Cloud EX by bran_dan

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya Equipment Voltron build led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary strategy focuses on developing efficient Equipment during the first three turns, followed by casting Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud enters with haste and attaches an Equipment immediately for free, bypassing equip costs and applying immediate pressure. Attacking with Cloud draws cards and generates two Treasure tokens whenever Cloud reaches 7 or more power, fueling continuous mana and card velocity. The deck scales this pressure using powerful combat multipliers such as Tifa, Martial Artist, Sephiroth, Fallen Hero, and Vincent, Vengeful Atoner. While the deck lacks dedicated equipment tutors, high card density and draw engines maintain momentum. Robust protection pieces like Champion's Helm, Darksteel Plate, and Clever Concealment safeguard key threats against opposing interaction. The deck systematically eliminates opponents through lethal combat damage by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory Automaton
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avalanche of Sector 7
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furious Rise
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heidegger, Shinra Executive
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Leonin Shikari
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Summon: Kujata
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair