Merciless Rage
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Blue: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 68 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 16 counts as 64 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 71 and Health 72, that is 68 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 16: why
- Average mana value 4.17: it acts late
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 13 cards that draw or dig
Manabase 71: why
- 19 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}{R}: aim for about 30
- 10 lands always enter tapped
- 21 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}{B}: aim for about 30
Health 72: why
- 14 spells cost 6 or more (23% of spells; aim under 10%)
- Only 5 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 13 cards that draw or dig ✓
Anje Falkenrath
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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 68 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 16 counts as 64 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 71 and Health 72, that is 68 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 4.17: it acts late
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 13 cards that draw or dig
- 1 answer at mana value 2 or less
- 1 piece of fast mana: Sol Ring
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Fair
- 19 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}{R}: aim for about 30
- 10 lands always enter tapped
- 21 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}{B}: aim for about 30
- 40 lands, counting ramp ≈ 41 sources: short of the ≈41.5 a deck at mana value 4.17 wants
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Fair
- 14 spells cost 6 or more (23% of spells; aim under 10%)
- Only 5 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 13 cards that draw or dig ✓
- 11 ways to remove a threat ✓
- 2 board wipes ✓
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 Anje Falkenrath. A black-red Commander deck built around graveyard recursion. 29 creatures, 40 lands, average mana value 4.17.
Summarised from the decklist — not official product copy.