Kratos by user5701630

Format: Commander

Commander: Kratos, God of War

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Mono-Red Voltron and combat-punisher build commanded by Kratos, God of War. Kratos acts as both an enabler and finisher by granting universal haste, double strike, and punishing passive opponents with end-step burn for each creature that did not attack. The strategy accelerates into Kratos by Turn 3 or 4, stacking power-boosting Equipment such as Hero's Blade, Forebear's Blade, and Champion's Helm alongside table-wide damage spreaders like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. Additional combat phases from World at War, Hellkite Charger, and Genji Glove rapidly multiply Kratos's double strike commander damage to eliminate opponents one by one. The deck complements its physical aggression with burn enablers like Fiery Emancipation, Sulfuric Vortex, and Heartless Hidetsugu, while relying on efficient red redirection and spot removal (Return the Favor, Chaos Warp, Tibalt's Trickery) to navigate opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Barret Wallace
  • 1 Bladegraft Aspirant
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Combustion Man
  • 1 Crimson Fleet Commodore
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Dragon's Claw
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 1 Gavel of the Righteous
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Glassworks // Shattered Yard
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Grappling Hook
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Volcano
  • 1 Hunter's Blowgun
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kratos, God of War
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maximum Carnage
  • 29 Mountain
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overlord of the Boilerbilges
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spikeshot Goblin
  • 1 Staff of the Flame Magus
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Summon: Brynhildr
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 The Autonomous Furnace
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry
  • 1 World at War