Inalla, Archmage Ritualist card art — Art by Yongjae Choi · © Wizards of the Coast

Arcane Wizardry

Bracket 2

C17 — Commander 2017 · 2017-08-25

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist · Color identity: BRU

Bracket

Power Level

4.2/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 24/75 (18 interaction, 13 card draw, 1 fast-mana)
Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).

How it compares

Against the 4 Commander 2017 decks we analyzed, this is the weakest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.8. That is 0.4 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2017 decks

Vampiric Bloodlust — Bracket 3, power 5.6
Draconic Domination — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Feline Ferocity — Bracket 2, power 4.5

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Call for Backup — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Death Toll — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Desert Bloom — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Dungeons of Death — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Arcane Signet Ramp $0.49
Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
Counterspell Interaction $4.28
Swan Song Interaction $10.69
Negate Interaction $0.24
Night's Whisper Card advantage $6.25

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $27.56

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
1 Kess, Dissident Mage
1 Mairsil, the Pretender
1 Galecaster Colossus
1 Magus of the Mind
1 Portal Mage
1 Vindictive Lich
1 Izzet Chemister
1 Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
1 Havengul Lich
1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
1 Vela the Night-Clad
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
1 Body Double
1 Harbinger of the Tides
1 Serendib Sorcerer
1 Apprentice Necromancer
1 Magus of the Abyss
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1 Mercurial Chemister
1 Nin, the Pain Artist
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Bloodline Necromancer
1 Archaeomancer
1 Merchant of Secrets
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Corpse Augur
1 Izzet Chronarch
1 Nivix Guildmage
1 Kindred Dominance
1 Clone Legion
1 Spelltwine
1 Decree of Pain
1 Necromantic Selection
1 Comet Storm
1 Polymorphist's Jest
1 Chaos Warp
1 Memory Plunder
1 Silumgar's Command
1 Into the Roil
1 Opportunity
1 Reality Shift
1 Go for the Throat
1 Cauldron Dance
1 Crosis's Charm
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Terminate
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Mirror of the Forebears
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Unstable Obelisk
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Shifting Shadow
1 Curse of Verbosity
1 Curse of Disturbance
1 Curse of Opulence
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Mystifying Maze
4 Island
3 Island
3 Island
2 Swamp
2 Swamp
2 Swamp
2 Mountain
1 Mountain
1 Mountain
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Command Tower
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Grixis Panorama
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Temple of the False God
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Marsh

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/ArcaneWizardry_C17.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.