Knowledge Pool

Bracket

• B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Teferi, Time Raveler, Archon of Emeria, Rule of Law, Deafening Silence, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Vexing Bauble, Soulless Jailer, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Boromir, Warden of the Tower, Arcane Laboratory, Void Mirror, Curse of Exhaustion
• B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Teferi, Time Raveler, Archon of Emeria, Rule of Law, Deafening Silence, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Vexing Bauble, Soulless Jailer, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Boromir, Warden of the Tower, Arcane Laboratory, Void Mirror, Curse of Exhaustion
• B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Teferi, Time Raveler, Archon of Emeria, Rule of Law, Deafening Silence, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Vexing Bauble, Soulless Jailer, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Boromir, Warden of the Tower, Arcane Laboratory, Void Mirror, Curse of Exhaustion
• B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
• B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

• Two-card combo with Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Teferi, Time Raveler, Archon of Emeria, Rule of Law, Deafening Silence, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Vexing Bauble, Soulless Jailer, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Boromir, Warden of the Tower, Arcane Laboratory, Void Mirror, Curse of Exhaustion (early with Drannith Magistrate, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, Teferi, Time Raveler, Archon of Emeria, Rule of Law, Deafening Silence, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Vexing Bauble, Soulless Jailer, Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Boromir, Warden of the Tower, Arcane Laboratory, Void Mirror, Curse of Exhaustion)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

26 known combos, 14 of them two-card.

• Drannith Magistrate + Knowledge Pool
  Produces: Opponents can't cast spells, Lock
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• Lavinia, Azorius Renegade + Knowledge Pool
  Produces: Counter all spells opponents cast that are created by Knowledge Pool, Exile all spells players cast from their hands, Lock
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• Teferi, Time Raveler + Knowledge Pool
  Produces: Exile all spells opponents cast from their hands, Lock
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Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the card you cast without paying its mana cost has an X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  If multiple Knowledge Pools are on the battlefield, keep track of which cards are exiled by each of them. Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand: -- If all Knowledge Pools are controlled by the same player, that player chooses the order in which the triggered abilities are put onto the stack. The last one put onto the stack will be the first to resolve. -- If multiple players each control one or more Knowledge Pools, the active player put their triggered abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve. -- The first triggered ability to resolve will exile the original spell, then the player who cast that spell may cast one of the nonland cards exiled by the Knowledge Pool that generated that triggered ability. The abilities of other Knowledge Pools will do nothing when they resolve, as the original spell will already have been exiled.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the card has any mandatory additional costs, as Kuldotha Rebirth does, you must pay them in order to cast the spell.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  Any other abilities that trigger when you cast the original spell (for example, if you cast Emrakul, the Aeons Torn) will still trigger and go on the stack.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored. For example, you can cast an exiled creature card this way. Other restrictions, such as Spinal Embrace's "Cast Spinal Embrace only during combat" are not ignored.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  The spell a player casts from their hand won't resolve if it's exiled, even if that spell can't be countered by spells or abilities.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the original spell isn't exiled (perhaps because it's countered by another spell or ability before Knowledge Pool's second triggered ability resolves), the rest of the ability does nothing. The player doesn't get to cast an exiled card.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  You may cast any other card exiled by Knowledge Pool, including one owned by an opponent. Any card exiled by Knowledge Pool's "enters" ability or its other triggered ability may be cast.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  If there are no nonland cards exiled by Knowledge Pool, the original spell is still exiled.
• 2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
  You may pay additional costs, such as kicker costs, of the exiled card.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast