cloud now by user5792840

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Naya Voltron list helmed by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary strategy accelerates into Cloud on Turn 4, leveraging his haste and enter-the-battlefield trigger to bypass high equip costs on cards like Colossus Hammer and Wrecking Ball Arm. Once Cloud attacks with power 7 or greater, he generates two Treasure tokens and draws extra cards, creating a self-fueling engine that maintains velocity while threatening rapid commander-damage eliminations. The deck bolsters this aggressive core with damage multipliers, extra combat steps, and a suite of defensive spells such as Clever Concealment and Mithril Coat to shrug off targeted removal and sweepers. While capable of eliminating individual opponents in one or two hits, its sequential combat nature requires navigating multiple opponent response cycles to finish the entire table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Judgment of Alexander
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter