Desert Bloom

Bracket 2

OTC — Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander · 2024-04-19

Commander: Yuma, Proud Protector · Color identity: GRW

Bracket

Power Level

4.2/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 24/75 (11 interaction, 9 card draw, 1 fast-mana)
Engine accuracy reference: 100% bracket-in-range across 36 validation decks (engine beats Claude Sonnet/Opus/Haiku on bracket-exact).

How it compares

Against the 4 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.1. That is 0.5 below the 58-precon library average of 4.7. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Yuma, Proud Protector's colour identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Fellwar Stone Ramp $0.81
Mind Stone Ramp $0.34
Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $0.34
Cultivate Ramp $0.35
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.52
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.33

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Yuma, Proud Protector
1 Kirri, Talented Sprout
1 Scavenger Grounds
1 Sun Titan
1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
1 Descend upon the Sinful
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Marshal's Anthem
1 Sheltered Thicket
1 Scute Swarm
1 Hour of Promise
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Ramunap Excavator
1 Scattered Groves
1 World Shaper
1 Nesting Dragon
1 Turntimber Sower
1 Sevinne's Reclamation
1 Ancient Greenwarden
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
1 Return of the Wildspeaker
1 Perennial Behemoth
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
1 Escape to the Wilds
1 Heaven // Earth
1 Genesis Hydra
1 Sunscorched Divide
1 The Mending of Dominaria
1 Decimate
1 Sand Scout
1 Embrace the Unknown
1 Dune Chanter
1 Cataclysmic Prospecting
1 Vengeful Regrowth
1 Angel of Indemnity
1 Cactus Preserve
1 Rumbleweed
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Explore
1 Sol Ring
1 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Perpetual Timepiece
1 Crawling Sensation
1 Painted Bluffs
1 Command Tower
1 Magmatic Insight
1 Krosan Verge
1 Desert of the True
1 Skullwinder
1 Desert of the Indomitable
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Bitter Reunion
1 Desert of the Fervent
1 Valorous Stance
1 Dunes of the Dead
1 Shefet Dunes
1 Hashep Oasis
1 Elvish Rejuvenator
1 Winding Way
1 Springbloom Druid
1 Arcane Signet
1 Unholy Heat
1 Thrilling Discovery
1 Electric Revelation
1 Eccentric Farmer
1 Harrow
1 Ramunap Ruins
1 Path to Exile
1 Requisition Raid
1 Bovine Intervention
1 Map the Frontier
1 Conduit Pylons
1 Mirage Mesa
1 Wreck and Rebuild
1 Angel of the Ruins
1 Bristling Backwoods
1 Creosote Heath
1 Abraded Bluffs
1 Scaretiller
1 Nantuko Cultivator
3 Plains
3 Plains
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
4 Forest
3 Forest

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/DesertBloom_OTC.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-08-07.