Iron Vanguard by user7869392

Format: Commander

Commander: Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Red Dragon Stompy build centered on Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest. The game plan focuses on establishing mana acceleration in the early turns, dropping aggressive 4-power dragons, and resolving Dragonhawk on turn 5 to initiate recurring impulse card advantage and table-wide burn. Because Dragonhawk triggers on both entering the battlefield and attacking, the deck creates consistent pressure that punishes opponents whether you cast the exiled cards or let them expire for direct damage. Supported by powerhouse tribal payoffs such as Terror of the Peaks, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, and Utvara Hellkite, the list overwhelms opposing life totals through evasive combat damage compounded by entry and end-step triggers. While the deck boasts immense redundancy in threats and solid creature removal, it remains vulnerable to mass board wipes, countermagic, and fast combo strategies due to limited stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Backdraft Hellkite
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Crucible of Fire
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Fire
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Glorybringer
  • 1 Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Incinerator of the Guilty
  • 1 Kargan Dragonlord
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirrorwing Dragon
  • 1 Moltensteel Dragon
  • 1 Moonveil Dragon
  • 30 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Obsidian Charmaw
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Realm-Scorcher Hellkite
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ryusei, the Falling Star
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Scourge of Kher Ridges
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawn of Thraxes
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stormbreath Dragon
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thunderbreak Regent
  • 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warmonger Hellkite
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Worn Powerstone