Thing in the sky by user9351814

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Naya Equipment deck is commanded by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, a fast and resilient Voltron threat that combines innate haste, automatic Equipment attachment on entry, card draw, and Treasure generation. The deck uses an efficient ramp package of two-mana dorks, rocks, and land search spells to cast Cloud ahead of curve on Turn 4. By deploying high-impact Equipment such as Buster Sword, Hammer of Nazahn, Sunforger, and Genji Glove on earlier turns, Cloud attacks immediately upon entry at 7 or greater power. This triggers card advantage and Treasure ramp while presenting a rapid commander damage clock. Strong functional redundancy across Equipment tutors ensures consistent access to game-ending tools, while a robust protection suite featuring Deflecting Swat, Flawless Maneuver, and Heroic Intervention shields key permanents. The deck closes games around Turn 6 using double strike, extra combats via Tifa, Martial Artist, or table-wide burns like Chandra's Ignition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amy Rose
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of the Animist
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth