Rate my Bracket List

Tier 1 (Beginner Casual)

All unmodified precons. Yes, they sometimes have high tier cards, but newbies should be able to play something off the shelf without worrying what tier it is. As long as it’s unmodified, it’s generally balanced enough.

Sol Ring. I am the biggest Sol Ring hater in existence. However, even I recognize it is both eternal and inevitable.

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Tier 2 (Spicy)

”Keep it out of the newbie table.” - Craterhoof Behemoth, Torment of Hailfire, Approach of the Second Sun, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Kokusho, Akroma’s Will, Moonshaker, Tooth and Nail. I’m sure there’s more escaping me rn. Basically, all the super obvious win cons that tend to steamroll precons.

Retired Boogeymen - Consecrated Sphinx, Seedborn Muse, Living Death, Triumph of the Horde, Skythryx

New Boogeymen - New Etali, Breach the Multiverse, Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant

Reset Buttons that are a little too good - Farewell, Cyclonic Rift

Board Protection Fogs Teferi’s Protection, Everybody Lives

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Tier 3 (Atomic) - All Free Interaction can go here, yes including the crappy ones like Foil, Obscuring Haze, and Mogg Salvage. Their noble sacrifice won’t be forgotten. Poster Child: Fierce Guardianship

  • Easy Cards/Mana - Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, The One Ring.

  • Extra Turn (Singular) - You can have ONE extra turn spell that takes ONE extra turn. No loops. No extra turn tribal. It’s the Spiderman rule: Everybody gets one.

  • OG Partners: This includes the mono colored ones from Commander Legends 1. Sure there a weak combinations. Doesn’t matter. Sometimes it’s better to make a clear line. Otherwise, this list would be insanely long. (er)

  • Archenemy Commanders: Good Korvold, Chulane, Good Kalia, Atraxa (both), Jodah the Unifier, K’rrk, and pretty much most CEDH commanders.

  • 3+ Card Infinites and Instant Wins - If part of your combo is in the command zone and wins on the spot, go directly to tier 4.

  • Fast Mana Rocks: Let’s make it simple. Anything that isn’t a ritual that is a mana positive artifact: Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox, Mox Opal, Mox Amber, Mox Diamond, etc.

  • Altars: Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod’s, Altar of Dementia

  • Uber Lands: Cabal Coffers/stronghold, Nykthos, Three Tree City, Gaea’s Cradle, Ancient Tomb.

edit: User: Puzzleheaded_Tie8280 pointed out that I forgot Mana Drain. Definitely a tier 3 card.

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Tier 4 (Hell World) - Heavy Stax: Winter Orb, Stasis, Smokestack, Blood Moon, etc.

  • Mass Land Destruction: Armageddon, Obliterate, Cataclysm, etc.

  • Multiple Extra Turns: Time stretch, Expropriate, Extra Turn Loops.

  • 2 Card Infinites and 2 Card Instant Wins. Poster Children: Thoracle Consul, Godo // Helm

  • “Cards that should be powercrept by now”: OG Vorinclex, OG Jin Gitaxis. Really these should be in the next category.

  • “Miserable to play against “: Tergrid, Derevi (stax), Grand Arbiter, Leovold (if ever unbanned), Constant Mists, Glacial Chasm, Hall of Gemstone, Dovescape, etc.

  • Kinnan: Yea, just Kinnan. ——

CEDH

  • It’s its own thing.