The Scarlet Witch by user8927596

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarlet Witch

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is commanded by The Scarlet Witch, an engine that reduces the generic mana cost of instants and sorceries with mana value 4 or greater by her power. The strategy begins by deploying cheap Equipment like Bonesplitter and Leonin Scimitar to buff the commander's power. Once buffed, the deck casts heavy 4-to-6 CMC removal and burn spells such as Fiery Confluence, Pigment Storm, and Explosion of Riches for just one or two colored mana. Incremental damage is converted into table-wide pressure through pingers like Kessig Flamebreather and Thermo-Alchemist, alongside scaling threats like The Vision and Scarlet Witch. To close the game, the deck resolves Dictate of the Twin Gods to double its burn output and eliminate opponents over multiple combat and spell cycles. While strong at controlling creature boards and mana artifacts, the deck lacks stack protection and nonland tutors.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Greeting
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avengers Disassembled
  • 1 Awaken the Sleeper
  • 1 Bonesplitter
  • 1 Cartouche of Zeal
  • 1 Cave of Temptation
  • 1 Chandra's Outrage
  • 1 Chandra's Revolution
  • 1 Channeled Dragonfire
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cryptic Caves
  • 1 Demolish
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Dragon Mantle
  • 1 Electric Revelation
  • 1 Electrify
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explosion of Riches
  • 1 Festival Crasher
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Hate Mirage
  • 1 Hazardous Blast
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Immolation
  • 1 Implode
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Leonin Scimitar
  • 1 Light Up the Night
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Molten Rebuke
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Pigment Storm
  • 1 Prophetic Prism
  • 1 Red Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Reduce to Ashes
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scorching Dragonfire
  • 1 Searing Blood
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Short Sword
  • 1 Spare Dagger
  • 1 Tectonic Giant
  • 1 Terminal Moraine
  • 1 The Autonomous Furnace
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 The Vision
  • 1 The Vision and Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vision of Love
  • 1 Volcanic Torrent
  • 1 Volt Charge
  • 1 Wanda's Vision
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wild Ricochet
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 Zuko's Exile