cloud b3 oct2 by phynoz

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER leads a high-tempo Naya Voltron strategy that weaponizes Equipment synergies, aggressive combat steps, and mana acceleration. The primary game plan revolves around deploying impactful Equipment early, casting Cloud on Turn 4 to bypass steep equip costs with his entering trigger, and immediately attacking with haste to generate card advantage and Treasure tokens. By combining massive power buffs from cards like Colossus Hammer, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, and Wrecking Ball Arm with double strike and extra combat effects such as Halvar, God of Battle, Tifa, Martial Artist, and Aggravated Assault, the deck rapidly eliminates opponents through commander damage. An extensive protection suite featuring Clever Concealment, Heroic Intervention, Deflecting Swat, and Conqueror's Flail insulates the board against removal and sweepers. While the deck relies heavily on combat damage and vulnerable nonland permanents across multiple turn cycles, its dense equipment tutoring, redundant equip-cost reducers, and secondary infinite combat combos ensure resilient, high-pressure execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri, Forged in Fury
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm