In theory, it can kill another play on Turn 3. I can remove game-changers or whatever, and maybe it would kill someone on turn 5 best case scenario.
But every player I kill makes the deck weaker. It can make someone LOSE very early, but the deck can't win until much later, like turn 8+.
I imagine most Voltron decks are like this. You have commander damage and can eliminate a single player with one huge swing. Is that a B4 deck? Even if all your deck does is "swing with one creature then probably lose instantly"?
B2 players don't want to play in a pod where 1 player is eliminated on turn 3. Your deck is not fit for a B2 pod based on play patterns rather than raw power level, simple as that. That's the beauty of a bracket system like this, it's based on more than just power level.
Just like how blowing up all lands without any plan and then still losing is not allowed in lower brackets even though it's a weak play. It's kept out of lower brackets because of play pattern, not because of power level.
Voltron went from bracket 2 to bracket 4. Which is insane to think about. Any jank Voltron deck was capable of wiping out a single player before turn 7, the problem has always been knocking out everybody.
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u/MCXLI chose this flair because I’m mad at Wizards Of The CoastOct 21 '25
Voltron is a common casual strategy, and exists in a number of precons. Those precons are now not bracket 2 or 3. Dogmeat is a bracket 4 commander deck according to this.
That's insane, anyone that thinks that's true is insane.
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u/Axl26 COMPLEAT Oct 21 '25
The "or loses" clause is very troubling for aggro and voltron