The precons were step one. Now the Marvel Super Heroes singles have actually landed in the case, prices have started to settle, and the real question for Commander players is the fun one: which of these cards are worth pulling into a deck you already run? We cracked, sorted, and priced a pile of them, so here's the honest read on the Marvel Super Heroes Commander cards worth grabbing one at a time — no full booster box required.
If you bought a precon a few weeks back, this is the natural next step. If you didn't, even better: singles let you cherry-pick the three or four cards that actually do something in your build and skip the ninety-seven that don't.
Why buy singles instead of another box
A couple weeks past release is the sweet spot for singles. Draft chaff has bottomed out, the genuinely good cards have found their price, and you're no longer paying the “gotta open it myself” tax. For a Commander player, that means you can walk in, grab the one card your deck's been missing, and leave with change in your pocket. Sealed is great for the gamble; singles are great for the deck.
That's also just how we like to sell cards. We'd rather put the exact piece you need in your hands than talk you into another box you'll half-use.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl — the breakout commander
If one card is defining this set's Commander conversation, it's The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. She's a {1}{G}{G}{G} 4/4 who makes a Squirrel whenever she enters or attacks, and — this is the important part — her second ability doubles your Squirrels for X, where X is how many you already have, with no tap in the cost. No tap means you can fire it as many times as your mana allows. People are only half-joking when they call her “green Krenko.”
That “no tap” wording is why she's spawned a small cottage industry of combos. With just a basic land and Earthcraft, four Squirrels in play goes infinite. Even if you never touch a combo, going wide and then doubling the board is a perfectly good way to end a game. She's cheap to acquire, easy to build around, and genuinely fun — the exact profile of a single worth owning.
Building her out? Her whole deck wants token doublers, sac outlets, and green ramp, most of which we keep in the singles case at a couple bucks a pop.
Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — for the artifact decks
Ultron, Artificial Malevolence is a 3-mana Legendary Artifact Creature that, whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, lets you pay {2} to copy it — and if that copy isn't a creature, it becomes a 2/2 Robot as well. In an artifact-heavy deck that's a real engine: every Treasure, every mana rock, every Equipment potentially arrives twice. He's one of the more mechanically interesting commanders in the set and slots straight into existing artifact shells. At around twelve bucks he's the priciest pick here and the one artifact players will want first.
Daredevil, Captain America, and the role-players
Not every good single is a commander. A few of these earn their sleeve as the 60th or 70th card in a deck you already own:
- Daredevil, Man Without Fear — haste, solid stats, and a 2-for-1 every time he attacks. A clean aggressive body that plays in more decks than his name suggests, around ten dollars.
- Captain America, Super-Soldier — an Equipment- and vehicle-friendly card for the go-wide and gear-up decks, and a friendly four-dollar entry point.
- Iron Man Armor — exactly what it sounds like, a suit-up payoff for equipment builds and a fun flavor win at under six bucks.
None of these will reshape a format, but that's the point of a singles case: the right five-dollar card is often a better upgrade than the next twenty-dollar box.
Grabbing them at Cool Story
Everything linked here was in stock and priced when we wrote this, but these are one-of-one singles in a lot of cases — when it's gone, it's gone. If you don't see the exact printing you want, ask; we pull new Marvel Super Heroes cards into the singles case as we sort them, and we're always happy to hold something behind the counter.
Krenkella says: buy the squirrel, feed the habit, support your local startup game store. <3
Further reading: Scryfall — The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and EDHREC — Best Commanders from Marvel Super Heroes.
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