Faceless Menace
Bracket 3C19 — Commander 2019 · 2019-08-23
Commander: Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer · Color identity: BGU
Bracket
B3
Power Level
5.6/10
Tipping Point
T4
Game Changers
1
Why this bracket?
- 1 Game Changer — seedborn muse. Per WotC framework, any Game Changer forces a Bracket 3 floor minimum.
- 1 Game Changer detected (any = Bracket 3 floor; Bracket 3 allows up to three)
- Borderline verdict — close to B2: Bracket 3 solely on a single Game Changer (Seedborn Muse) — otherwise plays at Core pace (goldfish ~turn 9), no combo or fast clock
- Alternate win condition detected: Vraska the Unseen — present but lightly supported
- 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 2019 decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 5.6 versus a set average of 4.9. That is 1.0 above the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.
How to drop to Bracket 2Removing the 2 floors at Bracket 3 would drop your deck to Bracket 2.
More Commander 2019 decks
- Mystic Intellect — Bracket 3, power 5.4
- Primal Genesis — Bracket 2, power 4.3
- Merciless Rage — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Other Bracket 3 precons at a similar power
- Abzan Armor — Bracket 3, power 5.6
- Counterpunch — Bracket 3, power 5.6
- Creative Energy — Bracket 3, power 5.6
- Deep Clue Sea — Bracket 3, power 5.6
- Exit from Exile — Bracket 3, power 5.6
Upgrade this precon
6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer'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
- Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.77
- Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
- Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28
- Three Visits Ramp $5.55
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Decklist (100 cards)
1 Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 1 Vraska the Unseen 1 Rayami, First of the Fallen 1 Volrath, the Shapestealer 1 Kadena's Silencer 1 Thought Sponge 1 Thieving Amalgam 1 Apex Altisaur 1 Grismold, the Dreadsower 1 Deathmist Raptor 1 Hooded Hydra 1 Chromeshell Crab 1 Ixidron 1 Kheru Spellsnatcher 1 Stratus Dancer 1 Thousand Winds 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter 1 Bane of the Living 1 Grim Haruspex 1 Silumgar Assassin 1 Den Protector 1 Seedborn Muse 1 Thelonite Hermit 1 Sagu Mauler 1 Voice of Many 1 Scaretiller 1 Willbender 1 Skinthinner 1 Ainok Survivalist 1 Great Oak Guardian 1 Nantuko Vigilante 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Icefeather Aven 1 Road of Return 1 Ghastly Conscription 1 Hex 1 Overwhelming Stampede 1 Tempt with Discovery 1 Mire in Misery 1 Tezzeret's Gambit 1 Cultivate 1 Explore 1 Farseek 1 Urban Evolution 1 Sudden Substitution 1 Biomass Mutation 1 Leadership Vacuum 1 Echoing Truth 1 Reality Shift 1 Putrefy 1 Sultai Charm 1 Pendant of Prosperity 1 Scroll of Fate 1 Strionic Resonator 1 Sol Ring 1 Thran Dynamo 1 Gift of Doom 1 Trail of Mystery 1 Bounty of the Luxa 1 Secret Plans 1 Darkwater Catacombs 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Llanowar Wastes 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Thespian's Stage 1 Yavimaya Coast 2 Island 2 Island 1 Island 1 Swamp 1 Swamp 1 Swamp 3 Forest 2 Forest 2 Forest 1 Ash Barrens 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Command Tower 1 Dimir Aqueduct 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Foul Orchard 1 Golgari Guildgate 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Jungle Hollow 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Opulent Palace 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Simic Guildgate 1 Temple of the False God 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Thornwood Falls 1 Woodland Stream
Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta.
Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/FacelessMenace_C19.json).
Analyzed against
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