Azula by bfoca

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Grixis spellslinger strategy helmed by Fire Lord Azula. Azula generates temporary combat mana through firebending and copies any spell cast while she is attacking, turning cantrips, burn, and rituals into high-value plays. Beyond commander synergy, the deck features a compact, redundant combo framework. The primary win condition executes through an Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze loop powered by rituals like Dark Ritual and Pyretic Ritual, enabling a same-turn table finish via storm milling or repeated burn spells. As a secondary avenue, the list includes the classic infinite drain loop of Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. A robust suite of free and efficient counterspells like Force of Will and Pact of Negation protects these win attempts, while cantrips and tutors ensure smooth sequencing across all phases of the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Cycle
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Inspiring Easel
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Wash Away