Squirreled Away

Bracket 2

BLC — Bloomburrow Commander · 2024-08-02

Commander: Hazel of the Rootbloom · Color identity: BG

Bracket

Power Level

4.7/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

4 life-drain payoffs + 7 sacrifice outlets — a repeatable table-draining engine — but the goldfish sim wins around turn 8 (Bracket 2 "Core" pace, ~8+ turns), not the ~6-7 of an Upgraded deck, so this theme engine alone does not floor Bracket 3
Borderline verdict — close to B3: tuned 4 life-drain payoffs + 7 sacrifice outlets — a repeatable table-draining engine held at B2 by Core pace (goldfish ~turn 8) — no Game Changers or infinite combo, so the official rules keep it Bracket 2
High optimization — score 27/75 (12 interaction spells, 13 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
Engine accuracy reference: 100% bracket-in-range across 36 validation decks (engine beats Claude Sonnet/Opus/Haiku on bracket-exact).

How it compares

Against the 4 Bloomburrow Commander decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.7 versus a set average of 4.7. That is about average for the library (4.7 across 58 precons). Its Tipping Point lands on turn 3, 1 turn earlier than the library median of turn 4.

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Hazel of the Rootbloom's colour identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Fellwar Stone Ramp $0.81
Mind Stone Ramp $0.34
Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $0.34
Cultivate Ramp $0.35
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.52
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.33

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $5.69

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
1 The Odd Acorn Gang
1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
1 Chittering Witch
1 Insatiable Frugivore
1 Moonstone Eulogist
1 Swarmyard Massacre
1 Hazel's Brewmaster
1 Woe Strider
1 Saw in Half
1 Ogre Slumlord
1 Decree of Pain
1 Gourmand's Talent
1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
1 Scurry of Squirrels
1 End-Raze Forerunners
1 Arasta of the Endless Web
1 Deep Forest Hermit
1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
1 Beastmaster Ascension
1 Second Harvest
1 Shamanic Revelation
1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
1 Temple of Malady
1 Casualties of War
1 Windgrace's Judgment
1 Maskwood Nexus
1 Academy Manufactor
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Necroblossom Snarl
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Swarmyard
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Grim Backwoods
1 Viridescent Bog
1 Twilight Mire
1 Gilded Goose
1 Chitterspitter
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Beledros Witherbloom
1 Idol of Oblivion
1 Sword of the Squeak
1 Morbid Opportunist
1 Nadier's Nightblade
1 Plumb the Forbidden
1 Bastion of Remembrance
1 Plaguecrafter
1 Cache Grab
1 Chatterstorm
1 Poison-Tip Archer
1 Moldervine Reclamation
1 Ravenous Squirrel
1 Skyfisher Spider
1 Binding the Old Gods
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Haunted Mire
1 Nested Shambler
1 Deadly Dispute
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Squirrel Sovereign
1 Prosperous Innkeeper
1 Haywire Mite
1 Tireless Provisioner
1 Squirrel Nest
1 Honored Dreyleader
1 Tear Asunder
1 Wolfwillow Haven
1 Putrefy
1 Arcane Signet
1 Golgari Signet
1 Talisman of Resilience
1 Sol Ring
1 Skullclamp
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Command Tower
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Tainted Wood
1 Barren Moor
4 Swamp
4 Swamp
5 Forest
4 Forest

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/SquirreledAway_BLC.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-08-07.