Kaalia by LysTheFox

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive, cheat-into-play strategy built around Kaalia of the Vast. Its primary game plan is to accelerate mana in the early turns, deploy Kaalia alongside haste or protection enablers, and attack on Turn 4 to put massive Angels, Demons, and Dragons directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Payoffs like Master of Cruelties can eliminate an opponent on the first swing, while damage multipliers such as Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Twinflame Tyrant, and Archfiend of Despair rapidly close out the remaining players by Turn 6. The deck features a dense package of low-cost protection spells, including Mother of Runes, Flawless Maneuver, and Teferi's Protection, to safeguard Kaalia during critical combat steps. While the deck boasts high payoff redundancy and potent reanimation backup through Reanimate and Animate Dead, it depends heavily on resolving its commander to bypass the high mana costs of its heavy-hitting threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chancellor of the Annex
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood