Kaalia 1 by user2662382

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Kaalia of the Vast as an explosive mana-cheating engine to deploy high-cost Angels, Demons, and Dragons directly into combat without paying their mana costs. With eight pieces of two-mana artifact ramp, the deck reliably casts Kaalia on turn 3, enabling her first attack on turn 4. When unanswered, Kaalia drops game-altering bombs such as Master of Cruelties, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, or Drakuseth, Maw of Flames. While capable of eliminating a single player immediately upon connection, the strategy is linear and vulnerable to spot removal targeting Kaalia before she attacks. The deck lacks dedicated hexproof or indestructible equipment, meaning a single well-timed removal spell forces the pilot into hardcasting high-CMC beaters or paying commander tax. Reactive interaction is solid against creatures, but minimal counterplay exists against noncreature combo wins.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aegis Angel
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Breaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Demon of Loathing
  • 1 Demonlord Belzenlok
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Mage
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Firja's Retribution
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Mardu Banner
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Merciless Eviction
  • 1 Mortify
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pestilence Demon
  • 1 Piru, the Volatile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Subjugator Angel
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag