22. Help Step-Opponent Im stuck in Combat

Format: Commander

Commander: Tifa, Martial Artist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Naya combat aggro strategy commanded by Tifa, Martial Artist. The primary game plan accelerates into a Turn 3 Tifa and follows immediately on Turn 4 with power-boosting permanents such as Xenagos, God of Revels, Blade Historian, or Skyhunter Strike Force. By pushing Tifa or companion attackers to 7 power, the deck triggers repeated untaps and extra combat steps upon dealing combat damage to a player. Card advantage engines like Toski, Bearer of Secrets and The One Ring refill the hand across multiple combat phases, while damage amplifiers such as Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar distribute commander damage to the entire table. Backed by a premier suite of protective instants including Clever Concealment and Deflecting Swat, the deck reliably survives disruption and closes out games on Turn 5 through overwhelming combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blade Historian
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels