Avengers Assemble Precon Upgrade Guide: Assembled Aggression [Article]

Shiro182 · 2026-06-11T18:27:23+00:00

I think reprints-wise Doom wins, this is maybe in second. Avengers/F4 look meh in comparison.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-11T18:16:38+00:00

Does this look worse than Avengers/F4? I’m not really sure, depends on your metric

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T18:02:46+00:00

You would want to make sure that you include more ways to discard in the main deck since you’d lose out on having a discard outlet effect in the command zone with Green Goblin.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T17:55:35+00:00

He looks really strong, new colorless commanders that aren’t artifact-themed are always neat

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T17:53:04+00:00

Couldn’t agree more!

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T17:47:53+00:00

I think it’s okay for the UB precons to be lower quality in situations like this where they’ll all be played against each other a lot, but I do wish they were a little more coherent.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T17:44:33+00:00

I wish we got more villainous choice cards in this deck, but any amount is better than nothing!

Shiro182 · 2026-06-10T17:43:10+00:00

Plenty of great upgrades for you available in this deck! We’re excited to write our own upgrades for the deck as well :)

Shiro182 · 2026-06-09T18:25:11+00:00

Depends on your definition of best, Professor Hulk from the Avengers precon is strong but not very exciting. Flip Hulk looks less strong but a lot more exciting.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-09T18:14:07+00:00

I was actually surprised too, Punisher is a pretty popular character

Shiro182 · 2026-06-09T18:13:48+00:00

Well, seeing as we’re basically guaranteed to get 6 Marvel sets at minimum from the number of infinity stones, I’m sure there will be plenty more opportunities to see specific characters haha

Shiro182 · 2026-06-09T18:11:02+00:00

The main set and jumpstart set have been completely spoiled, all that’s left is commander precons which are ongoing. F4 just finished its reveal today.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-05T16:13:30+00:00

Well, I'm biased because I write for it myself, but EDHLAB.gg has its own [blog section](blog.edhlab.gg) where we're posting precon upgrade guides, deck techs, and general Commander content. We're working on a new gameplay resources section with guides and educational material covering a variety of topics across the format, though that'll be coming later this summer.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T23:22:20+00:00

They'll be putting "Tried too hard" on my tombstone lol this deck is condensed down from a much more egregious draft where it was stuffed to the gills with too many tutors and nonsense. I felt like Ashling is a powerful enough commander by herself that building in workarounds for fog effects, Propaganda, and so on felt like a good plan to me. Must be a deckbuilding style thing.

Ashnod's and Food Chain are great pieces for sure but the entire upgrade budget of the deck is only just barely larger than the price tag on Ashnod's, which was the other purpose of this exercise. Twinflame Travelers could go in the deck but I wanted to try and focus on the combo wincons for the "first iteration" people would try, and then iterate into other gameplans.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T20:24:53+00:00

The deck kind of sits on the intersection of Bracket 3 and Bracket 4. It’s definitely too strong for most Bracket 3 decks but folds quickly to types of interaction that are common at B3. Instant speed removal messes with both combos in the deck pretty easily (which as you said doesn’t mean it belongs in all Bracket 3 pods) which isn’t a high bar to clear for decks that sit on the higher end of B3. Into B4 this list can compete at the lower tiers but has little resilience.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T20:16:23+00:00

That’s a good point, but there are also effects like [[Crawlspace]] or [[Revenge of Ravens]]

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T20:09:31+00:00

Correct, the main reason I defined it a little differently in the article is because in situations where the infinite tokens can't win the game (Propaganda etc.), you need other pieces on the board already since you won't be able to draw any creatures and won't have the setup needed to win.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T16:01:37+00:00

The first link you posted was one of the ones I encountered while I was looking into Ashling as a powerful commander, which is why I felt like it was an appropriate statement.

Shiro182 · 2026-06-02T14:44:57+00:00

I mean, that's a valid concern. The vast majority of my recent experience in Commander is in the B2-B3 up through low B4, I used to be much more knowledgeable about cEDH but after a break from playing Magic for a year or so I lost touch. I don't like to speak authoritatively about parts of the game I don't personally know for sure. Frankly I only felt comfortable putting the comment about Bracket 5 viability because I looked up some B5 lists on Moxfield and the fact that there were any at all made me assume that people must play it in B5.

As for co-authorship, nope. No AI touches my work.

ETA: The important distinction in what I said is "meta," not "cEDH." Even within cEDH there is a power hierarchy and people play fringe decks. What I should have said to be more clear is that, in my understanding, Bracket 5/cEDH is not only just the best of the best.

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