How it has actually done
Not a rating — results from Commander games recorded at a table. See commander stats worth tracking and what mmr means in magic, which rates the deck rather than its pilot.
Bracket 2 — Core
A floor, not a verdict — read off the cards in the list, so a deck can play higher than this and never lower. Read how the commander bracket system works, and bring it to your Rule 0 conversation.
What it's built out of
Measured against the Balanced Midrange blueprint. Counts overlap and sum past 100 — a card counts toward every job it does, which is how deck builders count; see the 100-card commander deck template.
Slot by slot — 1 slot is outside their band, 8 inside
| Slot | In the deck | Target | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands | 39 | 37 | On target |
| Ramp | 33 | 10 | 23 over |
| Card advantage | 10 | 10 | On target |
| Spot removal | 9 | 8 | On target |
| Board wipes | 4 | 3 | On target |
| Creatures | 31 | 28 | On target |
| Recursion | 2 | 3 | On target |
| Protection | 1 | 3 | On target |
| Tutors | 0 | 2 | On target |
| Artifacts | 21 | — | No target |
| Enchantments | 4 | — | No target |
| Instants | 6 | — | No target |
| Sorceries | 6 | — | No target |
| Graveyard hate | 1 | — | No target |
| Token makers | 26 | — | No target |
| Sacrifice outlets | 3 | — | No target |
Mana curve
Average mana value 2.79 across 61 nonland cards, against a target of 3.54. More on what makes a good curve and on building the mana base.
- 0-1 14
- 2 19
- 3 9
- 4 9
- 5 6
- 6 2
- 7+ 2
The decklist
100 cards, grouped by the main job each one does. Every name links to its own page — win rate, the commanders it's most played under, and the colors it turns up in.
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- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly
- 1 Bottle-Cap Blast
- 1 Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern
- 1 Captain Lannery Storm
- 1 Desolation of Smaug
- 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
- 1 Everflowing Chalice
- 1 Giant's Boulder
- 1 Gleaming Barrier
- 1 Glóin the Mighty
- 1 Gold Pan
- 1 Involuntary Employment
- 1 Magic Pot
- 1 Mind Stone
- 1 Mine Raider
- 1 Piggy Bank
- 1 Rapacious Dragon
- 1 Reckless Lackey
- 1 Relic Retriever
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Solemn Simulacrum
- 1 Sozin's Comet
- 1 Springleaf Drum
- 1 Stark Industries Executive
- 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
- 1 Thought Vessel
- 1 Unexpected Windfall
- 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
Land 39
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Buried Ruin
- 1 Cathedral of War
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Contested War Zone
- 22 Mountain
- 1 Myriad Landscape
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Rogue's Passage
- 1 Secluded Courtyard
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Terminal Moraine
- 1 Terramorphic Expanse
- 1 The Lonely Mountain
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Treasure Vault
Tokens 6
Creature 6
Card Advantage 5
Spot Removal 4
Sacrifice Outlet 2
Instant 2
Protection 1
Enchantment 1
Board Wipe 1
Recursion 1
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Commander 1 Smaug the Magnificent Deck 1 Academy Manufactor 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged 1 Arcane Signet 1 Ash Barrens 1 Balin, Loremaster 1 Barbarian Ring 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly 1 Blast Zone 1 Bothersome Noisemaker 1 Bottle-Cap Blast 1 Buried Ruin 1 Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern 1 Capricious Hellraiser 1 Captain Lannery Storm 1 Cathedral of War 1 Command Tower 1 Contested War Zone 1 Desert Were-Worm 1 Desolation of Smaug 1 Dissection Tools 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 1 Dwarven Mauler 1 Eldrazi Linebreaker 1 Enterprising Scallywag 1 Everflowing Chalice 1 Frontier Warmonger 1 Getaway Barrel 1 Giant's Boulder 1 Gleaming Barrier 1 Glóin the Mighty 1 Gold Pan 1 Involuntary Employment 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs 1 Lightning Bolt 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Loyal Apprentice 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster 1 Magic Pot 1 Marauding Mako 1 Mind Stone 1 Mine Raider 22 Mountain 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Pick Up the Pace 1 Piggy Bank 1 Ragged Short Spear 1 Rapacious Dragon 1 Reckless Lackey 1 Relic Retriever 1 Rending Volley 1 Rogue's Passage 1 Secluded Courtyard 1 Shivan Devastator 1 Smaug's Fury 1 Snowslope Hunter 1 Sol Ring 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Sozin's Comet 1 Springleaf Drum 1 Stark Industries Executive 1 Starting Town 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass 1 Terminal Moraine 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 The Lonely Mountain 1 The Misty Mountains Cold 1 The Rollercrusher Ride 1 Thespian's Stage 1 Thought Vessel 1 Tidings of War 1 Treasure Vault 1 Unexpected Windfall 1 Untimely Malfunction 1 Wayfarer's Bauble 1 Óin the Brave
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