How Power Level is Calculated
This tool implements the EDHPowerLevel.com algorithm as described in their published methodology. Because we can't access live card price/popularity data offline, we use a curated local database of card ratings, bracket flags, and type data. Banned list and Game Changers are accurate as of February 9, 2026.
Bracket Requirements (WotC — Updated Feb 2026)
1
Exhibition
No extra turns, no MLD, no 2-card combos, no Game Changers. Tutors sparse.
2
Core
No chaining extra turns, no MLD, no 2-card combos, no Game Changers. Avg precon level.
3
Upgraded
No MLD. Late-game combos only (8+ mana to assemble). Up to 3 Game Changers.
4
Optimized
No restrictions beyond the banlist. High-powered, not tournament cEDH.
5
cEDH
No restrictions. Built to win in the competitive metagame.
⛔ Banned Cards in Commander (as of Feb 9, 2026)
44 individually named cards banned. Biorhythm and Lutri, the Spellchaser were unbanned Feb 9, 2026. Lutri is legal in the 99 and as commander but remains banned as a companion. Note: Dockside Extortionist, Mana Crypt, and Jeweled Lotus are also banned.
Ancestral Recall · Balance · Black Lotus · Braids, Cabal Minion · Channel · Chaos Orb · Dockside Extortionist · Emrakul, the Aeons Torn · Erayo, Soratami Ascendant · Falling Star · Fastbond · Flash · Golos, Tireless Pilgrim · Griselbrand · Hullbreacher · Iona, Shield of Emeria · Jeweled Lotus · Karakas · Leovold, Emissary of Trest · Library of Alexandria · Limited Resources · Mana Crypt · Mox Emerald · Mox Jet · Mox Pearl · Mox Ruby · Mox Sapphire · Panoptic Mirror · Primeval Titan · Prophet of Kruphix · Recurring Nightmare · Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary · Shahrazad · Sway of the Stars · Sylvan Primordial · Time Walk · Tinker · Trade Secrets · Upheaval · Worldfire · Yawgmoth's Bargain · Yosei, the Morning Star
Also banned: all ante cards, all Conspiracy-type cards, all cards removed from constructed for offensive content.
⚠ Game Changers (Updated Feb 9, 2026)
Legal in Commander. Not permitted in Bracket 1 or 2. Up to 3 allowed in Bracket 3. Unlimited at Bracket 4+. Note: Sol Ring is intentionally NOT a Game Changer — WotC considers it a Commander tradition.
Ad Nauseam · Ancient Tomb · Aura Shards · Biorhythm · Bolas's Citadel · Braids, Cabal Minion · Chrome Mox · Coalition Victory · Consecrated Sphinx · Crop Rotation · Cyclonic Rift · Demonic Tutor · Drannith Magistrate · Enlightened Tutor · Farewell · Field of the Dead · Fierce Guardianship · Force of Will · Gaea's Cradle · Gamble · Gifts Ungiven · Glacial Chasm · Grand Arbiter Augustin IV · Grim Monolith · Humility · Imperial Seal · Intuition · Jeska's Will · Lion's Eye Diamond · Mana Vault · Mishra's Workshop · Mox Diamond · Mystical Tutor · Narset, Parter of Veils · Natural Order · Necropotence · Notion Thief · Opposition Agent · Orcish Bowmasters · Panoptic Mirror · Rhystic Study · Seedborn Muse · Serra's Sanctum · Smothering Tithe · Survival of the Fittest · Teferi's Protection · Tergrid, God of Fright · Thassa's Oracle · The One Ring · The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale · Underworld Breach · Vampiric Tutor · Worldly Tutor
Removed Oct 2025: Sol Ring, Mox Opal, Counterspell, Pact of Negation, Food Chain, Deflecting Swat, Expropriate, Jin-Gitaxias, Kinnan, Sway of the Stars, Urza, Vorinclex, Winota, Yuriko
🔄 Chaining Extra Turns (Not Allowed Below Bracket 4)
These cards enable repeated extra turns and are restricted below Bracket 4.
Time Warp · Temporal Manipulation · Walk the Aeons · Capture of Jingzhou · Expropriate · Time Stretch · Nexus of Fate · Timestream Navigator · Sage of Hours · Time Sieve · Lighthouse Chronologist · Magosi, the Waterveil
🌋 Mass Land Denial (MLD) — Pushes Bracket 4+
Per WotC's bracket definitions, these cards qualify as MLD and prevent play below Bracket 4.
Armageddon · Ravages of War · Ruination · Sunder · Blood Moon · Magus of the Moon · Winter Orb · Stasis · Contamination · Tangle Wire · Death Cloud · Worldslayer · Trinisphere · Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger · Hokori, Dust Drinker · Hall of Gemstone · Cataclysm · Realm Razer · Infernal Darkness · Rising Waters · Spreading Algae · Numot, the Devastator · Giltleaf Archdruid · Kudzu · Demonic Hordes · Urza's Sylex · Dimensional Breach · Epicenter · Global Ruin · Razia's Purification · Apocalypse · Bearer of the Heavens · Pox · Restore Balance
📊 Power Score
Power score uses card Impact ratings (popularity + cost proxies) multiplied by an Efficiency factor from average CMC. Lower CMC = higher efficiency. The 1–10 scale uses a curve: casual decks ~4–6, high-powered ~7–8, cEDH 8.5–10. Unknown cards default to Impact 5, CMC 3.