Aminatou, the Fateshifter card art — Art by Seb McKinnon · © Wizards of the Coast

Subjective Reality

Bracket 2

C18 — Commander 2018 · 2018-08-10

Commander: Aminatou, the Fateshifter · Color identity: BUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.2/10

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 24/75 (12 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 4 Commander 2018 decks we analyzed, this is the strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.0. That is 0.4 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2018 decks

Adaptive Enchantment — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Exquisite Invention — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Nature's Vengeance — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call for Backup — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Death Toll — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Desert Bloom — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Aminatou, the Fateshifter'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 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
1 Enigma Sphinx
1 Serra Avatar
1 Adarkar Valkyrie
1 Conundrum Sphinx
1 Djinn of Wishes
1 Jeskai Infiltrator
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Sphinx of Uthuun
1 Phyrexian Delver
1 Duskmantle Seer
1 High Priest of Penance
1 Silent-Blade Oni
1 Mulldrifter
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Sigiled Starfish
1 Pilgrim's Eye
1 Terminus
1 Entreat the Angels
1 Army of the Damned
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Devastation Tide
1 Dream Cache
1 Ponder
1 Portent
1 Treasure Hunt
1 Utter End
1 Banishing Stroke
1 Return to Dust
1 Brainstorm
1 Predict
1 Telling Time
1 Esper Charm
1 Mortify
1 Azorius Signet
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Crystal Ball
1 Dimir Signet
1 Mind Stone
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Seer's Lantern
1 Sol Ring
1 Lightform
1 Cloudform
3 Plains
3 Plains
2 Plains
2 Island
2 Island
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Azorius Guildgate
1 Barren Moor
1 Command Tower
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Dimir Guildgate
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Forsaken Sanctuary
1 Halimar Depths
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Meandering River
1 Mortuary Mire
1 New Benalia
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Scoured Barrens
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Sejiri Refuge
1 Submerged Boneyard
1 Tranquil Cove
1 Varina, Lich Queen
1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
1 Boreas Charger
1 Magus of the Balance
1 Aminatou's Augury
1 Primordial Mist
1 Entreat the Dead
1 Night Incarnate
1 Skull Storm
1 Sower of Discord
1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
1 Isolated Watchtower
1 Aethermage's Touch
1 Loyal Unicorn
1 Loyal Subordinate
1 Geode Golem
1 Forge of Heroes
1 Crib Swap

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/SubjectiveReality_C18.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.