Kaalia of the Vast (Copy) by scoundrellll

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This is a high-power Mardu cEDH list built around Kaalia of the Vast as a flexible cheat engine rather than a pure Voltron or midrange stompy plan. The deck's real identity is turbo-combo: dense fast mana and elite black tutors fuel Ad Nauseam, Underworld Breach storm, and Razaketh, the Foulblooded chains, while Kaalia's attack trigger skips the mana cost on game-ending Demons and Dragons (Razaketh, the Foulblooded, Vilis, Broker of Blood, Hoarding Broodlord, Ancient Copper Dragon). Backup layers include the Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + reanimation-aura loop for infinite tokens and Bolas's Citadel life-payment wins. Interaction is compact but high-quality (free redirection, turn-protection creatures, blasts), and the low 2.27 average mana value plus moxen/rituals lets the deck threaten turn-3-4 kills while remaining resilient through multiple non-overlapping combo channels that live entirely in the 99.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleeful Demolition
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills