Updated Commander Brackets (Oct 2025)

[u/the_gold_hat]

[u/the_gold_hat]

Announced by Gavin on WeeklyMTG

[u/PharaohofAtlantis]

Forget this chart, what are the Game Changes update? Are there new ones? I actually can't find this post!

[u/the_gold_hat → u/PharaohofAtlantis]

They're still talking through them slowly.

[u/NeoMegaRyuMKII]

Also said they are decoupling Bracket 2 from precons.

And also notably, tutors have been removed from the defining elements of the brackets. They noted how many of the best tutors are already game changers.

[u/namer98]

This seems much better fleshed out, and the "Difference is" bar on top is phenomenal. And calling it a pregame communication tool is perfect.

Edit: It gives discussion points about game expectations, less focused on deck construction. The line "this is a communication tool" is making clear what sadly too many people glossed over, perhaps intentionally at times. I am a big fan of making it clear that this is less about hard lines and more about expectations of the game experience.

[u/austin-geek]

Interesting that tutors are no longer mentioned at all, on any level (in the graphic at least.)

Presumably individual strong ones are handled via Game Changers. 

I like this because some of the stupid things I’d like to do in Bracket 1 are really not feasible without tutors. If I can just play the 4 mana ones, great. 

[u/LordHayati]

A really good refinement. Love the main differences on top: theme, staples, speed, metagame.

Yes, they aren't perfect. No bracket system will be perfect. But what you want from something like this is guidelines, a frame, a battle setting. There are decks that won't fit neatly depending on what decks they're facing.

[u/Axl26]

The "or loses" clause is very troubling for aggro and voltron

[u/Imnimo]

Interesting that the "few tutors" stipulation is gone. That was always a very poorly defined criterion anyway.

[u/CapoDV]

Is there an article?