Cavalry Charge
Bracket 2MOC — March of the Machine Commander · 2023-04-21
Commander: Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir · Color identity: BUW
Bracket
B2
Power Level
4.6/10
Tipping Point
T3
Game Changers
0
Why this bracket?
- No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 27/75 (11 interaction, 16 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 March of the Machine Commander decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 4.6 versus a set average of 4.3. 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 March of the Machine Commander decks
- Tinker Time — Bracket 2, power 4.4
- Divine Convocation — Bracket 2, power 4.3
- Call for Backup — Bracket 2, power 4.2
- Growing Threat — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power
- Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings — Bracket 2, power 4.6
- Bedecked Brokers — Bracket 2, power 4.6
- Cabaretti Cacophony — Bracket 2, power 4.6
- Corrupting Influence — Bracket 2, power 4.6
- Devour for Power — Bracket 2, power 4.6
Upgrade this precon
6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir'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
- Generous Gift Interaction $0.94
- Counterspell Interaction $4.28
- Swan Song Interaction $10.69
- Negate Interaction $0.24
- Night's Whisper Card advantage $6.25
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Decklist (100 cards)
1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir 1 Elenda and Azor 1 Exsanguinator Cavalry 1 Ichor Elixir 1 Herald of Hoofbeats 1 Locthwain Lancer 1 Chivalric Alliance 1 Path of the Enigma 1 Vodalian Wave-Knight 1 Conjurer's Mantle 1 Ethersworn Adjudicator 1 Hero of Bladehold 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan 1 Acclaimed Contender 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace 1 Choked Estuary 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Fell the Mighty 1 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge 1 Josu Vess, Lich Knight 1 Knight Exemplar 1 Knight of the White Orchid 1 Knights' Charge 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer 1 Maul of the Skyclaves 1 Midnight Reaper 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End 1 Painful Truths 1 Port Town 1 Prairie Stream 1 Promise of Loyalty 1 Pull from Tomorrow 1 Shineshadow Snarl 1 Sigiled Sword of Valeron 1 Silverwing Squadron 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Temple of Deceit 1 Temple of Enlightenment 1 Temple of Silence 1 Time Wipe 1 Unbreakable Formation 1 Valiant Knight 1 Vanquisher's Banner 1 Worthy Knight 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Command Tower 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Distant Melody 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Fractured Powerstone 1 Orzhov Signet 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Read the Bones 1 Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Thriving Heath 1 Thriving Isle 1 Thriving Moor 1 Arcane Sanctum 1 Arcane Signet 1 Arvad the Cursed 1 Corpse Knight 1 Despark 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight 1 Herald's Horn 1 Knight of the Last Breath 1 Knights of the Black Rose 1 Mind Stone 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate 1 Path to Exile 1 Return to Dust 1 Sol Ring 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Syr Elenora, the Discerning 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim 1 Temple of the False God 1 Wintermoor Commander 1 Xerex Strobe-Knight 8 Plains 6 Island 5 Swamp
Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta.
Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/CavalryCharge_MOC.json).
Analyzed against
https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.