Adding brackets to commander decks
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Posted on Feb. 11, 2025, 7:56 p.m. by Dadbod81
Just wondering if there are plans to flag the bracket of a deck for commander players as we adapt to the new structuring of deck?
Crow_Umbra says... #3
Linking the Bracket article for reference to anyone who hadn't read up on it yet. Given that today's announcement is for the Beta version of this system, with a proposed revisit in late April to account for feedback, I'm fine with Tapped Out rolling a flag/feature closer to then.
From some discussions I've seen across social media today, I'm seeing a sentiment that the "Game Chargers" lists are still kinda incomplete. I don't expect these lists to be exhaustive out the gate, but having a general sense of the Bracket parameters is helpful.
I think a more complicated future wrinkle for the Brackets will be taking mana base consistency into consideration beyond fast mana or powerful utility lands like Gaea's Cradle or Glacial Chasm, etc.
February 11, 2025 9:26 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #4
I've messaged Gavin wondering why tappedout wasn't contacted but I have a hunch it's because of the site's lack of social media presence making it hard for other businesses to contact this one.
February 11, 2025 10:35 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #5
As for the actual features we have to wait on yeago. There's nothing I can really do about this right now beyond doing some simple systems design about how it can be implemented here.
February 11, 2025 10:47 p.m.
This is added. We will get into the particulars and validation later but feel free to tag them using hubs
February 13, 2025 7:44 p.m.
I see we can now select a bracket when editing the deck. Is there any thought to using the guidelines to automatically recommend a bracket for the decks we've already built?
February 14, 2025 12:30 p.m.
Thanks for doing this, once it's out of alpha/beta and we have a final version, will decks be auto-assigned to a bracket based on whats in them?
February 16, 2025 4:13 a.m.
Dadbod81 I hope it doesn't auto-assign. My most powerful deck would qualify as bracket 2 based on an official reading of the bracket rules (which are pretty hand-wavy in lots of places). I'd want to assign that deck as a bracket 4. But it would be nice if there could be some kind of suggestion (or at least something to call out illegal bracket settings).
February 16, 2025 9:09 a.m.
Crow_Umbra says... #12
Dadbod81 & Abaques, the way Brackets are working on other deckbuilder sites is that decks are auto-assigned a minimum possible Bracket, based on meeting criteria. For example, decks with at least 2 Game Changers are assigned a minimum of a Br3. Users then have the option to adjust their Bracket to their own deck building intentions.
February 16, 2025 9:24 a.m.
Crow_Umbra says... #13
I should have a bit more info in my last response regarding Bracket assignment changes. Where the Brackets are listed on deck pages, users can hover over the category to open up a hover pop-up window with explanation of the classification. The listing also highlights which Game Changers or other Bracket criteria are currently being met.
If a user changes their classification to better suit their intentions, the hover pop up will state that the creator of the deck manually changed the deck classification.
Moraff says... #2
I second this. It seems that other deck building locations have already rolled out the system. =/ Possibly unfair competition?
February 11, 2025 8:47 p.m.