield.
Urza’s Incubator ($6–10) — Reduces the cost of a chosen creature type by two. Pick Hero and every creature in the deck becomes cheaper. This single card reshapes the entire mana curve.
Budget Upgrade Path (Under $30)
Maskwood Nexus ($3–5), Urza’s Incubator ($6–10), Jetmir’s Garden ($2–4), and Needleverge Pathway ($3–5) total under $25 and represent the highest-impact improvements per dollar in the deck. Replace Coastal Peak, Frostboil Snarl, Love on the Battlefield, and Tome of Legends with these four cards and the deck immediately plays more consistently and hits harder.
Final Verdict
Avengers Assemble is the best Commander precon for introducing players to the format and the best precon for anyone who wants the iconic roster experience above all else. The Teamwork mechanic is genuinely fun. The upgrade path is clearly defined. With ten targeted substitutions it becomes a formidable mid-power Commander deck. With a full rebuild around the Hero typal shell it competes at near-optimized tables. Release date: June 26, 2026.
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