Kala-maxed [C20] (retired 9 by skrimp

Format: Commander

Creator: skrimp

Commander: Kalamax, the Stormsire

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This is a general-power Temur spellslinger deck led by Kalamax, the Stormsire. Its strongest route is the compact Twinflame and Dualcaster Mage combo. The deck uses ramp, cantrips, and selection to reach five mana and assemble both cards, then creates unlimited hasty Dualcaster Mage tokens and attacks all three opponents in the same turn. Kalamax, the Stormsire provides a secondary value plan by copying the first instant cast while tapped and growing through +1/+1 counters. Damage engines such as All Will Be One, Fiery Inscription, and Guttersnipe reward repeated spell casting, but they are slower and require more pieces. Interaction is broad enough for ordinary multiplayer games, though it competes with development and does not consistently protect the combo. The deck is therefore capable of a decisive finish, but its access, protection, and speed fall short of cEDH standards.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 Anticipate
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
• 1 Autumn's Veil
• 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Botanical Sanctum
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Calculated Dismissal
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Disperse
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Drag Under
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Electrodominance
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Evolution Charm
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Flare of Duplication
• 1 Flashback
• 8 Forest
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Giantfall
• 1 Glacierwood Siege
• 1 Growth Spiral
• 1 Guttersnipe
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Insight Engine
• 6 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Joint Exploration
• 1 Kalamax, the Stormsire
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Krark, the Thumbless
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Negate
• 1 Overflowing Basin
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
• 1 Planar Genesis
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Raucous Audience
• 1 Reasonable Doubt
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Revive
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Snap
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Think Twice
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Twinflame
• 1 Twinflame Travelers
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 You See a Guard Approach