Sefris of the Hidden Ways card art — Art by Ryan Pancoast · © Wizards of the Coast

Dungeons of Death

Bracket 2

AFC — Forgotten Realms Commander · 2021-07-23

Commander: Sefris of the Hidden Ways · Color identity: BUW

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 (13 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 Forgotten Realms Commander decks we analyzed, this is 3rd strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.4. That is 0.4 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 3, 1 turn earlier than the library median of turn 4.

More Forgotten Realms Commander decks

Aura of Courage — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Rage — Bracket 2, power 4.4
Planar Portal — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2
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

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Sefris of the Hidden Ways'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.

Path to Exile Interaction $0.69
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

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $23.09

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Sefris of the Hidden Ways
1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Karmic Guide
1 Sun Titan
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Champion of Wits
1 Curator of Mysteries
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Doomed Necromancer
1 Ashen Rider
1 Baleful Strix
1 Hostage Taker
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Wall of Omens
1 Merfolk Looter
1 Mulldrifter
1 Murder of Crows
1 Plaguecrafter
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Shriekmaw
1 Cloudblazer
1 Necrotic Sliver
1 Obsessive Stitcher
1 Burnished Hart
1 Meteor Golem
1 Necromantic Selection
1 Unburial Rites
1 Victimize
1 Utter End
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Forbidden Alchemy
1 Despark
1 Vanish into Memory
1 Arcane Signet
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Propaganda
1 Choked Estuary
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
1 High Market
1 Nimbus Maze
1 Port Town
1 Prairie Stream
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Command Tower
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Esper Panorama
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Thriving Heath
1 Thriving Isle
1 Thriving Moor
2 Plains
2 Plains
2 Plains
1 Plains
2 Island
1 Island
1 Island
1 Island
2 Swamp
2 Swamp
2 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Nihiloor
1 Immovable Rod
1 Radiant Solar
1 Revivify
1 Thorough Investigation
1 Arcane Endeavor
1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
1 Phantom Steed
1 Rod of Absorption
1 Grave Endeavor
1 Wand of Orcus
1 Extract Brain
1 Midnight Pathlighter
1 Minimus Containment
1 Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker
1 Dungeon Map
1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
1 Clay Golem
1 Component Pouch

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