Scions & Spellcraft (FINAL FANTASY XIV)
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Gold: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 94 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 29 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 87 and Health 95, that is 94 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 29: why
- 18 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- Average mana value 3.38: middling
Manabase 87: why
- 23 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 24 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}{B}{B}: aim for about 30
- 37 lands, counting ramp ≈ 40.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.38
Health 95: why
- Only 7 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 18 cards that draw or dig ✓
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
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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 94 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 29 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 87 and Health 95, that is 94 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.
Focused
- 18 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- Average mana value 3.38: middling
- 1 answer at mana value 2 or less, and free spells: Snuff Out
- 1 piece of fast mana: Sol Ring
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Good
- 23 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 24 sources make black, and it has a card costing {B}{B}{B}{B}: aim for about 30
- 37 lands, counting ramp ≈ 40.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.38
- 5 lands always enter tapped
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Excellent
- Only 7 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 18 cards that draw or dig ✓
- 3 board wipes ✓
- A curve it can cast: 10% 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 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. A white-blue-black Commander deck built around lifegain. 23 creatures, 37 lands, average mana value 3.38.
Summarised from the decklist — not official product copy.