Azula Always Lies by mechanou

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Grixis combo shell built to execute fast, protected victories. While Fire Lord Azula provides explosive mid-game value by generating red mana and duplicating spells during combat, the deck's primary objective is racing into compact win conditions. Leveraging a dense suite of fast mana rocks and rituals, it routinely deploys game-ending threats by Turn 3. The primary line combines Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact to empty the library and win on the spot. Alternate routes utilize Underworld Breach with Brain Freeze and Lotus Petal to mill the table, or massive card draw engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and The One Ring to assemble overwhelming card advantage. A robust suite of free and efficient countermagic defends win attempts, while pieces like Hexing Squelcher and Orcish Bowmasters punish interaction and opposing draw steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills