50€ Decks with a Competitive Attitude
Bracket 50—50€ Budget Commander—is a competitive way to play Commander that places emphasis on creativity and freedom in deck expression. It’s both accessible and broadly diverse.
What Is Bracket 50 Budget Commander?
50€ Decks
All decks must cost a total of 50€ or less. This is calculated using Moxfield’s “updated to cheapest” function. To participate in a tournament, the deck must be submitted ahead of time and will then be locked in its current state, regardless of future price fluctuations.
Competitive Commander
The decks are built and played with a competitive mindset. Winning is the only goal, and any steps may be taken towards it. There is no need for a “rule 0” discussion, the game changer list doesn’t apply and there’s no taking back mistakes. The decks are built and played with the specific goal of tournament participation.
Sol Ring Ban
Our tournaments follow all of the regular Commander rules and the regular Commander ban list, with Sol Ring being the only exception. Sol Ring is banned for being an extreme outlier in its power to cost ratio. If allowed, Sol Ring would decide many matches simply for being drawn, as well as reduce deck building diversity.
Tournaments
Every couple of months, we host a Bracket 50 tournament in Gießen, Germany. These tournaments are always exciting and very competitive. You can find decks from our tournaments on this website to give you an impression of how powerful they are. It’s not unusual for them to be able to represent game wins as early as turns 4 and 5.
Tournament Format
Our local tournaments start out with 3 rounds during which players have to go up against a new pod of 3 different players each time. The 16 best performing players move on to a top cut, where winning guarantees a spot in the finals. The winner of the finals takes the grand prize. To win a tournament, a player usually has to win at least 3 of the 5 games they played that day.
How do I participate?
You can find the detailed rules document and sign up page at the link down below (German). Signups are open until 3 days before the tournament, which is also the deck submission deadline.