MTG Klingon Fury Best Cards, Best Reprints, Review, and More

It’s been quite a long wait for MTG Star Trek Klingon fans, but the precon you’ve been waiting for is finally here. Revealed today by Anna Margaret, we finally have the decklist for this new aggressive Mardu Commander deck.

Here, we’ll explore the deck’s best new cards and reprints, and briefly cover what the deck is all about. Unlike the recent Federation Fleet Commander deck, Klingon Fury has a lot of interesting stuff to offer.

Klingon Typal and Combat

In a flavorful move, Klingon Fury is a Typal deck that focuses on attacking. Battlefront for MTG Star Trek reflects this, rewarding you for attacking with creatures.

Many of your Klingon payoffs care about how many opponents you attack, making Worf, Defiant Commander Worf, Defiant Commander When Worf enters, create a 2/1 red Klingon Warrior creature token with haste.
Battlefront — Whenever you attack, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of opponents you attacked this turn. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. the perfect centerpiece for Klingon Fury. Creating two 2/1 tokens with Haste, Worf both enables your other payoffs, and allows you dig deep into your deck.

As such, this precon includes a fair few singles that can be decent additions to all kinds of aggressive Commander decks. Kurn Son of Mogh is a great example, offering a huge refill for go-wide decks.

As long as you attack three opponents at once, Kurn can draw three cards for three life, which is an incredible rate. This makes the Klingon Warrior a fantastic addition for Commanders that go wide, like Caesar, Legion’s Emperor Caesar, Legion’s Emperor Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, choose two —
• Create two 1/1 red and white Soldier creature tokens with haste that are tapped and attacking.
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Caesar deals damage equal to the number of creature tokens you control to target opponent. , or Isshin, Two Heavens as One Isshin, Two Heavens as One If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. , who can double up on Kurn’s trigger.

Klingon Fury’s new enchantments are particularly powerful for any combat-focused Commander decks, playing a lot better than they read. Between Glory of the Empire swinging for 15 while buffing your team, and Rite of Ascension creating up to three attacking tokens each combat, there are a lot of interesting cards to see.

Whether you want to Goad all of your opponent’s creatures with Galvanizing Tenor or buff your team with Kabok, Liberated Rage, combat-focused Commander decks will eat well with Klingon Fury’s new cards. If that weren’t enough, Klingon Fury has many individual cards that fit a wide range of Commander decks, including an incredible new board-wipe-adjacent effect.

MTG Right of Vengeance

For many Commander players, Right of Vengeance will be the highlight of Klingon Fury, flipping combat on its head. While the card has additional synergy in token or Klingon decks, this is a powerful combat trick in any white strategy, blowing up your opponent’s board and creating one of your own.

While this is obviously ideal against an opponent’s wide Alpha strike, token doublers like Anointed Procession Anointed Procession If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead. can turn even a smaller swing into an army in a can. This makes Right of Vengeance an auto-add into Token-matters Commander decks like Baylen, the Haymaker Baylen, the Haymaker Tap two untapped tokens you control: Add one mana of any color.
Tap three untapped tokens you control: Draw a card.
Tap four untapped tokens you control: Put three +1/+1 counters on Baylen. It gains trample until end of turn. .

Right of Vengeance is, notably, a legal Sunforger Sunforger Equipped creature gets +4/+0.
{R}{W}, Unattach this Equipment: Search your library for a red or white instant card with mana value 4 or less and cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then shuffle.
Equip {3} target, making it a great addition to Voltron decks like Captain America, First Avenger Captain America, First Avenger Throw ... — {3}, Unattach an Equipment from Captain America: He deals damage equal to that Equipment's mana value divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
... Catch — At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach up to one target Equipment you control to Captain America. . If you can’t afford to take the damage, you could always just cast Settle the Wreckage Settle the Wreckage Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. instead, giving Sunforger players an incredible decision tree.

Frankly, Right of Vengeance is basically a slightly worse Inkshield Inkshield Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. , but you get the upside of playing this card in any white Commander deck. As such, Right of Vengeance will be the single from Klingon Fury to pick up once this deck hits shelves.

MTG Grika, Widowed Warrior

While Grilka, Widowed Warrior remains interesting for combat-focused Commander decks, she fits into many other archetypes. By stealing a creature and creating Treasure Tokens equal to its damage, Grilka can deliver both burst damage and a ton of ramp out of nowhere.

This makes Grilka a no-brainer in Treasure Typal decks like Jolene, the Plunder Queen Jolene, the Plunder Queen Whenever a player attacks one or more of your opponents, that attacking player creates a Treasure token.
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Put five +1/+1 counters on Jolene. that can maximize Grilka’s Treasure production using cards like Reckless Fireweaver Reckless Fireweaver Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. . Ramping to Grilka in this archetype isn’t difficult, either, letting you get ahead on board quickly.

With a sacrifice outlet like Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color. , however, Grilka can turn into outright removal, making her quite powerful alongside Commanders like Akul, the Unrepentant Akul, the Unrepentant Flying, trample
Sacrifice three other creatures: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn. or Ayara, Widow of the Realm Ayara, Widow of the Realm {T}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Ayara deals X damage to target opponent or battle and you gain X life, where X is the sacrificed permanent's mana value.
{5}{R/P}: Transform Ayara. Activate only as a sorcery. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) . Arm Grilka with cards like Kaya’s Ghostform Kaya’s Ghostform Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control. or Not Dead After All Not Dead After All Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.) , and you can even steal multiple creatures with Grilka, setting up mass sacrifice synergies.

Similarly, Blink strategies can use cards like Ephemerate Ephemerate Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.) or Panharmonicon Panharmonicon If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. to double Grilka’s trigger, stealing multiple creatures. While there aren’t a ton of red-colored Blink Commanders out there to abuse this, it could make Grilka a unique addition to decks like Shiko, Paragon of the Way Shiko, Paragon of the Way Flying, vigilance
When Shiko enters, exile target nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. Copy it, then you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.) .

Voq, Torchbearer

Voq, Torchbearer offers Commander players a second, and stronger, copy of Superior Spider-Man Superior Spider-Man Mind Swap — You may have Superior Spider-Man enter as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard, except his name is Superior Spider-Man and he's a 4/4 Spider Human Hero in addition to his other types. When you do, exile that card. , which has been making waves in Standard right now. Thanks to entering as a copy of a creature after being cast from your hand, Voq can abuse the entry triggers of cards like Bringer of the Last Gift Bringer of the Last Gift Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, each player sacrifices all other creatures they control. Then each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard that weren't put there this way to the battlefield. , Uldaros Theorix Uldaros Theorix Flying
When Uldaros Theorix enters, if you cast him, exile up to one target nonland card of each card type from your graveyard. Copy those cards. You may cast any number of spells with total mana value 6 or less from among the copies without paying their mana costs. (Permanent spells cast this way become tokens.) , or Deceit Deceit When this creature enters, if {U}{U} was spent to cast it, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
When this creature enters, if {B}{B} was spent to cast it, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Evoke {U/B}{U/B} , creating tons of value for just four mana.

For Reanimator Commander decks, Voq, Torchbearer will essentially be an auto-include, fitting like a glove with Commanders like Meren of Clan Nel Toth Meren of Clan Nel Toth Whenever another creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.
At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand. or Hashaton, Scarab’s Fist Hashaton, Scarab’s Fist Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. . Unlike Superior Spider-Man, Voq doesn’t exile your targeted card, either, allowing you to reanimate it again later in the game.

Unfortunately, Voq, Torchbearer will not be Standard legal, like almost all of the cards in these Commander precons, but this Klingon Spy looks incredible for Reanimator decks regardless.

Best Reprints

Compared to the other MTG Star Trek Commander Precons so far, Klingon Fury really shines in the reprint department. With tons of $5 reprints and a few at $10 and up, this precon is reprinting all kinds of aggressive goodies.

Similar to Federation Fleet, the highlight reprint in Klingon Fury is Vault of Champions Vault of Champions This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. for $16, an Orzhov land that always enters untapped in Commander. Eclipsed Steppe Eclipsed Steppe ({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands. is yet another decent reprint in this deck’s manabase, currently going for about $5.

Only two other reprints in Klingon Fury go for above $10: World at War World at War After the second main phase this turn, there's an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures that attacked this turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.) and Sword of Light and Shadow Sword of Light and Shadow Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip {2} . World of War is particularly powerful for combat decks, giving you multiple extra combat steps, while Sword of Light and Shadow can turn any attacking Klingon Token into a threat.

While things do drop off after this, there are still a fair few strong reprints. Lightning Greaves Lightning Greaves Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {0} , for example, is an incredible Haste and Protection enabler for $5, while Duelist’s Heritage Duelist’s Heritage Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn. can give attacking creatures Double Strike for $2.50.

Continuing with strong reprints for combat decks, Warleader’s Call Warleader’s Call Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent. is yet another notable reprint at $4, rewarding you for going wide with buffs and damage. Shared Animosity Shared Animosity Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it. is, arguably, an even better go-wide payoff for Typal decks at $4.50, easily scaling into lethal damage.

A particularly notable reprint here is Professional Face-breaker Professional Face-breaker Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. , which retains a $4 reprint value despite having tons of reprints. Even if you aren’t playing an overly aggressive deck, Menace makes ramping, or Impulse Drawing, with this creature easy.

With an evident Goad subtheme, Disrupt Decorum Disrupt Decorum Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) is another notable reprint available for $4. Even if you aren’t playing a Goad-themed deck, forcing all of your opponents to swing at one another for a turn can both remove some threats and buy you a lot of time.

Pest Control Pest Control Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) is a particularly strange $3.50 card seeing its first reprint, but it is notable. By wiping out all permanents with mana value 1 or less, it sees occasional competitive play and excels at removing tokens in Commander.

This, shockingly, puts Klingon Fury at a $68.50 reprint value, and that’s not even counting smaller $1 reprints like Sol Ring. Since this precon is mostly new cards that don’t currently have a reprint value, that’s a ton of value for a $75 MSRP.

All in all, Klingon Fury looks like it’s a step ahead of We Are the Borg and Federation Fleet, offering a deck that’s both good to play out of the box and to take apart. Aggressive Commander precons have often outperformed their peers, too, which makes me think Klingon Fury might be a fearsome deck to face down.

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