$20 Zada Combo - copy of keepingitcasual by Mrwarden94

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity mono-red storm and combat combo deck led by Zada, Hedron Grinder. The strategy focuses on creating a wide board of cheap creature tokens, deploying Zada, and targeting her with low-cost single-target cantrips. Zada copies these spells for each creature you control, drawing massive portions of your library for minimal mana. As you draw through the deck, copied ritual spells such as Sudden Breakthrough, Ancestors' Aid, and Traitorous Greed generate large amounts of Treasure and mana. You then close the game with team-wide pump spells like Fists of Flame and Ancestral Anger, giving your entire creature swarm immense power and trample to eliminate all three opponents in a single attack step. Alternatively, burn creatures like Guttersnipe and Erebor Flamesmith can finish the table through spell cast triggers. The deck reliably wins on Turn 5, but remains fragile to board wipes and commander removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academic Dispute
  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Ardent Elementalist
  • 1 Balduvian Rage
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Boiling Blood
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaotic Strike
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Daring Discovery
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Enthusiastic Study
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Forbidden Friendship
  • 1 Foundry Street Denizen
  • 1 Ghitu Encampment
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Gnawing Crescendo
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Involuntary Employment
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Kick in the Door
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Manakin
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mishra's Foundry
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 24 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otherworldly Outburst
  • 1 Page, Loose Leaf
  • 1 Panic
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Raid Bombardment
  • 1 Ral's Reinforcements
  • 1 Rally at the Hornburg
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Rile
  • 1 Satyr's Cunning
  • 1 Shreds of Sanity
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Spark of Creativity
  • 1 Spawning Breath
  • 1 Spreading Insurrection
  • 1 Stun
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Traitorous Greed
  • 1 Twisted Fealty
  • 1 Valley Rally
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Wrangle
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder
  • 1 Zookeeper Mechan