Ral by user1357524

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet Spellslinger Storm combo list piloted by Ral, Monsoon Mage. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana through cost reducers, rituals, and Treasure generators before assembling a decisive storm turn. Ral, Monsoon Mage provides early mana discounting from the command zone, while Birgi, God of Storytelling, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Tavern Scoundrel convert cheap spells and coin flips into massive mana positive velocity. The deck closes games via Underworld Breach recursion, repeatedly escaping Brain Freeze to mill opponents out, or casting lethal storm finishers such as Grapeshot or Prologue to Phyresis followed by Radstorm. A suite of efficient, free, and low-mana countermagic—including Flusterstorm, Deflecting Swat, and Pact of Negation—protects the combo turn from opposing disruption. With strong impulse draw, wheel effects, and multiple redundant lines, the deck reliably initiates and finishes a game-ending storm sequence on Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghostfire Slice
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opera Love Song
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Radstorm
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Recoup
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rob the Archives
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm of Memories
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 _____ Goblin