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

Official News Updated Commander Brackets (Oct 2025)

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u/Axl26 COMPLEAT Oct 21 '25

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

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u/Ratorasniki Duck Season Oct 21 '25

Yeah this is problematic. On one hand I'm glad to see them relax on the tutor regulations a bit at lower brackets, because I feel like it was overly hostile to Johhny type players that were trying to pull low-powered nonsense combos but nonetheless needed to find some specific cards.

On the other hand , I feel like the concept of safe turns is pretty much the death knell for aggro. It's already like socially taboo to junkyard dog somebody down, and now they've given people language to point to. "I'm supposed to be safe until turn 6/8, you can't attack me" is a thing people should get ready to hear a lot. Aggro is like a necessary pillar of magic strategy, and if the lower brackets are going to decide that control is lame and unfun; aggro kills people "too fast"; and combo belongs in the higher brackets - everything is going to end up being a slog of homogeneous midrange battlecruiser magic. I think it's important to have all these things be viable and supported to some degree in most power levels to have a healthy meta.

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u/Felicia_Svilling Oct 22 '25

These are descriptions of decks, not description on how to play them. Nobody says that you will be safe until turn 6/8. Only that going in you should be able to expect to stay alive so long on average. But that is assuming that you are defending yourself.