Elven Empire
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Green: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 85 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 21 counts as 84 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 89 and Health 83, that is 85 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
Power 21: why
- Average mana value 3.60: middling
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 0 answers at mana value 2 or less
Manabase 89: why
- 7 lands always enter tapped
- 22 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}: aim for about 26
- 37 lands, counting ramp ≈ 39.5 sources: short of the ≈39.8 a deck at mana value 3.60 wants
Health 83: why
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 1 board wipe (aim for 2)
- 14 ramp pieces ✓
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
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2 · Core by the list. The bracket comes from Wizards' card rules alone; the colour says how well the deck does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 85 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 21 counts as 84 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 89 and Health 83, that is 85 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
How fast and how hard this deck can take over a game. Absolute: about 90 and up is cEDH, so a casual deck scores low on purpose.
Casual
- Average mana value 3.60: middling
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 0 answers at mana value 2 or less
- 10 cards that draw or dig
- 1 piece of fast mana: Sol Ring
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Good
- 7 lands always enter tapped
- 22 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}: aim for about 26
- 37 lands, counting ramp ≈ 39.5 sources: short of the ≈39.8 a deck at mana value 3.60 wants
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Good
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 1 board wipe (aim for 2)
- 14 ramp pieces ✓
- 10 cards that draw or dig ✓
- A curve it can cast: 5% of spells cost 6 or more ✓
Scores read the list alone, from each card's own rules text: they can't see how a deck is played. Bracket names and the Game Changers list are Wizards of the Coast's (Commander Brackets, list as Wizards last changed it, 9 February 2026).
Led by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. A black-green Commander deck built around lifegain and milling, on a Elf kindred base. 41 creatures, 37 lands, average mana value 3.60.
Summarised from the decklist — not official product copy.