Daxos the Returned card art — Art by Adam Paquette · © Wizards of the Coast

Call the Spirits

Bracket 2

C15 — Commander 2015 · 2015-11-13

Commander: Daxos the Returned · Color identity: BW

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 22/75 (14 interaction, 8 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 5 Commander 2015 decks we analyzed, this is 3rd strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.3. 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 2015 decks

Seize Control — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Swell the Host — Bracket 2, power 4.3
Plunder the Graves — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Wade into Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.1

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call for Backup — 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 Daxos the Returned'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
Swords to Plowshares Interaction $0.88
Path to Exile Interaction $0.69
Generous Gift Interaction $0.94
Night's Whisper Card advantage $6.25
Read the Bones Card advantage $0.30

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $9.55

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Daxos the Returned
1 Oreskos Explorer
1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
1 Underworld Coinsmith
1 Burnished Hart
1 Bastion Protector
1 Dawnglare Invoker
1 Ghostblade Eidolon
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Monk Idealist
1 Mesa Enchantress
1 Nighthowler
1 Corpse Augur
1 Fate Unraveler
1 Ajani's Chosen
1 Doomwake Giant
1 Dreadbringer Lampads
1 Celestial Ancient
1 Celestial Archon
1 Herald of the Host
1 Banshee of the Dread Choir
1 Thief of Blood
1 Treasury Thrull
1 Sandstone Oracle
1 Silent Sentinel
1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
1 Ancient Craving
1 Gild
1 Dawn to Dusk
1 Righteous Confluence
1 Open the Vaults
1 Deadly Tempest
1 Death Grasp
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Thought Vessel
1 Crystal Chimes
1 Orzhov Cluestone
1 Phyrexian Reclamation
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Grave Peril
1 Banishing Light
1 Cage of Hands
1 Karmic Justice
1 Vow of Duty
1 Fallen Ideal
1 Seal of Doom
1 Vow of Malice
1 Aura of Silence
1 Grasp of Fate
1 Shielded by Faith
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Underworld Connections
1 Daxos's Torment
1 Marshal's Anthem
1 Dictate of Heliod
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
1 Black Market
1 Necromancer's Covenant
1 Barren Moor
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Ghost Quarter
1 New Benalia
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Scoured Barrens
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Tainted Field
1 Temple of the False God
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow
3 Plains
3 Plains
3 Plains
2 Plains
4 Swamp
3 Swamp
3 Swamp
3 Swamp

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/CallTheSpirits_C15.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.