Four preconstructed Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek Commander decks, featuring characters like the Borg Queen and Worf, will launch on November 13, 2026, with new mechanics like Battlefront and Seek Out.
Wizards of the Coast is uniting universes with the release of Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek Commander decks, set for November 13, 2026. The collection includes four preconstructed decks—Federation Fleet, Landing Party, Klingon Fury, and We Are the Borg—each tied to a specific Star Trek faction and led by characters like Jean-Luc Picard, Spock, Worf, and the Borg Queen. Each deck contains 32 new-to-Magic cards, traditional and surge foil variants, and unique mechanics designed for the Commander format.
Battlefront and Seek Out Mechanics Unveiled
The Star Trek Commander decks introduce two novel mechanics tailored for the 100-card multiplayer format. Battlefront
, featured in the Klingon Fury deck led by Worf, triggers based on the number of opponents attacked in a turn. Worf’s ability allows players to exile cards from their library, scaling with aggression. Seek Out
, central to the Federation Fleet deck led by Picard, activates when a player draws their second card each turn, enabling actions like adding counters to creatures or spacecraft. These mechanics aim to modernize Commander strategies, with Polygon noting their potential to influence future sets.
The Borg Queen’s deck, part of the We Are the Borg faction, introduces the Assimilate
mechanic. The deck also includes mechanics that grant all artifact creatures you control +2/+2. Polygon highlighted details on these mechanics.
Deck Details and Collector’s Editions
Each Commander deck includes a traditional foil face commander with borderless art, 99 non-foil cards (including 32 new-to-Magic cards), and 10 non-foil double-sided tokens, plus a reference card and a deck box. The Collector’s Edition variants reissue all 100 cards in surge foil at roughly double the price. The Federation Fleet deck, led by Picard, emphasizes card draw and Spacecraft, charging starships with station, while the Klingon Fury deck focuses on attacking every opponent at once and getting stronger for doing it.
The Landing Party deck, featuring Spock, uses landfall and a lands-matter plan, and the We Are the Borg deck prioritizes assimilating opposing creatures and turning them into Borg artifacts. Decklists for each of the revealed Commander decks can be found and browsed once revealed in the Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek Card Image Gallery. Preorders are already available from your local game store, TCGplayer, Amazon, and elsewhere Magic is sold, with the main set releasing alongside the Commander decks.
The four decks feature distinct color identities and strategies. Federation Fleet, led by Jean-Luc Picard, uses white-blue-red colors and focuses on card draw and Spacecraft. Landing Party, led by Spock, employs green-white-blue and landfall and a lands-matter plan. Klingon Fury, led by Worf, uses red-white-black and emphasizes attacking every opponent at once and getting stronger for doing it. We Are the Borg, led by the Borg Queen, utilizes white-blue-black and Assimilate mechanics. Each deck includes a traditional foil commander with borderless art, 32 new-to-Magic cards, and 10 non-foil double-sided tokens.
Reception and Future Implications
Polygon has discussed the integration of Star Trek lore with Magic’s mechanics for the Commander format. The inclusion of mechanics like Battlefront and Seek Out brings new abilities to the format. With the November 13 release date set, players anticipate further updates and card reveals.
The Star Trek Commander decks include 32 new-to-Magic cards, with the Borg Queen’s deck featuring the Assimilate mechanic. Other mechanics include Beam Me Up, Face a Dilemma, Federation, Strange New Worlds, and Landfall. Booster Fun goes all out in Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek, with features like Headliner Signed Cards, classic Enterprise frames, LCARS frames, Klingon frames in special Klingon Script variants, Schematics, Borderless Shock Lands, Borderless Lands, Stardates, and returning Surge Foils.
Product lineup for the Star Trek set includes bundles, Commander decks (including Collector’s Edition variants), Play and Collector Boosters, and more. The set ships November 13, 2026, alongside the main set.
Everything here is legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage, and none of it is Standard-legal. The decks are part of a larger product lineup, with full previews for the Commander decks expected closer to release. Two rounds of Commander Party follow the launch, November 20 through 26 and December 11 through 17.
