The Lord Master of Hell by FishyGoon

Format: Commander

Commander: The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy that converts high-mana noncreature spells into lethal table-wide burn. In the early game, you deploy The Emperor of Palamecia on Turn 2, using its mana ability to cast cantrips, mana rocks, and card-selection spells. During the midgame, casting 4+ mana spells like Fact or Fiction, Big Score, and Drawn from Dreams places +1/+1 counters on the Emperor, triggering its transformation into The Lord Master of Hell. Once transformed, the commander attacks to trigger Starfall, dealing direct damage to each opponent equal to the number of noncreature, nonland cards in your graveyard. You amplify this damage through doublers like Fiery Emancipation, trigger multipliers such as Harmonic Prodigy and Veyran, Voice of Duality, and burn engines like Guttersnipe and Vivi Ornitier. Token producers like Shark Typhoon and Rite of the Dragoncaller create formidable defensive and offensive boards. Counterspells and spot removal protect your life total while you burn the table out over two to three attack cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chart a Course
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Drawn from Dreams
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fiery Emancipation
• 1 Finale of Revelation
• 1 Flame of Anor
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Flux Channeler
• 1 Gandalf's Sanction
• 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Guttersnipe
• 1 Harmonic Prodigy
• 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
• 1 Ice Magic
• 1 Immolating Gyre
• 1 Iron Lad, Young Avenger
• 13 Island
• 1 Izzet Charm
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Kitesail
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Memories Returning
• 13 Mountain
• 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Prismari Charm
• 1 Prismari Command
• 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
• 1 Prompto Argentum
• 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
• 1 Refute
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Ring of the Lucii
• 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
• 1 Shark Typhoon
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1 Tellah, Great Sage
• 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 Third Path Iconoclast
• 1 Time Stop
• 1 Training Center
• 1 Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Unsummon
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
• 1 Vivi Ornitier
• 1 Wizard's Staff