Galea, Kindler of Hope card art — Art by Johannes Voss · © Wizards of the Coast

Aura of Courage

Bracket 2

AFC — Forgotten Realms Commander · 2021-07-23

Commander: Galea, Kindler of Hope · Color identity: GUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.7/10

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 28/75 (13 interaction, 14 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 Forgotten Realms Commander decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 4.7 versus a set average of 4.4. That is about average for the library (4.6 across 174 precons). Its Tipping Point lands on turn 3, 1 turn earlier than the library median of turn 4.

More Forgotten Realms Commander decks

Draconic Rage — Bracket 2, power 4.4
Dungeons of Death — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Planar Portal — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arm for Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Avengers Assemble — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Dissent — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Domination — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Grand Larceny — Bracket 2, power 4.7

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Galea, Kindler of Hope'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.

Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
Cultivate Ramp $0.41
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.77
Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28
Three Visits Ramp $5.55
Swords to Plowshares Interaction $0.88

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $15.50

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Galea, Kindler of Hope
1 Angel of Finality
1 Puresteel Paladin
1 Realm-Cloaked Giant // Cast Off
1 Sram, Senior Edificer
1 Prognostic Sphinx
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Fleecemane Lion
1 Knight of Autumn
1 Riverwise Augur
1 Acidic Slime
1 Paradise Druid
1 Winds of Rath
1 Serum Visions
1 Nature's Lore
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Valorous Stance
1 Brainstorm
1 Bant Charm
1 Argentum Armor
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
1 Moonsilver Spear
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Arcane Signet
1 Colossus Hammer
1 Explorer's Scope
1 Sol Ring
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Viridian Longbow
1 Imprisoned in the Moon
1 Greater Good
1 Verdant Embrace
1 Angelic Gift
1 Gryff's Boon
1 Curse of Verbosity
1 Eel Umbra
1 Psychic Impetus
1 Abundant Growth
1 Fertile Ground
1 Kenrith's Transformation
1 Rancor
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Wild Growth
1 Shielding Plax
1 Canopy Vista
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fortified Village
1 Lumbering Falls
1 Port Town
1 Prairie Stream
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Sungrass Prairie
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Bant Panorama
1 Command Tower
1 Flood Plain
1 Grasslands
1 Halimar Depths
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Thriving Grove
1 Thriving Heath
1 Thriving Isle
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
1 Island
1 Island
1 Island
1 Island
2 Forest
2 Forest
2 Forest
2 Forest
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Storvald, Frost Giant Jarl
1 Fey Steed
1 Holy Avenger
1 Mantle of the Ancients
1 Robe of Stars
1 Valiant Endeavor
1 Diviner's Portent
1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
1 Winged Boots
1 Belt of Giant Strength
1 Song of Inspiration
1 Catti-brie of Mithral Hall
1 Ride the Avalanche
1 Clay Golem
1 Ebony Fly
1 Sword of Hours

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