Azula CEDH by maggina

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck operates as a high-speed Grixis combo shell designed for cEDH tables. It leverages format-defining acceleration, including Chrome Mox, Mana Vault, Lotus Petal, and Dark Ritual, to deploy game-ending lines with maximum velocity. The primary game plan centers on assembling the compact, two-card win condition of Thassa's Oracle alongside Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, capable of closing games as early as Turn 3 with zero opponent response cycles. As an independent backup route, Underworld Breach pairs with Brain Freeze and Lotus Petal to mill out opponents or generate overwhelming storm advantage. The deck features extensive functional access via top-tier tutors such as Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Mystical Tutor, paired with dense card advantage from Mystic Remora and Rhystic Study. A premier defensive package of free interaction—including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Pact of Negation—ensures that combo turns remain heavily protected while actively disrupting opposing competitive strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dress Down
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills