Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas card art — Art by Jason Chan · © Wizards of the Coast

Wade into Battle

Bracket 2

C15 — Commander 2015 · 2015-11-13

Commander: Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas · Color identity: RW

Bracket

Power Level

4.1/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

5 repeatable damage-to-each-opponent sources — a dedicated noncombat burn engine — but the goldfish sim wins around turn 8 (Bracket 2 "Core" pace, ~8+ turns), not the ~6-7 of an Upgraded deck, so this theme engine alone does not floor Bracket 3
Card popularity is jank-tier (57% niche/jank), but the goldfish sim closes games around turn 8 in 100% of simulated hands — a deck that reliably works toward winning stays Bracket 2 (Core).
Borderline verdict — close to B3: tuned 5 repeatable damage-to-each-opponent sources — a dedicated noncombat burn engine held at B2 by our Core-pace gate (goldfish ~turn 8) — it breaks no Bracket 3 rule; we promote a 0-Game-Changer engine only at turn 6 or faster
Noncombat burst finish: scaling burn (Warstorm Surge) — present but lightly supported; finite, so it doesn't trip the two-card-infinite floor
High optimization — score 20/75 (16 interaction spells, 5 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
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 weakest — power 4.1 versus a set average of 4.3. That is 0.5 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2015 decks

Seize Control — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Swell the Host — Bracket 2, power 4.3
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Plunder the Graves — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Evasive Maneuvers — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Mind Seize — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Mutant Menace — Bracket 2, power 4.1
Adaptive Enchantment — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Built From Scratch — Bracket 2, power 4.0

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas'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
Reliquary Tower Lands $4.23

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $12.84

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
1 Oreskos Explorer
1 Magus of the Wheel
1 Stinkdrinker Daredevil
1 Taurean Mauler
1 Dawnglare Invoker
1 Desolation Giant
1 Fumiko the Lowblood
1 Hunted Dragon
1 Stoneshock Giant
1 Thundercloud Shaman
1 Warchief Giant
1 Herald of the Host
1 Kalemne's Captain
1 Anya, Merciless Angel
1 Sunrise Sovereign
1 Hammerfist Giant
1 Inferno Titan
1 Dawnbreak Reclaimer
1 Sun Titan
1 Hostility
1 Jareth, Leonine Titan
1 Victory's Herald
1 Sandstone Oracle
1 Hamletback Goliath
1 Arbiter of Knollridge
1 Borderland Behemoth
1 Dream Pillager
1 Magma Giant
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1 Breath of Darigaaz
1 Fiery Confluence
1 Disaster Radius
1 Earthquake
1 Meteor Blast
1 Fall of the Hammer
1 Orim's Thunder
1 Sol Ring
1 Blade of Selves
1 Boros Signet
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mind Stone
1 Thought Vessel
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Boros Cluestone
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Urza's Incubator
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Seer's Sundial
1 Dreamstone Hedron
1 Staff of Nin
1 Curse of the Nightly Hunt
1 Banishing Light
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Rite of the Raging Storm
1 Warstorm Surge
1 Ancient Amphitheater
1 Blasted Landscape
1 Boros Garrison
1 Boros Guildgate
1 Command Tower
1 Drifting Meadow
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Smoldering Crater
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Meadow
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
4 Mountain
4 Mountain
3 Mountain
3 Mountain
3 Plains
3 Plains
3 Plains
2 Plains
1 Crib Swap

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/WadeIntoBattle_C15.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.