u/homjaktest

This is supposed to be a general discussion but I would like to give an example of what prompted the question:

In two recent Bracket 2 games, I have faced [[Kuja, Genome Sorcerer]] by different players. I was curious to see a Bracket 2 take on that commander, since I had only seen it in Bracket 3 and 4 before and it was pretty fast and deadly.

Both games started in very similar fashion: the Kuja player played turn 2 ramp into turn 3 commander into turn 4 [[Black Waltz No. 3]] and a flipped Kuja. So starting on turn 5, their non-creature spells were burning each opponent for a ton.

In one game on turn 5 they played a trigger doubler followed by three cheap spells which burned the opponents for 48 damage.

In the other game, they only managed 3 spells for a total of 24 damage. After that we opponents managed to get Kuja under control, but it took 2 spot removals and 2 board wipes in the following 4 turns for us to survive.

I expressed my opinion that the deck might be too fast and appropriate for Bracket 2. In both cases their argument was: "Just remove Kuja, he has no protection".

Kuja is just an example here. There are plenty of commanders that if you build them with a low curve and with synergy can kill tables early.

Do you think "just play early removal" is a good argument for a deck to kill "early" in a Bracket?

In my personal opinion, killing the table a turn early (8 in B2, 6 in B3, 4 in B4) if no one interacted with you is OK. Especially in the higher Brackets, where Interaction is to be expected. Killing the table 2+ turns earlier should only happen if there are outside factors like Group Hug or multiple aggresive decks diminishing life totals, maybe with a Sol Ring + Signet start and the perfect draw.

But that is just my opinion and I am curious to hear yours on that matter.

Edit: just to avoid misunderstandings: I am not advocating for less interaction in B2, I am a big fan of interactive games. I am just saying "turn 5-6 have removal or die" is not B2 intent.