Azula Always Lies by bobthebuilder221

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Grixis competitive combo deck designed to secure rapid, protected victories through compact win conditions. Its primary path to victory is casting Thassa's Oracle and immediately emptying the library using Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact. Supported by format-ceiling fast mana such as Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Chrome Mox, and Lotus Petal, the deck consistently establishes winning lines by Turn 3. When the primary line is contested, explosive draw engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, The One Ring, and Rhystic Study generate massive card advantage to assemble secondary win conditions, most notably Underworld Breach storm loops with Brain Freeze and Lotus Petal. The interaction suite features efficient, zero-mana and one-mana counterspells and removal—including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Mental Misstep, Swan Song, and Deadly Rollick—to shield its own combo turn while stopping faster opposing attempts. The commander, Fire Lord Azula, provides combat mana acceleration and spell-copying utility when needed, though the 99 functions independently as a premier combo engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills