Longshot by jobles

Format: Commander

Commander: Longshot, Rebel Bowman

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This competitive mono-red deck converts noncreature spells directly into mana velocity and lethal table-wide damage. Led by Longshot, Rebel Bowman, the deck reduces noncreature spell costs by one generic mana while burning each opponent for 2 damage per cast. The primary win condition combines Longshot with Mystic Forge and Sensei's Divining Top, creating an infinite draw and burn loop that closes games on turn 3. Dense fast mana, rituals, and impulse cantrips provide explosive early-game velocity, while Underworld Breach and Grinding Station offer resilient alternate combo lines. Proactive stax pieces like Blood Moon and Cursed Totem severely disrupt opposing game plans without hindering the deck's artifact-centric strategy. Supported by highly efficient stack protection including Deflecting Swat and Defense Grid, the deck consistently threatens protected, decisive wins in early turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Artist's Talent
• 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
• 1 Barbarian Ring
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Blood Moon
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Chromatic Sphere
• 1 Chromatic Star
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 Conjurer's Bauble
• 1 Crystal Vein
• 1 Cursed Totem
• 1 Defense Grid
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Demand Answers
• 1 Desperate Ritual
• 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1 Emergence Zone
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Final Fortune
• 1 Firebrand Archer
• 1 Flare of Duplication
• 1 Flashback
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 1 Grab the Prize
• 1 Great Furnace
• 1 Grinding Station
• 1 Helm of Awakening
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Highway Robbery
• 1 Insult // Injury
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Jeweled Amulet
• 1 Light Up the Stage
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Magus of the Moon
• 1 Mana Vault
• 9 Mountain
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mox Opal
• 1 Mystic Forge
• 1 Opera Love Song
• 1 Past in Flames
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Pyretic Ritual
• 1 Pyroblast
• 1 Pyrokinesis
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Reckless Handling
• 1 Reckless Impulse
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Reiterate
• 1 Rite of Flame
• 1 Rob the Archives
• 1 Ruby Medallion
• 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Seething Song
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Springleaf Drum
• 1 Stranglehold
• 1 Strike It Rich
• 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
• 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Treasonous Ogre
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
• 1 Weftstalker Ardent
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Will of the Jeskai
• 1 Witch's Mark
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Wrenn's Resolve