Lorefold by Jvfairchild86

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros spellslinger strategy built around Lorehold, the Historian, leveraging its unique ability to give every instant and sorcery card miracle {2} alongside a recurring discard-and-draw trigger on each opponent's upkeep. By utilizing topdeck manipulation tools like Penance and discard replacement effects like Library of Leng, the deck consistently casts massive high-mana sorceries—such as Storm Herd, Call Forth the Tempest, Soulfire Eruption, and Urza's Ruinous Blast—at instant speed for just two mana. The deck accelerates through the early turns using efficient mana rocks before deploying Lorehold on Turn 5. Once active, Lorehold generates substantial card velocity while threatening game-ending board states through lethal Pegasus swarms or devastating board wipes. With redundant card filtering, resilient flash protection, and explosive combat finishers, the deck presents high-impact haymakers while maintaining strong table interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Calamity of Cinders
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Creative Technique
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cursed Recording
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Daily Bugle Newspaper
  • 1 Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder
  • 1 Emerge from the Cocoon
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fervent Mastery
  • 1 Fields of Strife
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Hallway Heckler // Vicious Verse
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monica Rambeau // Photon, Living Light
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Penance
  • 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Practiced Scrollsmith
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quake, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulfire Eruption
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tajic, Legion's Edge
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Teferi's Reproach
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Visions of Glory
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Óin the Brave