Depala by Liberatious

Format: Commander

Commander: Depala, Pilot Exemplar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Boros tribal strategy designed to exploit synergies between Dwarves and Vehicles. Depala, Pilot Exemplar acts as both a tribal lord and a continuous card-advantage engine from the command zone, turning excess mana and crew actions into a stream of new pilots and artifacts. The deck curves low-cost utility Dwarves like Magda, Brazen Outlaw and Sram, Senior Edificer into evasive, hard-hitting Vehicles such as Thunderhawk Gunship and Reaver Titan. Alternative crew enablers like Peacewalker Colossus and Kolodin, Triumph Caster bypass pilot requirements, while Alibou, Ancient Witness and Thorin, King of Durin's Folk convert tapped artifact volume into direct burn and overwhelming board buffs. While resilient against sorcery-speed creature board wipes, the deck must navigate targeted removal and artifact-specific sweepers to close out games through successive turns of evasive combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aeronaut Admiral
  • 1 Aethershield Artificer
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 An Unexpected Party // At the Door
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Armed and Armored
  • 1 Brotherhood Vertibird
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Careening Mine Cart
  • 1 Chandra, Spark Hunter
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Country Roads
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Demolition Stomper
  • 1 Depala, Pilot Exemplar
  • 1 Digsite Engineer
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Dwarven Recruiter
  • 1 Dáin of the Ancient Halls
  • 1 Explosive Getaway
  • 1 Gearshift Ace
  • 1 Giott, King of the Dwarves
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hoard Hauler
  • 1 Hofri Ghostforge
  • 1 Kolodin, Triumph Caster
  • 1 Lifecraft Engine
  • 1 Luxurious Locomotive
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Magmatic Galleon
  • 1 Mech Hangar
  • 1 Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 1 Pia's Revolution
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Plundering Barbarian
  • 1 RMS Titanic
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Reckless Crew
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Wheelsmith
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rocky Roads
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 7 Seven Dwarves
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Unidentified Hovership
  • 1 Valor's Flagship
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veteran Motorist
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Weatherlight
  • 1 Xorn