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 — 3 slots are outside their band, 6 inside
| Slot | In the deck | Target | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands | 39 | 37 | On target |
| Ramp | 10 | 10 | On target |
| Card advantage | 14 | 10 | 4 over |
| Spot removal | 2 | 8 | 6 short |
| Board wipes | 3 | 3 | On target |
| Creatures | 34 | 28 | On target |
| Recursion | 6 | 3 | 3 over |
| Protection | 2 | 3 | On target |
| Tutors | 1 | 2 | On target |
| Artifacts | 9 | — | No target |
| Enchantments | 7 | — | No target |
| Instants | 6 | — | No target |
| Sorceries | 8 | — | No target |
| Planeswalkers | 2 | — | No target |
| Graveyard hate | 2 | — | No target |
| Token makers | 25 | — | No target |
| Sacrifice outlets | 4 | — | No target |
Mana curve
Average mana value 3.95 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 1
- 2 11
- 3 15
- 4 13
- 5 10
- 6 8
- 7+ 3
The written read
An AI review of this specific list, generated by its owner. Bracket 3 — Upgraded.
This deck wins by assembling incremental and compounding creature-value engines (token makers like Avenger/Scute, growing threats like Chasm Skulker, and permanents that double or grant persistent counters) and then using anthem effects and counter-redistribution (Reyhan + Mikaeus) to turn that value into an overwhelming board that kills players in short order.
Typically closes around turn 10 in a four-player game. Typical wins come once a token engine + anthem/counter engine lands and is protected (around turn 10 in a four-player game); adding efficient tutors to find the engine or more resilient early interaction would move that earlier.
Its three strongest interactions
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan: Mikaeus giving undying and Reyhan moving +1/+1 counters creates repeating growth when creatures trade — creatures that come back with counters feed Reyhan, which redistributes counters and lets your board spiral out of control.
- Avenger of Zendikar + Primal Vigor: Avenger makes a board of plants on entry and Primal Vigor doubles those tokens and their eventual counters/landfall growth, turning a single Avenger into an immediate, massive army that thins opponents quickly.
- Chasm Skulker + Primeval Bounty: Chasm Skulker grows as you draw and trigger creature entry, while Primeval Bounty adds counters and produces additional tokens when creatures enter, letting Skulker and the produced tokens scale together into a lethal board state.
Cards that would extend them
- Evolution Sage: extends the Mikaeus + Reyhan synergy by proliferating the +1/+1 counters you redistribute, accelerating the growth loop without adding mana pieces.
- Parallel Lives: extends the Avenger of Zendikar + Primal Vigor synergy by providing an additional, non-redundant doubling effect for tokens that stacks with Primal Vigor to explode Avenger activations even harder in this deck.
- Deepglow Skate: extends the Mikaeus + Reyhan synergy by doubling counters on key creatures at once, turning modest counter redistributions into game-ending growth in a single trigger.
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 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkwater Catacombs
- 1 Dimir Aqueduct
- 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
- 5 Forest
- 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
- 1 Golgari Rot Farm
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 3 Island
- 1 Opulent Palace
- 1 Port of Karfell
- 1 Reliquary Tower
- 1 Restless Cottage
- 1 Restless Reef
- 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
- 1 Secret Passage
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 5 Swamp
- 1 Tainted Isle
- 1 Tainted Wood
- 1 Temple of Deceit
- 1 Temple of Malady
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Viridescent Bog
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
- 1 Witherbloom Campus
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
Tokens 14
Card Advantage 11
Ramp 10
Creature 9
Enchantment 3
Board Wipe 2
Spot Removal 2
Instant 2
Sacrifice Outlet 2
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Commander 1 Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist Deck 1 Avenger of Zendikar 1 Badlands Revival 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus 1 Blasphemous Edict 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Chasm Skulker 1 Chorale of the Void 1 Citanul Hierophants 1 Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh 1 Cloakwood Hermit 1 Command Tower 1 Cryptolith Rite 1 Darkwater Catacombs 1 Deadly Rollick 1 Diligent Zookeeper 1 Dimir Aqueduct 1 Dimir Signet 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise 1 Echocasting Symposium 1 Elegy Acolyte 1 Ezuri's Predation 1 Force of Vigor 5 Forest 1 Gaea's Anthem 1 Gala Greeters 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Golgari Signet 1 Hinterland Harbor 1 Honest Rutstein 1 Impostor Syndrome 3 Island 1 Jalira, Master Polymorphist 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity 1 Joel, Resolute Survivor 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon 1 Keeper of Fables 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General 1 Long Feng, Grand Secretariat 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King 1 Master of the Wild Hunt 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 1 Morbid Opportunist 1 Nature's Claim 1 Octomancer 1 Ogre Slumlord 1 Old Rutstein 1 Opulent Palace 1 Part the Waterveil 1 Popular Egotist 1 Port of Karfell 1 Primal Vigor 1 Primeval Bounty 1 Reef Worm 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Relm's Sketching 1 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 1 Restless Cottage 1 Restless Reef 1 Return of the Wildspeaker 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove 1 Reyhan, Last of the Abzan 1 Scute Swarm 1 Secret Passage 1 Self-Reflection 1 Shipwreck Marsh 1 Simic Signet 1 Sunken Hollow 5 Swamp 1 Swampbenders 1 Tainted Isle 1 Tainted Wood 1 Talisman of Dominance 1 Talisman of Resilience 1 Temple of Deceit 1 Temple of Malady 1 Termination Facilitator 1 Thought Vessel 1 Underground River 1 Venomcrawler 1 Viridescent Bog 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 1 Witherbloom Campus 1 Woodland Cemetery 1 Worst Fears 1 Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
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