Scions & Spellcraft (FINAL FANTASY XIV)

Bracket 2
FIC — Final Fantasy Commander · 2025-06-13
Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed · Color identity: BUW

Bracket

B2

Power Level

4.6/10

Tipping Point

T3

Game Changers

0

Why this bracket?

  • 4 repeatable damage-to-each-opponent sources — a dedicated noncombat burn engine — but the goldfish sim wins around turn 10 (Bracket 2 "Core" pace, ~8+ turns), not the ~6-7 of an Upgraded deck, so this theme engine alone does not floor Bracket 3
  • Borderline verdict — close to B3: tuned 4 repeatable damage-to-each-opponent sources — a dedicated noncombat burn engine held at B2 by Core pace (goldfish ~turn 10) — no Game Changers or infinite combo, so the official rules keep it Bracket 2
  • High optimization — score 27/75 (12 interaction spells, 19 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
  • 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 Final Fantasy Commander decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.6 versus a set average of 4.7. That is about average for the library (4.7 across 58 precons). Its Tipping Point lands on turn 3, 1 turn earlier than the library median of turn 4.

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Y'shtola, Night's Blessed'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.

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
1 Alisaie Leveilleur
1 Champions from Beyond
1 Dancer's Chakrams
1 Summon: Good King Mog XII
1 Tataru Taru
1 Thancred Waters
1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
1 Blue Mage's Cane
1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
1 Observed Stasis
1 Eye of Nidhogg
1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
1 Astrologian's Planisphere
1 Reaper's Scythe
1 Transpose
1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
1 Estinien Varlineau
1 Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise
1 Krile Baldesion
1 Lyse Hext
1 Papalymo Totolymo
1 Urianger Augurelt
1 Archaeomancer's Map
1 Authority of the Consuls
1 Cleansing Nova
1 Final Judgment
1 Archmage Emeritus
1 Dig Through Time
1 Rite of Replication
1 Sublime Epiphany
1 Torrential Gearhulk
1 Crux of Fate
1 Lethal Scheme
1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
1 Baleful Strix
1 Vindicate
1 Void Rend
1 Coveted Jewel
1 Tome of Legends
1 Choked Estuary
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Desolate Mire
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fetid Heath
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Port Town
1 Prairie Stream
1 Scavenger Grounds
1 Shineshadow Snarl
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Underground River
1 White Auracite
1 Sage's Nouliths
1 Circle of Power
1 Cut a Deal
1 Lingering Souls
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
1 Into the Story
1 Propaganda
1 Bastion of Remembrance
1 Exsanguinate
1 Snuff Out
1 Syphon Mind
1 Arcane Signet
1 Relic of Legends
1 Sol Ring
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Hierarchy
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Thought Vessel
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Ash Barrens
1 Command Tower
1 Contaminated Aquifer
1 Demolition Field
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Idyllic Beachfront
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Sunlit Marsh
1 Temple of the False God
1 Island
1 Island
1 Island
2 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
2 Plains
1 Plains
1 Plains
Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/ScionsSpellcraftFinalFantasyXiv_FIC.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-08-07.