Longshot by lukemattar

Format: Commander

Commander: Longshot, Rebel Bowman

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-red spells-matter burn/aggro deck helmed by Longshot, Rebel Bowman. The primary game plan is to deploy the commander early, lower the cost of every noncreature spell by {1}, and convert a high volume of cheap instants and sorceries into table-wide damage through his 2-damage trigger plus a supporting cast of guttersnipe-style pingers. Cards like Guttersnipe, Firebrand Archer, Coruscation Mage, Firespitter Whelp, and Fiery Inscription multiply the value of every spell cast, while flashback cards (Firebolt, Abandon the Post) and temporary card advantage (Faithless Salvaging, Galvanic Relay, Hoarder's Overflow) sustain the chain. The deck closes through cumulative burn, with finishers like Fateful Tempest, Maximum Carnage, and Overwhelming Victory. Combat is a secondary channel: hasty allies and pump spells like Trumpet Blast and Run Amok supplement the burn clock.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 Abandon the Post
  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Awaken the Ancient
  • 1 Axgard Cavalry
  • 1 Barbed Lightning
  • 1 Battle-Scarred Goblin
  • 1 Bespoke Battlegarb
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Cinderheart Giant
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Deadeye Duelist
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Earthquake
  • 1 Explosive Shot
  • 1 Expressive Firedancer
  • 1 Faithless Salvaging
  • 1 Fateful Tempest
  • 1 Festival of Embers
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Firebolt
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Freedom Fighter Recruit
  • 1 Frilled Sparkshooter
  • 1 Galvanic Relay
  • 1 Gimli's Fury
  • 1 Gimli, Counter of Kills
  • 1 Gnawing Crescendo
  • 1 Goblin Fireleaper
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 HYDRA Assault Robot
  • 1 Hoarder's Overflow
  • 1 How to Start a Riot
  • 1 Immersturm Raider
  • 1 Immolation
  • 1 Incendiary Flow
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Magic Missile
  • 1 Maximum Carnage
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 27 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mutiny
  • 1 Open the Omenpaths
  • 1 Overwhelming Victory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pillar of Flame
  • 1 Plasma Bolt
  • 1 Purple Dragon Punks
  • 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
  • 1 Ranger's Firebrand
  • 1 Reckless Air Strike
  • 1 Redcap Thief
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Rush the Room
  • 1 Scrabbling Claws
  • 1 Skirk Shaman
  • 1 Smellerbee, Rebel Fighter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Stone of Erech
  • 1 Super Speed
  • 1 The Shattered States Era // Nameless Conqueror
  • 1 Thor, God of Thunder
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Treetop Freedom Fighters
  • 1 Trumpet Blast
  • 1 Twin Bolt
  • 1 Utility Knife
  • 1 Wizard's Rockets