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Marath, Will of the Wild card art
Art by Tyler Jacobson · © Wizards of the Coast

Nature of the Beast

Bracket 2
C13 — Commander 2013 · 2013-11-01
Commander: Marath, Will of the Wild · Color identity: GRW

Bracket

B2

Power Level

3.9/10

Tipping Point

T4

Game Changers

0

Why this bracket?

  • Nonbasic-only land denial (From the Ashes) — punishes greedy manabases but leaves basics in play, so unlike true mass land destruction it does not floor Bracket 4 on its own
  • Card popularity is jank-tier (74% niche/jank), but the goldfish sim closes games around turn 11 in 96% of simulated hands — a deck that reliably works toward winning stays Bracket 2 (Core).
  • Borderline verdict — close to B3: noncombat burst finish (Warstorm Surge, Where Ancients Tread) — a real combo kill that's finite/board-dependent, so the two-card-infinite rule doesn't gate it
  • Noncombat burst finish: scaling burn (Warstorm Surge, Where Ancients Tread) — finite and board-dependent, so it doesn't trip the two-card-infinite floor, but it's a real combo kill this list is built toward
  • High optimization — score 22/75 (18 interaction spells, 8 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
  • 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 2013 decks we analyzed, this is the weakest — power 3.9 versus a set average of 4.2. That is 0.7 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Marath, Will of the Wild
1 Archangel
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Baloth Woodcrasher
1 Crater Hellion
1 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Drumhunter
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Gahiji, Honored One
1 Grazing Gladehart
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Krosan Warchief
1 Magus of the Arena
1 Mayael the Anima
1 Mold Shambler
1 Naya Soulbeast
1 Rakeclaw Gargantuan
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
1 Spitebellows
1 Terra Ravager
1 Valley Rannet
1 Cultivate
1 Fiery Justice
1 Fireball
1 From the Ashes
1 Harmonize
1 Hull Breach
1 One Dozen Eyes
1 Rain of Thorns
1 Restore
1 Savage Twister
1 Slice and Dice
1 Tempt with Discovery
1 Wrath of God
1 Boros Charm
1 Naya Charm
1 Slice in Twain
1 Sprouting Vines
1 Street Spasm
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Druidic Satchel
1 Seer's Sundial
1 Sol Ring
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Tower of Fortunes
1 Curse of Chaos
1 Curse of Predation
1 Curse of the Forsaken
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 Fires of Yavimaya
1 Mystic Barrier
1 Spawning Grounds
1 War Cadence
1 Warstorm Surge
1 Where Ancients Tread
1 Witch Hunt
1 Boros Garrison
1 Boros Guildgate
1 Command Tower
1 Contested Cliffs
1 Drifting Meadow
1 Evolving Wilds
2 Forest
2 Forest
2 Forest
2 Forest
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Gruul Guildgate
1 Homeward Path
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Khalni Garden
1 Mosswort Bridge
2 Mountain
1 Mountain
1 Mountain
1 Mountain
1 Naya Panorama
1 New Benalia
1 Opal Palace
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Rupture Spire
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Slippery Karst
1 Smoldering Crater
1 Temple of the False God
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
1 Vivid Crag
Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/NatureOfTheBeast_C13.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.