Lorehold My Beer by user2244440

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Boros spellslinger strategy centered on Lorehold, the Historian. Lorehold turns the entire library into a discounted arsenal by giving each instant and sorcery in hand miracle {2} and granting a discard-to-draw trigger on every opponent's upkeep. Supported by topdeck manipulation engines including Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, Penance, and Library of Leng, the deck consistently stacks and casts game-ending high-CMC spells—such as Storm Herd, Rise of the Eldrazi, Call Forth the Tempest, and Dance with Calamity—for just two mana on opposing turns. Mana rocks that untap on other players' turns, like Bender's Waterskin and Victory Chimes, fund these out-of-turn miracle casts. Protective pieces like Grand Abolisher and Hexing Squelcher shield critical casting windows from opposing interaction. The deck creates a must-answer lethal board state on Turn 5 and closes the game on Turn 6 through overwhelming evasive tokens or direct spell damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Biblioplex Assistant
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Explosive Singularity
  • 1 Fated Clash
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Furygale Flocking
  • 1 Goliath Daydreamer
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Invincible Hymn
  • 1 Invoke Calamity
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Penance
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Riddle of Lightning
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Searing Wind
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Surly Badgersaur
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Verge Rangers
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void