Zuke Nuke by user5724605

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Zuko

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Mardu (red-white-black) "cast from exile" + "firebending" + extra combat deck helmed by Fire Lord Zuko. The primary game plan is to deploy firebending creatures that generate red mana when they attack, then chain extra combat steps - via Hellkite Charger, Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Combat Celebrant, Aggravated Assault, and friends - to overwhelm the table with repeated combat damage. The cast-from-exile subtheme (Prosper, Tome-Bound, Valakut Exploration, Laelia, the Blade Reforged, Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest) provides card advantage and, through Zuko's trigger, pumps the entire team with +1/+1 counters. Secondary wins include Chandra's Ignition on a large creature and Valakut Exploration's end-step burn. The deck is fast and redundant, with 10 extra-combat cards and multiple independent mana engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Battle of Olympus
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clockwork Percussionist
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Ozai
  • 1 Fire Lord Zuko
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Monica, the Marvel
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Showdown of the Skalds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Tavern Brawler
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Infamous Cruelclaw
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Widow-Making Infiltrator
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince