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Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mardu aggro build centered on cheating massive Angels, Demons, and Dragons into play with Kaalia of the Vast. The primary game plan uses early artifact ramp to cast Kaalia ahead of curve on Turn 3, setting up a Turn 4 attack that puts game-ending threats directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Key payoffs include Master of Cruelties, which can eliminate an unblocked player on Turn 4, as well as airborne bombs like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Valgavoth, Terror Eater, and Aurelia, the Warleader. Additional attack triggers from Isshin, Two Heavens as One and Windcrag Siege double Kaalia's output, while extra combat spells like Relentless Assault speed up the clock to defeat all opponents by Turn 6. The strategy depends on Kaalia surviving summoning sickness, but high-impact fliers provide a strong backup plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aegis Angel
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Basandra, Battle Seraph
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dragon Mage
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fervent Charge
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 High Noon
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Yosei, the Morning Star