Tai Wakeen by Rake33

Format: Commander

Commander: Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros Spellslinger Burn strategy led by Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot. The game plan revolves around leveraging cheap, asymmetric 1-damage sweepers like Blazing Volley and End the Festivities to wipe opposing utility creatures and tokens while drawing multiple cards off Taii Wakeen's triggered ability. Mana velocity is accelerated through low-cost mana rocks, creature engines such as Birgi, God of Storytelling and Storm-Kiln Artist, and explosive burst spells like Mana Geyser and Jeska's Will. The deck pivots to a lethal turn around Turn 6 by tapping Taii Wakeen with a high X value, amplifying noncombat damage across the table. Payoffs like Repercussion, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Fiery Confluence, and spellslinger pingers such as Guttersnipe and Fiery Inscription convert this amplified damage into an explosive, single-turn table elimination.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Boiling Earth
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra's Pyrohelix
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Cunning Sparkmage
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame Jab
  • 1 Forked Bolt
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Heartflame Duelist // Heartflame Slash
  • 1 Imodane, the Pyrohammer
  • 1 Impact Resonance
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Searing Blaze
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Smash to Dust
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Twin Bolt
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag