cEDH AZULA by user4449179

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Grixis spellslinger deck leverages Fire Lord Azula to weaponize the combat step by turning every spell cast while attacking into a copied effect. Supported by an explosive suite of low-cost mana rocks, rituals, and treasure-generating enablers, the deck ramps quickly into its commander on Turn 3 or 4. Once Azula attacks, her Firebending 2 ability generates free combat mana, fueling doubled card-draw engines like Unexpected Windfall or magecraft powerhouses such as Archmage Emeritus and Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck protects its setup using a suite of free and efficient countermagic, including Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Force of Will. Lethal victory is achieved on Turn 5 through massive, duplicated finishers like Torment of Hailfire, Comet Storm, or Underworld Breach storm lines that wipe out all three opponents in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Fall of the Titans
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystical Teachings
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Photon, Mighty Marvel
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xander's Lounge