Ojer Axonil by bear5134

Format: Commander

Commander: Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is built around Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might, an aggressive commander that elevates every small instance of noncombat red damage up to its current power (base 4). The list is packed with dense redundancy across low-mana pingers such as Firebrand Archer, Agate Instigator, and Impact Tremors, alongside group slug punishment staples like Manabarbs and Burning Earth. Because Ojer Axonil modifies only damage dealt to opponents, symmetrical slug effects become intensely one-sided. The deck establishes its board presence on Turns 2 and 3, deploys the commander on Turn 4, and unleashes widespread table-wide burn on Turn 5, routinely closing games by Turn 6. Backup damage amplifiers like Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Purphoros, God of the Forge ensure lethal pressure continues even if the commander is removed, while tax and redirection spells defend critical execution windows.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blisterspit Gremlin
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Calamity of Cinders
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame
  • 1 Chandra, Pyrogenius
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Embermaw Hellion
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Traprunner
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hawkeye, Young Avenger
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Bloom
  • 1 Mana Web
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 34 Mountain
  • 1 Norin the Wary
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Price of Glory
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 War's Toll
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider