Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot sniperqueen by user2064006

Format: Commander

Commander: Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros spellslinger and burn engine led by Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot. The strategy revolves around pairing low-cost pingers, such as Thermo-Alchemist and Firebrand Archer, with cheap sweepers and divisible burn spells like Blazing Volley, End the Festivities, and Pyrokinesis. Taii Wakeen serves a dual purpose: her passive ability turns exact-toughness noncombat kills into substantial card advantage, while her activated ability exponentially amplifies noncombat damage dealt by all friendly sources. During the early turns, the deck deploys ramp, equipment, and pingers. By Turn 4, Taii enters to establish asymmetric board control and draw cards off opposing utility creatures. By Turn 6, large mana investments into Taii's activation allow a single low-cost burn spell or untapping pinger sequence to deal 20 to 30 damage to each opponent simultaneously. The deck protects its commander using efficient one-mana protection spells and boots, closing out games on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Arc Lightning
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Reckoner
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bottle-Cap Blast
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cori Mountain Stalwart
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flameshot
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Fragmentize
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Heartflame Duelist // Heartflame Slash
  • 1 Impact Resonance
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Magic Missile
  • 1 Mogg Mob
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Oreskos Explorer
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Sand Scout
  • 1 Seismic Wave
  • 1 Shattering Spree
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thran Turbine
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker