Since 2020's Zendikar Rising, every main Magic The Gathering set has had its own tie-in preconstructed Commander decks. More than just quickly thrown-together cash-ins, these feature plenty of brand new cards for the Commander format, and are well worth picking up even if it is just to tear them apart for their new toys and old staples.
Today saw the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty preview season finally come to a close with the full reveal of the two precons coming with the set. First, we're going to take a look at the blue and white (Azorius) Buckle Up deck, which revolves around pilots and vehicles, using the Commander Kotori, Pilot Prodigy to make every vehicle (including a very nice included Parhelion II) easy to crew and effective in combat.
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This article is only going to go over the new cards debuting in the deck, but there are a lot of old winners in there as well. To see both decklists in full, check the official Magic website.
As mentioned, Kotori is the primary Commander of this deck. A 2/4 Moonfolk Pilot, she costs one generic, one white, and one blue and has two abilities.
The first is a static one, setting the crew cost of every vehicle you control to just two. Considering the deck is full of hefty vehicles like Parhelion II, Colossal Plow, Cultivator's Caravan, and Weatherlight, it is going to be very easy to keep them crewed and swinging. It gets even easier when you consider all the ways this deck can make tokens ready to crew them for you.
Even a slightly worse Seedborn Muse is absolutely ridiculous when it's in white, and that's exactly what Drumbellower is. You can swing with all your creatures and have them untap ready to
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