Zedruu the Greathearted card art — Art by Mark Zug · © Wizards of the Coast

Political Puppets

Bracket 2

CMD — Commander 2011 · 2011-06-17

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted · Color identity: RUW

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 (18 interaction, 11 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 2011 decks we analyzed, this is 3rd strongest — power 4.6 versus a set average of 5.4. 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 2011 decks

Mirror Mastery — Bracket 4, power 8.2
Counterpunch — Bracket 3, power 5.6
Devour for Power — Bracket 2, power 4.6
Heavenly Inferno — Bracket 2, power 3.9

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 Zedruu the Greathearted'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
Swords to Plowshares Interaction $0.88
Path to Exile Interaction $0.69
Generous Gift Interaction $0.94
Counterspell Interaction $4.28

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $12.89

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Zedruu the Greathearted
1 Goblin Cadets
1 Spurnmage Advocate
1 Jötun Grunt
1 Wall of Omens
1 Fog Bank
1 Nin, the Pain Artist
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Court Hussar
1 Gomazoa
1 Guard Gomazoa
1 Vedalken Plotter
1 Wall of Denial
1 Plumeveil
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Windborn Muse
1 False Prophet
1 Brion Stoutarm
1 Ruhan of the Fomori
1 Chromeshell Crab
1 Izzet Chronarch
1 Dominus of Fealty
1 Rapacious One
1 Numot, the Devastator
1 Arbiter of Knollridge
1 Breath of Darigaaz
1 Trade Secrets
1 Death by Dragons
1 Austere Command
1 Insurrection
1 Skyscribing
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
1 Lash Out
1 Punishing Fire
1 Pollen Lullaby
1 Perilous Research
1 Vision Skeins
1 Whirlpool Whelm
1 Chaos Warp
1 Oblation
1 Murmurs from Beyond
1 Repulse
1 Spell Crumple
1 Wild Ricochet
1 Reins of Power
1 Scattering Stroke
1 Sol Ring
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Howling Mine
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Prophetic Prism
1 Champion's Helm
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Dreamstone Hedron
1 Soul Snare
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Vow of Lightning
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Vow of Duty
1 Propaganda
1 Vow of Flight
1 Prison Term
1 Crescendo of War
1 Martyr's Bond
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Boros Garrison
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
2 Plains
2 Plains
2 Plains
2 Plains
3 Island
3 Island
3 Island
3 Island

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