How many lands, ramp and draw do Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks run?
Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks run a median of 33.5 lands and 9.5 ramp cards, across 20 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 3 of these 20 Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks as bracket 4. We need at least 8 decks to give a bracket its own column, so they count only in the numbers for all of these decks.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 20 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck.
Compared with all decks, Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks run less mass disruption (1 against 2) and more targeted disruption (11 against 9).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 33.5 (33-36) | 34 |
| Ramp | 9.5 (8-10) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 10 (8-14) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 11 (7-14) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 1 (1-2) | 2 |
| Protection | 1 (0-2) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 20 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 2 (9 decks), bracket 3 (7), bracket 4 (3) and bracket 5 (1).
Balmor, Battlemage Captain bracket 1 and 2 decks
These are the same rows for the 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. No other bracket holds at least 8 of these decks, so the others count only in the numbers for all of these decks. The Brackets 1-2 column holds 9 decks. That small count can put its medians a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
| Brackets 1-2 | |
|---|---|
| Lands | 34 (33-36) |
| Ramp | 9 (7-10) |
| Card advantage | 10 (8-12) |
| Targeted disruption | 11 (6-13) |
| Mass disruption | 2 (1-2) |
| Protection | 1 (0-2) |
| Decks counted | 9 |
What Balmor, Battlemage Captain bracket 1 and 2 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 11 Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks. With 9 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Brackets 1-2 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Preordain | 8 of 9 | 7 of 11 |
| Opt | 7 of 9 | 4 of 11 |
| Young Pyromancer | 7 of 9 | 7 of 11 |
| Abrade | 6 of 9 | 2 of 11 |
| Arcane Signet | 6 of 9 | 10 of 11 |
| Expressive Iteration | 6 of 9 | 3 of 11 |
| Goblin Electromancer | 6 of 9 | 3 of 11 |
| Thought Scour | 6 of 9 | 0 of 11 |
| Treasure Cruise | 6 of 9 | 2 of 11 |
| Archmage Emeritus | 5 of 9 | 10 of 11 |
What bracket is a Balmor, Battlemage Captain deck?
Of the 20 Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks we counted, 15 (75%) need at least bracket 3, and 3 (15%) need at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 5 | 25% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 12 | 60% |
| Bracket 4 | 3 | 15% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 2 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 2 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 9 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 9 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 1 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, 4 of these decks have a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Balmor, Battlemage Captain decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 20 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 16 of 20 | 67% |
| Archmage Emeritus | 15 of 20 | 6% |
| Preordain | 15 of 20 | 10% |
| Brainstorm | 14 of 20 | 21% |
| Young Pyromancer | 14 of 20 | 2% |
| Frantic Search | 13 of 20 | 14% |
| Sol Ring | 13 of 20 | 86% |
| Talisman of Creativity | 13 of 20 | 38% |
| Veyran, Voice of Duality | 13 of 20 | 6% |
| Harmonic Prodigy | 12 of 20 | 4% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 11 of 20 | 1% |
| Opt | 11 of 20 | 7% |
| Ponder | 11 of 20 | 13% |
| Talrand, Sky Summoner | 11 of 20 | 2% |
| Consider | 10 of 20 | 5% |
| Storm-Kiln Artist | 10 of 20 | 9% |
| Stormcatch Mentor | 10 of 20 | 3% |
| Chaos Warp | 9 of 20 | 27% |
| Expressive Iteration | 9 of 20 | 6% |
| Fists of Flame | 9 of 20 | 1% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Goblin Electromancer | 9 of 20 | 4% |
| Haze of Rage | 9 of 20 | under 1% |
| Prismari Command | 9 of 20 | 5% |
| Stormchaser Mage | 9 of 20 | under 1% |
| Adeliz, the Cinder Wind | 8 of 20 | under 1% |
| Electrostatic Infantry | 8 of 20 | under 1% |
| Guttersnipe | 8 of 20 | 3% |
| Saheeli, Sublime Artificer | 8 of 20 | 3% |
| Treasure Cruise | 8 of 20 | 5% |
| Umara Mystic | 8 of 20 | none |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 20 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| Spellslinger | 20 of 20 |
| Graveyard value | 11 of 20 |
| Spell recursion | 11 of 20 |
| Spell copying | 7 of 20 |
| Combat damage | 6 of 20 |
| Wizard tribal | 5 of 20 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- Gandalf, Party Guest Wizard tribal, Spell copying, Spellslinger
- Bria, Riptide Rogue same colors, Spell copying, Spell recursion, Spellslinger
- Zaffai, Thunder Conductor same colors, Spell copying, Spell recursion, Spellslinger
- Ashling, Rekindled same colors, Spell recursion, Spellslinger, Graveyard value
- Kalamax, the Stormsire Spell copying, Spellslinger, Graveyard value
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls Wizard tribal
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The brackets 1-2 page shows what all the decks we counted at those brackets run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.