Midgar Mercenary by ProficientMethod

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This mono-white Voltron deck is commanded by Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, a commander that provides built-in equipment tutoring upon entering the battlefield and doubles triggered abilities of attached Equipment. The primary game plan curves Cloud on Turn 2 to search for foundational value engines like Sword of the Animist or Mask of Memory, leveraging doubled triggers to rapidly ramp basic Plains and generate net card advantage. Once a resource advantage is established, the deck transitions into a threatening Voltron clock by tutoring and equipping evasion and combat amplifiers such as Fireshrieker, Hero's Heirloom, Trailblazer's Boots, and Colossus Hammer. A robust suite of protection spells—including Clever Concealment, Restoration Magic, Swiftfoot Boots, and Champion's Helm—shields Cloud from removal while he eliminates opponents one by one through lethal commander damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent 13, Sharon Carter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory Automaton
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Giant's Boulder
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Heidegger, Shinra Executive
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Nick Fury, Spymaster
  • 1 Peggy Carter, Secret Agent
  • 33 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Resolute Reinforcements
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stasis Snare
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Three Tree Mascot
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twinblade Blessing
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Zack Fair
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn