Ral! by aronoo

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet storm combo list commanded by Ral, Monsoon Mage. The primary strategy leverages Ral's cost reduction to chain cheap cantrips, red rummage spells, and rituals, rapidly filling the graveyard and increasing storm count. On Turn 3 or 4, the deck initiates an explosive win attempt centered on Underworld Breach, casting Brain Freeze to mill its library alongside mana-positive rituals or Lotus Petal. Once the library is accessible in the graveyard, the deck closes the game in the same turn by casting Grapeshot with a storm count of 120 or higher to eliminate all three opponents simultaneously, or by milling opponents out with targeted Brain Freeze copies. Redundant mana engines including Birgi, God of Storytelling, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Runaway Steam-Kin ensure operational independence from the commander, while proactive shields like Defense Grid and Vexing Bauble protect the winning turn from opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandon Attachments
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crystal Vein
• 1 Defense Grid
• 1 Demand Answers
• 1 Desperate Ritual
• 1 Echo of Eons
• 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Flashback
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
• 1 Ghostly Flicker
• 1 Gitaxian Probe
• 1 Glimpse the Impossible
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Gut Shot
• 1 Haze of Rage
• 1 Hex Magic
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Hidden Strings
• 1 High Tide
• 1 Highway Robbery
• 5 Island
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Lava Dart
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Mind's Desire
• 1 Mindbreak Trap
• 7 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Past in Flames
• 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
• 1 Pirate's Pillage
• 1 Pyretic Ritual
• 1 Pyroblast
• 1 Pyroclasm
• 1 Quiet Speculation
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
• 1 Reckless Impulse
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Reiterate
• 1 Rite of Flame
• 1 Romantic Rendezvous
• 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1 Sazacap's Brew
• 1 Seething Song
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Snap
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Strike It Rich
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Tavern Scoundrel
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Tormenting Voice
• 1 Treasonous Ogre
• 1 Twinferno
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Vexing Bauble
• 1 Vision of Love
• 1 Will of the Jeskai
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Witch's Mark
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Wrenn's Resolve
• 1 _____ Goblin