zada Hell by JBBARN

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red storm combo deck centered on Zada, Hedron Grinder. The game plan focuses on deploying multiple cheap creatures and Goblin tokens during the first three turns, followed by casting Zada on turn 4. Once Zada is on the battlefield, casting cheap single-target spells like Expedite or Ancestral Anger causes Zada to duplicate them across the entire board. This generates massive bursts of card draw and triggers creature-based rituals like Battle Hymn and Storm-Kiln Artist for explosive mana. The deck rapidly digs through its library to chain pump spells, granting the entire team lethal power, trample, and haste to eliminate the table in a single combat step. Alternatively, it can finish opponents through storm damage with Grapeshot or death triggers from Pashalik Mons. While highly explosive and compact, the deck is vulnerable to targeted removal aimed at Zada in response to the first spell.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Brute Strength
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dreadmaw's Ire
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frontline Heroism
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblinslide
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 21 Mountain
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Reckless Charge
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stun
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirling Strike
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder