Mizzix of the Izmagnus card art — Art by Cliff Childs · © Wizards of the Coast

Seize Control

Bracket 2

C15 — Commander 2015 · 2015-11-13

Commander: Mizzix of the Izmagnus · Color identity: RU

Bracket

Power Level

4.7/10

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 28/75 (12 interaction, 14 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 2015 decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 4.7 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 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2015 decks

Swell the Host — Bracket 2, power 4.3
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Plunder the Graves — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Wade into Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.1

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arm for Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Aura of Courage — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Avengers Assemble — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Dissent — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Domination — Bracket 2, power 4.7

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Mizzix of the Izmagnus'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
Mystic Remora Card advantage $15.08

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $36.39

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
1 Goblin Electromancer
1 Jace's Archivist
1 Gigantoplasm
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Psychosis Crawler
1 Broodbirth Viper
1 Illusory Ambusher
1 Lone Revenant
1 Warchief Giant
1 Charmbreaker Devils
1 Arjun, the Shifting Flame
1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1 Melek, Izzet Paragon
1 Dragon Mage
1 Preordain
1 Faithless Looting
1 Vandalblast
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Windfall
1 Mystic Retrieval
1 Stolen Goods
1 Mizzix's Mastery
1 Rite of Replication
1 Sleep
1 Chain Reaction
1 Call the Skybreaker
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Epic Experiment
1 Meteor Blast
1 Blustersquall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
1 Desperate Ravings
1 Urza's Rage
1 Counterflux
1 Aetherize
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Reins of Power
1 Steam Augury
1 Mystic Confluence
1 Word of Seizing
1 Act of Aggression
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Aethersnatch
1 Mirror Match
1 Firemind's Foresight
1 Repeal
1 Comet Storm
1 Magmaquake
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Dominate
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Sol Ring
1 Izzet Signet
1 Thought Vessel
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Seal of the Guildpact
1 Awaken the Sky Tyrant
1 Rite of the Raging Storm
1 Thought Reflection
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Spinerock Knoll
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Temple of the False God
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
4 Island
4 Island
3 Island
3 Island
4 Mountain
3 Mountain
3 Mountain
3 Mountain

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/SeizeControl_C15.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.