Short answer: buy a regular Star Trek Commander deck to play when you can get one near its $74.99 MSRP, but do not buy a box as a reprint-arbitrage investment. Using the cheapest older non-foil printing of every reprinted card, the published lists currently total about $104.11 for We Are the Borg, $98.04 for Klingon Fury, and $79.87 for Federation Fleet (KrakenTheMeta/Scryfall snapshots from October 28–29, 2026). Those totals are not cash you should expect to recover: the new copies add supply, and cards such as Morphic Pool and Vault of Champions are already cheaper in their Star Trek printings. Regular sealed decks are already selling around $66–$76, while Collector’s Edition products command a foil premium that has fallen sharply. The best current value and gameplay pick among the complete lists is We Are the Borg; the Landing Party list remains unpublished.
What does “Star Trek Commander reprint” mean?
It refers to the four Universes Beyond: Star Trek Commander preconstructed decks (set code TRC), not to a single card called “Commander Reprint.” Each is a ready-to-play 100-card deck released globally on November 13, 2026. The separate 30-card Stardates (SDS) insert line puts familiar Magic cards in Star Trek-themed art in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters; those cards are not part of the precon reprint-value calculation.
The Commander decks are Federation Fleet (blue-red-white), Landing Party (green-white-blue), Klingon Fury (red-white-black), and We Are the Borg (white-blue-black). TRC and SDS cards are legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage; individual reprints remain legal in any formats where their earlier versions were legal. New Commander cards are not Standard-legal. The main Star Trek set, TRK, is legal in all formats.
What are the official Star Trek Commander prices and contents?
Wizards of the Coast lists a $74.99 MSRP for a regular Commander deck and $159.99 for a Collector’s Edition Commander deck. A regular box contains one 100-card deck, a traditional-foil borderless face commander, 99 non-foil cards (including 32 cards described by Wizards as new to Magic), 10 non-foil double-sided tokens, a reference card, and a deck box. The Collector’s Edition has the same deck list with a surge-foil borderless face commander, 99 surge-foil cards, and tokens with a surge-foil side.
There is a wording discrepancy worth knowing. Wizards’ box description says 32 new-to-Magic cards, while its collecting article says 31 rares plus two mythic rares, or 33. KrakenTheMeta’s Scryfall count found 33 TRC cards including the face commander in both Federation Fleet and We Are the Borg, with additional TRK cards in some lists. Treat the official 32-card box statement as the product specification and the 33-card figure as a count of the published list, not as extra guaranteed contents.
Prerelease events run November 6–12, MTG Arena launches November 10, and Commander Party rounds are scheduled for November 20–26 and December 11–17. Wizards lists local stores, TCGplayer, and other major retailers as preorder routes.
How much is each published deck worth in reprints?
KrakenTheMeta’s October 28–29 calculation adds the cheapest current non-foil paper printing of each reprinted card, excluding basics. New Star Trek cards were not priced in that calculation, so each total understates the complete deck’s theoretical card-name value. The comparison is useful for identifying concentrated reprints, not for predicting what a sealed box will sell for.
| Deck | TRC cards | TRK cards | Reprints (excluding basics) | Reprint total | Above $74.99 MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Are the Borg | 33 | 4 | 51 | $104.11 | About $29.12 |
| Klingon Fury | 33 | 1 | 51 | $98.04 | About $23.05 |
| Federation Fleet | 33 | 1 | 53 | $79.87 | About $4.88 |
| Landing Party | Not published | Not published | Not published | Unknown | Unknown |
These are market snapshots, not guaranteed redemption values. About 45 of the reprints in each complete deck average less than 50 cents, while a handful of cards supplies most of the headline total.
Which deck has the best reprints?
We Are the Borg is the strongest value among the three complete lists. Its eight highest-priced reprints account for $82.52 of the $104.11 total, and Morphic Pool plus Unwinding Clock alone represented $48.49 in the October snapshot.
We Are the Borg
- Morphic Pool (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate): $27.29
- Unwinding Clock (New Phyrexia): $21.20
- The Immortal Sun (Commander Masters): $11.63
- Toxic Deluge (Marvel Super Heroes Commander): $5.09
- Skullclamp (Final Fantasy Commander): $4.94
- Eclipsed Steppe (Secrets of Strixhaven Commander): $4.91
- Academy Ruins (Aetherdrift Commander): $4.36
- Forsaken Monument (Foundations Commander): $3.10
The deck is an artifact-creature and assimilation strategy led by The Borg Queen. Unwinding Clock is especially relevant functionally: it untaps your artifacts during every other player’s untap step, allowing repeated use of artifact creatures and mana rocks. Its card-name total is high because of a few expensive staples, not because every slot is valuable.
Klingon Fury
Klingon Fury totals $98.04, with roughly 70 percent ($68.75) in eight cards:
- Vault of Champions: $16.60
- World at War: $12.46
- Sword of Light and Shadow: $9.89
- Warleader’s Call: $8.82
- Concerted Effort: $7.12
- Eclipsed Steppe: $4.98
- Shared Animosity: $4.78
- Disrupt Decorum: $4.10
Worf, Defiant Commander leads an attack-focused deck built to pressure multiple opponents. Twenty-three of its 24 creatures are Klingons or Warriors, so it is the clearest tribal/aggression choice of the published decks.
Federation Fleet
Federation Fleet is the closest to MSRP at $79.87. Its eight largest reprints make up $58.31 (73 percent):
- Training Center: $18.44
- Alhammarret’s Archive: $10.22
- Command Beacon: $8.63
- Howling Mine: $5.26
- Loran of the Third Path: $4.92
- Reliquary Tower: $4.19
- Cryptic Command: $3.96
- Chronomantic Escape: $2.69
Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary heads a blue-red-white deck built around legendary crew and Spacecraft; all 26 creatures are legendary. It is the better casual-table pick if you want named Star Trek characters and a less linear experience, even though its reprint surplus is the smallest.
What about Landing Party?
Wizards’ decklist page still had not published the complete Landing Party list as of October 28. Commander Spock costs {2}{G}{W}{U}; when he enters or attacks, he reveals the top card and may cast it for free when its mana value is no greater than the number of differently named lands you control. A land revealed this way enters tapped. The ability points toward a land-diverse, top-of-library deck, but no honest reprint total can be stated until the list is public.
Why is the reprint EV higher than the actual copy in the box?
The headline totals use the cheapest older printing sharing each card name. They do not price the exact Star Trek treatment and finish sitting in your box. The Pod Companion’s exact-printing index illustrates the difference: while many new cards were still unpriced, it put Federation Fleet at $44.80 with 96 unpriced cards and We Are the Borg at $57.85 with 93 unpriced cards. Those figures are not the complete deck’s worth; they omit unpriced new cards and use the cheaper new TRC versions.
Card Kingdom’s retail list-filling totals for those same decks were $183.30 and $168.01, respectively, because a retailer assigns prices to more missing slots and uses its own retail market. Neither number is a guaranteed payout for opening a sealed precon. A deck’s “EV” depends on whether you mean the cheapest name-matched copies, the exact printing, a retailer’s retail list, or the price you can actually sell after fees and shipping.
Will the Star Trek reprint singles keep their old prices?
The cheapest playable copies are unlikely to hold pre-Star Trek prices. A new precon printing increases supply, and the market has already shown the effect before release.
MTGGoldfish listed the TRC Morphic Pool at $9.95 (TCGplayer Mid) on October 28, compared with about $27–$29 for older non-foil copies. Its extended-art TRC version was about $18. The Hobby Bin listed TRC Vault of Champions at $9.95 versus $16.60 for the Commander Legends copy used in KrakenTheMeta’s table. The same pressure is likely for Training Center, Unwinding Clock, The Immortal Sun, World at War, Command Beacon, and other concentrated-value reprints.
That does not mean every treatment becomes worthless. Older expeditions, foils, and extended-art versions can retain a premium because collectors want those specific treatments. The practical distinction is between a scarce premium finish and the newest regular copy that players can use. No official print-run figure or independent study supplies a price floor, so percentage-drop forecasts for individual cards would be speculation.
Could new Star Trek cards make a deck worth cracking?
New-card presales are usually the least reliable part of an early EV calculation. On October 28–29, KrakenTheMeta’s most expensive priced TRC names included One, Borg Evolved at $49.95; Locutus of Borg, Command Chair, and Starship Enterprise around $19.95; Spot, Felis catus at $14.95; The Borg Queen at $12.45; and the four face commanders around $9.95. The Hobby Bin showed thin-market extended-art listings such as Command Chair and Hugh, First of Many at $49.99, based on only 21 priced cards. Presale listings can move dramatically once players open decks and supply reaches stores, so do not treat them as locked-in profit.
What are regular sealed decks selling for?
Regular sealed decks were already at or below MSRP in TCGplayer’s October 28 category snapshot:
| Deck or product | TCGplayer market | Lowest listings |
|---|---|---|
| We Are the Borg | $72.80 | $70.46 |
| Federation Fleet | $66.58 | $65.86 |
| Landing Party | $70.75 | $67.83 |
| Klingon Fury | $70.07 | $67.15 |
| Four-deck case | $232.90 | $204.99 |
NerdSnack’s middle-of-the-last-five-sales snapshot from October 24 put individual decks roughly between $69 and $76 and a four-deck case around $275. These numbers show normal preorder volatility, not a dependable future floor or ceiling. A late shipment can add supply rather than create a shortage squeeze.
Is the Collector’s Edition worth its premium?
Only if you specifically want surge-foil cards. Collector’s Edition decks have a $159.99 MSRP, but October prices were still higher: NerdSnack reported approximately $224–$290, BaseMTG about $289–$311, and TCGplayer listed We Are the Borg at $199.83 and Federation Fleet at $206.09.
The four-deck Collector’s Edition case shows the risk of chasing that premium. TCGplayer’s market was about $696.94, with a low listing near $584.95 and a recent sale at $554.99, down from $1,196.95 in late July. The snapshot recorded a roughly 39.76 percent decline; 42 sales ranged from $554.99 to $1,000.82. That is a falling market, not evidence that foil prices have stabilized.
When will Star Trek Commander decks arrive in North America?
Wizards warned on October 16 that regional delays were fluid. North American Commander decks may arrive after the November 13 tabletop release; French and German decks in Europe may arrive after prerelease, English European decks after release day, and Collector’s Editions after prerelease. Asia-Pacific was not on that delay list. A delayed North American shipment could release a large amount of inventory after the launch-week rush, which argues against assuming an immediate sealed-price spike.
Should you buy, hold, or crack a deck?
Buy near $74.99 if you want to play; skip the regular product as a flip. Use this decision framework:
- For the strongest published reprint package: choose We Are the Borg, especially if you also want artifact-creature gameplay.
- For aggressive multiplayer combat: choose Klingon Fury; its value is concentrated in eight cards and can fall quickly as those cards re-enter supply.
- For a character-heavy casual deck: choose Federation Fleet; its legendary-creature theme matters more than its modest EV surplus.
- For Spock’s land-and-top-card strategy: wait for the complete Landing Party list before judging reprints.
- For singles: wait for post-release supply, then compare the exact TRC printing with older treatments on marketplaces. Do not pay an old-copy premium for a newly available regular version.
- For Collector’s Edition: pay extra only for surge foil preference, not because the current premium proves scarcity or guaranteed appreciation.
Opening a deck solely to extract Morphic Pool, Training Center, or Unwinding Clock is especially risky: the new copies are precisely what put downward pressure on the old copies, and selling fees, shipping, and unsold low-value cards reduce any theoretical spread.
What should you search for when buying?
For official retail paths, search for Star Trek Commander Deck or a specific deck name such as We Are the Borg Commander Deck, Federation Fleet, Klingon Fury, or Landing Party. For a sealed four-pack, use Star Trek Commander Deck Bundle. For foils, use Star Trek Collector’s Edition Commander Deck. An IGN snapshot from July 21 showed an Amazon four-deck bundle at $224.97, but that is a dated price and must be rechecked live; later marketplace snapshots placed case lows around $205–$225.
Bottom line: will the Star Trek Commander reprint price hold?
The old-card reprint prices will not hold uniformly. Morphic Pool and Vault of Champions have already fallen in their new Star Trek versions, and the same supply effect threatens the other expensive regular copies. Regular sealed decks are already near or below MSRP, so their sensible value is the play experience and included new cards, not arbitrage. Among published lists, We Are the Borg offers the highest reprint total and the clearest value case, while Landing Party cannot be rated until Wizards posts its list.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is We Are the Borg worth buying at $75?
Yes, if you want its artifact-creature strategy or the included new Star Trek cards. Its $104.11 name-matched reprint total is a snapshot based on older copies, not a promise that you can resell the box for that amount.
Should I wait before buying Morphic Pool from Star Trek?
Waiting for post-release supply is usually safer than paying an early presale premium. The TRC regular copy was already about $9.95 versus roughly $27–$29 for older non-foil copies, and further openings can change both prices.
Are Star Trek Commander decks delayed everywhere?
No. Wizards described regional delays, with North American decks potentially arriving after November 13. Some French and German products may arrive after prerelease, while Asia-Pacific was not listed in that notice.
What is the difference between TRC and TRK cards?
TRK is the main Star Trek set and is legal in all formats. TRC is the Commander-set code; its new cards are legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage, while reprints keep the legality they already had.
Can I make money opening a Commander precon for its expensive cards?
Theoretical name-based EV is not a payout. New copies lower the cheapest playable price, and selling costs plus low-value leftovers erase much of the difference, so open a deck for play rather than guaranteed profit.