Cloud and His Dragon by user1764292

Format: Commander

Creator: user1764292

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Voltron and Equipment aggro list commanded by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary strategy focuses on deploying heavy Equipment early—such as Colossus Hammer or Wrecking Ball Arm—and resolving Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud circumvents high equip costs with his enters-the-battlefield trigger and swings immediately thanks to haste. When attacking at power 7 or greater, Cloud draws fresh cards and generates two Treasure tokens, creating self-sustaining mana velocity and card advantage. The deck quickly translates this threat into table elimination by stacking extra combat steps from sources like Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Tifa, Martial Artist, and Seize the Day, while shielding its board with effects like Clever Concealment and Boros Charm. While formidable in combat, the strategy relies heavily on combat connections and remains vulnerable to well-timed instant-speed spot removal or artifact sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furious Rise
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Heidegger, Shinra Executive
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Summon: Kujata
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair