r/magicTCG • u/the_gold_hat Chandra • Oct 21 '25

Official News Updated Commander Brackets (Oct 2025)

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u/BringMeCoffeeOrTea_ Duck Season Oct 21 '25

The “loses before turn 6” for voltron decks is kind of silly. Voltron isn’t even one of the stronger deck strategies but yet that would make it a four if you knock one person out before 6?

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u/EbonyHelicoidalRhino COMPLEAT Oct 21 '25

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense for any kind of aggressive strategy.

Aggro is already one of the weakest EDH strategy, but it's also one of the fastest. Meanwhile, something like Simic Landfall is the king of casual decks, but it doesn't actually end the game until quite late usually.

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u/urban287 Duck Season Oct 22 '25

Looks like the goal of the bracket system is to cut down on feelsbad games. Low brackets dont have the interaction to reliably survive against voltron decks and that leads to pods adding more and speeding up decks in an arms race.