Saskia the Unyielding card art — Art by Greg Opalinski · © Wizards of the Coast

Open Hostility

Bracket 2

C16 — Commander 2016 · 2016-11-11

Commander: Saskia the Unyielding · Color identity: BGRW

Bracket

Power Level

4.6/10

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 27/75 (11 interaction, 5 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 Commander 2016 decks we analyzed, this is 2nd 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 Commander 2016 decks

Invent Superiority — Bracket 2, power 4.9
Entropic Uprising — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Stalwart Unity — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Breed Lethality — Bracket 2, power 3.8

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
Cavalry Charge — Bracket 2, power 4.6
Corrupting Influence — Bracket 2, power 4.6

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Saskia the Unyielding'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
Cultivate Ramp $0.41
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.77
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
Three Visits Ramp $5.55

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Saskia the Unyielding
1 Wight of Precinct Six
1 Den Protector
1 Quirion Explorer
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Sylvok Explorer
1 Korozda Guildmage
1 Zhur-Taa Druid
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Mirror Entity
1 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
1 Taurean Mauler
1 Managorger Hydra
1 Wild Beastmaster
1 Tymna the Weaver
1 Wilderness Elemental
1 Dauntless Escort
1 Brutal Hordechief
1 Charging Cinderhorn
1 Thelonite Hermit
1 Tana, the Bloodsower
1 Iroas, God of Victory
1 Mycoloth
1 Ravos, Soultender
1 Ankle Shanker
1 Thunderfoot Baloth
1 Stalking Vengeance
1 Stonehoof Chieftain
1 Primeval Protector
1 Farseek
1 Rampant Growth
1 Shamanic Revelation
1 Grave Upheaval
1 Treacherous Terrain
1 Clan Defiance
1 Lavalanche
1 Terminate
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Boros Charm
1 Aura Mutation
1 Abzan Charm
1 Naya Charm
1 Crackling Doom
1 Grab the Reins
1 Utter End
1 Sylvan Reclamation
1 Divergent Transformations
1 Order // Chaos
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Conqueror's Flail
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Gruul Signet
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Sunforger
1 Blind Obedience
1 Evolutionary Escalation
1 Necrogenesis
1 Beastmaster Ascension
1 Everlasting Torment
1 Frenzied Fugue
1 Breath of Fury
1 Ash Barrens
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Command Tower
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Gruul Turf
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Mosswort Bridge
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Savage Lands
1 Spinerock Knoll
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
1 Mountain
2 Forest
2 Forest
1 Forest

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/OpenHostility_C16.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.