Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis card art — Art by Willian Murai · © Wizards of the Coast

Stalwart Unity

Bracket 2

C16 — Commander 2016 · 2016-11-11

Commander: Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis · Color identity: GRUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.0/10

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 23/75 (15 card draw, 9 interaction, 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 4th strongest — power 4.0 versus a set average of 4.3. That is 0.6 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2016 decks

Invent Superiority — Bracket 2, power 4.9
Open Hostility — Bracket 2, power 4.6
Entropic Uprising — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Breed Lethality — Bracket 2, power 3.8

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Adaptive Enchantment — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Built From Scratch — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Coven Counters — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Exquisite Invention — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Legends' Legacy — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis'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
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28
Three Visits Ramp $5.55
Path to Exile Interaction $0.69

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
1 Veteran Explorer
1 Humble Defector
1 Hushwing Gryff
1 Orzhov Advokist
1 Chasm Skulker
1 Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
1 Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Akroan Horse
1 Selfless Squire
1 Windborn Muse
1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
1 Horizon Chimera
1 Zedruu the Greathearted
1 Psychosis Crawler
1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
1 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
1 Realm Seekers
1 Rubblehulk
1 Progenitor Mimic
1 Blazing Archon
1 Minds Aglow
1 Collective Voyage
1 Cultivate
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Tempt with Discovery
1 Wave of Reckoning
1 Migratory Route
1 Seeds of Renewal
1 Reverse the Sands
1 Treacherous Terrain
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Swan Song
1 Arcane Denial
1 Benefactor's Draught
1 Oblation
1 Beast Within
1 Entrapment Maneuver
1 Reins of Power
1 Sylvan Reclamation
1 Sol Ring
1 Empyrial Plate
1 Howling Mine
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Temple Bell
1 Assault Suit
1 Prismatic Geoscope
1 Venser's Journal
1 Keening Stone
1 Evolutionary Escalation
1 Oath of Druids
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Propaganda
1 Rites of Flourishing
1 Sphere of Safety
1 Lurking Predators
1 Hoofprints of the Stag
1 Ash Barrens
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Gruul Turf
1 Homeward Path
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Krosan Verge
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Mystic Monastery
1 Opal Palace
1 Rupture Spire
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Transguild Promenade
2 Plains
2 Plains
1 Plains
2 Island
2 Island
1 Island
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/StalwartUnity_C16.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.