laZADA by user9583921

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This mono-red aggro deck uses Zada, Hedron Grinder to copy single-target pump spells across an army of small utility creatures and tokens. During the early turns, the deck develops its mana with basic land searchers like Pilgrim's Eye and Changeling Wayfinder while establishing a modest board presence. Once Zada enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, combat spells like Dynacharge, Borrowed Hostility, Mark of Mutiny, and Temur Battle Rage transform modest 1/1 creatures into high-power attackers, dealing lethal combat damage across multiple turns. The list operates without expensive fast mana, storm cantrip engines, or infinite combos, relying instead on honest combat math and budget redundancy. Its primary limitations stem from a lack of noncreature tutors, absence of protective counterspells or hexproof equipment, and vulnerability to board wipes. When uninterrupted, the deck closes games reliably by Turn 7 through overwhelming combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Balduvian Rage
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Blindblast
  • 1 Bloodshot Trainee
  • 1 Boggart Brute
  • 1 Bombard
  • 1 Borrowed Hostility
  • 1 Brute Strength
  • 1 Burning Hands
  • 1 Cartouche of Zeal
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Coal Stoker
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Dynacharge
  • 1 Electrostatic Bolt
  • 1 Enthusiastic Study
  • 1 Explosive Entry
  • 1 Fencer's Magemark
  • 1 Flame-Blessed Bolt
  • 1 Flamespeaker's Will
  • 1 Flowstone Infusion
  • 1 Flurry of Horns
  • 1 Furious Resistance
  • 1 Furor of the Bitten
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Goblin Assault Team
  • 1 Goblin War Paint
  • 1 Goblin War Party
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Letter of Acceptance
  • 1 Magma Spray
  • 1 Magmatic Chasm
  • 1 Magnifying Glass
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Maniacal Rage
  • 1 Mark of Mutiny
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Mugging
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Old Thrush
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 1 Pyroclasm
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Seer's Lantern
  • 1 Shatter
  • 1 Skirk Shaman
  • 1 Smash
  • 1 Smash to Smithereens
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulbright Flamekin
  • 1 Spitfire Lagac
  • 1 Surge of Zeal
  • 1 Swashbuckling
  • 1 Swift Kick
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Trumpet Blast
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder