Rise of the Phoenix King by Yik

Format: Commander

Commander: Ozai, the Phoenix King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Big Mana Burn strategy commanded by Ozai, the Phoenix King. Ozai acts as both an offensive threat and a persistent mana battery by converting unspent mana into red mana that does not empty across phases and turns. The primary game plan accelerates into an early Ozai, leveraging firebending attack triggers to bank massive mana pools that fuel devastating finishers such as Torment of Hailfire, Jaya's Immolating Inferno, and Comet Storm. Redundant mana engines like Neheb, the Eternal, Leyline Tyrant, and Avatar Roku, Firebender ensure the deck can generate surplus mana even without the commander. The list also includes an infinite combat combo with Neheb, the Eternal and Aggravated Assault. Interactive support focuses on efficient board wipes like Blasphemous Act and flexible removal like Deadly Rollick, aiming to clear paths for decisive combat swings and unpreventable burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Aggravated Assault
• 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
• 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
• 1 Azula Always Lies
• 1 Azula, On the Hunt
• 1 Banefire
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Blood Moon
• 1 Bloodfell Caves
• 1 Boiling Rock Prison
• 1 Combustion Man
• 1 Combustion Technique
• 1 Comet Storm
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cruel Administrator
• 1 Cruel Tutor
• 1 Day of Black Sun
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Electrodominance
• 1 Emergence Zone
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fated Firepower
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fire Lord Ozai
• 1 Fire Nation Attacks
• 1 Fire Nation Cadets
• 1 Fire Nation Occupation
• 1 Fire Nation Palace
• 1 Fire Nation Turret
• 1 Fire Navy Trebuchet
• 1 Fire Sages
• 1 Firebender Ascension
• 1 Firebending Student
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Hellkite Charger
• 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
• 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
• 1 Joo Dee, One of Many
• 1 Leyline Tyrant
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Neheb, the Eternal
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Obsessive Pursuit
• 1 Overwhelming Victory
• 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
• 1 Phoenix Fleet Airship
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Realm of Koh
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Shattering Spree
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solstice Revelations
• 1 Sozin's Comet
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Fire Nation Drill
• 1 The Last Agni Kai
• 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
• 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
• 1 Torment of Hailfire
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Zuko, Conflicted
• 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince
• 1 Zuko, Seeking Honor