How many lands, ramp and draw do Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks run?
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks run a median of 31.5 lands and 10 ramp cards, across 12 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 5 of these 12 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 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 12 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck. That is a small count, so a median here can sit a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
Compared with all decks, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks run more targeted disruption (14.5 against 9) and less card advantage (5 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 | 31.5 (30-36) | 34 |
| Ramp | 10 (10-11) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 5 (4-9) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 14.5 (13-17) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 2 (1-3) | 2 |
| Protection | 4 (3-5) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 12 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 3 (3 decks), bracket 4 (5) and bracket 5 (4).
What bracket is an Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines deck?
All 12 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks we counted need at least bracket 3, and 9 (75%) 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 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 3 | 25% |
| Bracket 4 | 9 | 75% |
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 | 9 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 4 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 3 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 9 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 0 |
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, none of these decks has a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sol Ring | 12 of 12 | 86% |
| Ephemerate | 11 of 12 | 7% |
| Loran of the Third Path | 11 of 12 | 8% |
| Solitude | 11 of 12 | 5% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 11 of 12 | 62% |
| Enlightened Tutor | 10 of 12 | 33% |
| Recruiter of the Guard | 10 of 12 | 7% |
| Restoration Angel | 10 of 12 | 2% |
| Esper Sentinel | 9 of 12 | 36% |
| Felidar Guardian | 9 of 12 | 3% |
| Spirited Companion | 9 of 12 | 3% |
| Touch the Spirit Realm | 9 of 12 | 5% |
| Archivist of Oghma | 8 of 12 | 12% |
| Deep Gnome Terramancer | 8 of 12 | 3% |
| Drannith Magistrate | 8 of 12 | 15% |
| Ranger-Captain of Eos | 8 of 12 | 17% |
| Skyclave Apparition | 8 of 12 | 6% |
| Smothering Tithe | 8 of 12 | 30% |
| Charming Prince | 7 of 12 | 2% |
| Chrome Mox | 7 of 12 | 22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Deafening Silence | 7 of 12 | 7% |
| Eldrazi Displacer | 7 of 12 | 1% |
| Grasp of Fate | 7 of 12 | 4% |
| Archaeomancer's Map | 6 of 12 | 4% |
| Cloudshift | 6 of 12 | 4% |
| Felidar Retreat | 6 of 12 | 4% |
| Flickerwisp | 6 of 12 | 1% |
| Pearl Medallion | 6 of 12 | 2% |
| Teleportation Circle | 6 of 12 | 3% |
| Wall of Omens | 6 of 12 | 2% |
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 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Blink | 11 of 12 |
| Stax & taxes | 8 of 12 |
| Graveyard value | 4 of 12 |
| Trigger doubling | 4 of 12 |
| ETB payoffs (creatures entering) | 3 of 12 |
| Landfall | 3 of 12 |
| Monarch & initiative | 3 of 12 |
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.
- Nadaar, Selfless Paladin same color, Monarch & initiative, Blink, Stax & taxes
- Yarok, the Desecrated Trigger doubling, Blink, Landfall
- The Fantastic Four Trigger doubling, Blink, ETB payoffs (creatures entering)
- Rilsa Rael, Kingpin Monarch & initiative, Blink, Graveyard value
- Bonny Pall, Clearcutter Blink, Landfall, ETB payoffs (creatures entering)
- Homer, the Hermit Trigger doubling, Landfall, Graveyard value
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The bracket 4 page shows what all the decks we counted at that bracket 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.