Break the Bracket returns!
NO GAME CHANGERS
NO SOL RING
NO RESERVED LIST
NO TAYAM, LUMINOUS ENIGMA (lol we will explain…)
YES TO TWO CARD COMBOS
YES TO AS MANY LEGAL TUTORS AS DESIRED
YES TO LAND DESTRUCTION ETC SO LONG AS NOT BREAKING THE ABOVE CONDITIONS
YES TO RECENT DOWNGRADES OFF THE GAMECHANGERS LIST (e.g. Urza, Kinnan etc)
Introducing, Break the Bracket 2. It’s like the last Break the Bracket, but you also get a very special Christmas gift: a special edition Bon Bon from Jene’s MTG and Dorky Desires! It’s time to Break the bracket and break your Bon Bon!
We’ve also implemented a few extra revisions since last tournament, namely: no sol ring, no reserved list whatsoever and no Tayam (based on previous tournament winner)
What is Break the Bracket?
Ever wanted to try Competitive Commander on a budget? Keen to win games without getting hosed by Thassa’s Oracle? Then we have the event for you!
Introducing, “Break the Bracket”… it’s like CEDH, only… well not. The event focuses on competitive play but only using cards from Bracket 2, in other words, NO GAME CHANGERS!
NEW TO THIS EVENT: No Reserved List, No Sol Ring and no Tayam, Luminous Enigma (we are implementing the winning commander of previous events gets banned).
The Game Changers List:
Ad Nauseam
Ancient Tomb
Aura Shards
Bolas's Citadel
Braids, Cabal Minion
Chrome Mox
Coalition Victory
Consecrated Sphinx
Crop Rotation
Cyclonic Rift
Demonic Tutor
Drannith Magistrate
Enlightened Tutor
Field of the Dead
Fierce Guardianship
Force of Will
Gaea's Cradle
Gamble
Gifts Ungiven
Glacial Chasm
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Grim Monolith
Humility
Imperial Seal
Intuition
Lion's Eye Diamond
Mana Vault
Mishra's Workshop
Mox Diamond
Mystical Tutor
Narset, Parter of Veils
Natural Order
Necropotence
Notion Thief
Opposition Agent
Orcish Bowmasters
Panoptic Mirror
Rhystic Study
Seedborn Muse
Serra's Sanctum
Smothering Tithe
Storm's Will
Survival of the Fittest
Teferi's Protection
Tergrid, God of Fright
Thassa's Oracle
The One Ring
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Underworld Breach
Vampiric Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Our biggest hope is that people enjoy the challenge of building and playing something different. This event is also more likely to be budget friendly.
Event Details:
Saturday 6th December 2025
$45 entry
Entry includes:
$10 Jene's Mtg Store credit (to be used on the day)
$10 Dorky Desire’s store credit (to be used on the day)
A very special Christmas Bon Bon, minimum $20 included value (there may be a mega Bon Bon in the mix with up to $500 of value…)
Entry into the event (with prizing for the Top 10)
TICKETS FOR THE EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE:
FINAL POD PRIZING:
1st Place
- A non-game changer expedition/masterpiece with $100 cash buyback minimum
- $100 Jene's MTG store credit
- $100 Dorky Desire’s store credit
- Entry prizes
2nd-4th Place
- $40 Jene's MTG store credit each
- $40 Dorky Desire’s store credit each
- Entry prizes
5th-10th Place
- $25 Dorky Desire’s store credit each
- Entry prizes
11TH ONWARDS:
ENTRY PRIZING
Prizing is guaranteed regardless of attendance, this event has a player cap of 32.
The event is at competitive REL. No proxies allowed.
DECKLISTS REQUIRED (Moxfield link or similar submitted through Command Tower/Top Deck preferred)
Banlist applies, in addition to the extended banlist (no game-changers, no sol ring, no reserved list, no Tayam)
Commander rules apply
Players are expected to take game actions in a timely manner.
Registration 10:00am
Players meeting 10:20am
Round 1 Begins 10:30am
4 Swiss Rounds - 85 minutes each
at end of time the turn player will be allowed to finish their turn (Turn 0) then the game ends
If there is no winner then it will be declared a draw.
TOP 10 + TOP 4 will not be timed, however players are expected to play in a timely manner.
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