Ral B3 Storm Training by Kqxr

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 73

Deck overview

This list is a competitive Izzet storm deck piloted by Ral, Monsoon Mage. The primary game plan revolves around exploiting Ral's passive cost reduction on instants and sorceries to rapidly accelerate storm count, sculpt hands via hyper-efficient cantrips, and assemble a protected win via Underworld Breach. By pairing Breach with Brain Freeze and positive mana sources like Lion's Eye Diamond or Lotus Petal, the deck mills its entire library and dispatches all opponents in a single explosive turn using either opponent mill or lethal Grapeshot copies. The list foregoes stax elements entirely in favor of an elite interactive suite packed with free countermagic, redirects, and bounce spells. Backup storm lines powered by Birgi, God of Storytelling and Storm-Kiln Artist ensure that the deck can execute lethal storm sequences without reliance on the commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Axe
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Miscast
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Quiet Speculation
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stern Scolding
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve