Saheeli, the Gifted card art — Art by Ryan Pancoast · © Wizards of the Coast

Exquisite Invention

Bracket 2

C18 — Commander 2018 · 2018-08-10

Commander: Saheeli, the Gifted · Color identity: RU

Bracket

Power Level

4.0/10

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 (11 card draw, 7 interaction, 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 2018 decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.0 versus a set average of 4.0. That is 0.6 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2018 decks

Subjective Reality — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Adaptive Enchantment — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Nature's Vengeance — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Built From Scratch — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Coven Counters — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Legends' Legacy — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Maestros Massacre — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Phantom Premonition — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Saheeli, the Gifted'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
Fact or Fiction Card advantage $0.30

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $21.61

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Saheeli, the Gifted
1 Maverick Thopterist
1 Soul of New Phyrexia
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Sharding Sphinx
1 Hellkite Igniter
1 Bosh, Iron Golem
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
1 Duplicant
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Psychosis Crawler
1 Scuttling Doom Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Thopter Assembly
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Whirler Rogue
1 Chief of the Foundry
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Saheeli's Artistry
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Reverse Engineer
1 Tidings
1 Chaos Warp
1 Magmaquake
1 Into the Roil
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Blinkmoth Urn
1 Mimic Vat
1 Mirrorworks
1 Prototype Portal
1 Unwinding Clock
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Dreamstone Hedron
1 Hedron Archive
1 Izzet Signet
1 Magnifying Glass
1 Mind Stone
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Scrabbling Claws
1 Sol Ring
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Unstable Obelisk
1 Vessel of Endless Rest
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Great Furnace
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Thopter Spy Network
5 Island
5 Island
5 Island
4 Mountain
4 Mountain
4 Mountain
1 Buried Ruin
1 Command Tower
1 Foundry of the Consuls
1 Highland Lake
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
1 Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice
1 Echo Storm
1 Vedalken Humiliator
1 Enchanter's Bane
1 Saheeli's Directive
1 Treasure Nabber
1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
1 Ancient Stone Idol
1 Coveted Jewel
1 Endless Atlas
1 Retrofitter Foundry
1 Aether Gale
1 Loyal Drake
1 Loyal Apprentice
1 Geode Golem
1 Thopter Engineer
1 Forge of Heroes

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/ExquisiteInvention_C18.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.