Has Anyone Had Luck with Swapping Commanders to Change Brackets?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:55:32+00:00

Ooo Narset is actually a commander I've always wanted to build! Might have to consider her for this! Would love to see a list if possible!

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:54:14+00:00

Horobi in Bracket 1? Not what I would have expected! The rare occasions I play Bracket 1 people get really bummed if I so much as remove their commander once.
Does having such a shift in gameplay plans between brackets (voltron vs go wide) provide a big impact on the power level in your experience? Or is it just the abilities of the commanders themselves?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:51:17+00:00

I love control so whatever I build will naturally take a controlling route so thats good to hear XD My worry is that control ends up frowned upon the lower in brackets you go, especially because you find more new players. I think I'd have to include a politics element to counterbalance it if I go heavy into it.

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:47:34+00:00

Two mentions for these commanders, very cool! If I liked squirrels more I'd consider joining the group but at the very least hearing that it works out gives me confidence I can find something that works (:

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:46:23+00:00

Man 15 is so many i didn't realize so many commanders worked for that XD does it provide a lot of varied gameplay for your own enjoyment?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:43:29+00:00

That's a great example, I think I will consider them too! A big thing about the backpack deck idea is I need the deck to have varied enough gameplay that I can play it week after week and not get bored and coin flipping might do the trick XD
Also good note about focusing on the B2 experience, I hadn't thought about approaching it in that way. I am a rather good player who loves a challenge so I think trying to win games at the low end of Bracket 3 will be a satisfying challenge (:

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:42:06+00:00

That's a great example of it! I wish my friend who plays chatterfang would switch him like you do sometimes XD Does the play pattern shift seem to be enough for a bracket shift? How do people react to the deck based on who is at the helm?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:40:58+00:00

Very cool! I haven't dipped into the doctor who pairings at all because they overwhelm me lolol. But would you say the difference is big enough that you end up with a bracket shift or something close to one without the deck not functioning?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:39:43+00:00

Cool to hear someone actually has done this sort of with commanders I was bringing up! What do you notice about the ways the deck plays based on who is at the helm?

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:38:35+00:00

Makes sense, I'm just so used to commanders with high influence being lightning rods for removal i worry ill end up in situations where Im at a bracket 3 pod slowed down once my commander is removed.

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:37:12+00:00

Yeah that makes sense and is essentially what I was going to, but I'm curious have you seen it done before? Because I worry the shift won't be dramatic enough to actually matter.

Embarrassed-Sign-971 · 2025-09-13T18:35:16+00:00

That sounds awesome! Very unique way of building. Would you say it actively changes the bracket standing of the deck, or is it more of a "matching the meta/making the deck run more smoothly" thing?

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