john wick by justapenguin

Format: Commander

Commander: Jiang Yanggu, Alone

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 17

Deck overview

This mono-red list centers on Jiang Yanggu, Alone, turning rummaging and cycling into substantial offensive pressure. The deck stocks early turns with efficient discard enablers like Smuggler's Copter, Ivora, Insatiable Heir, and Conspiracy Theorist. Once the commander enters on Turn 5, solo attacks trigger loot effects that grow the attacker based on total discards that turn. Supporting permanents such as Spider-Man, New Champion, Magmakin Artillerist, and Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute convert discards and counters into direct damage across the table. Extra combat spells including Combat Celebrant and Full Throttle accelerate eliminations. However, the deck operates without targeted instant removal or defensive equipment, making it vulnerable to disruption while it assembles its combat engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anje's Ravager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Battlefield Scavenger
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Burning-Tree Vandal
  • 1 Case of the Crimson Pulse
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Charging Strifeknight
  • 1 Charming Scoundrel
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Conspiracy Theorist
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Goblin Lore
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Ivora, Insatiable Heir
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu, Alone
  • 1 Kavaron, Memorial World
  • 1 Lady Spider, Maybelle Reilly
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Living Laser
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marauding Mako
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Misty Knight, Hero for Hire
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Racers' Scoreboard
  • 1 Reckless Detective
  • 1 Reckless Racer
  • 1 Rescue Leopard
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Ruin Grinder
  • 1 Sandstorm Crasher
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Shadow of the Goblin
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Snort
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Gwen, Free Spirit
  • 1 Spider-Man, New Champion
  • 1 Tersa Lightshatter
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Umaro, Raging Yeti
  • 1 Volatile Wanderglyph
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Yidaro, Wandering Monster
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider