Kaalia of the Vast by Konvikt

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Kaalia of the Vast deck is a focused high-power battlecruiser strategy designed to bypass mana costs by cheating colossal Angels, Demons, and Dragons directly into combat. The deck accelerates in the opening turns using 2-mana rocks and haste-granting utility lands to deploy Kaalia ahead of schedule. On turn 4, Kaalia attacks to drop devastating threats such as Master of Cruelties, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, or Ancient Copper Dragon, instantly putting immense pressure on the table. While the deck boasts immense offensive velocity and lethal aerial pressure, it relies heavily on Kaalia successfully resolving and surviving through combat. Secondary engines like The One Ring, Black Market Connections, and reanimation spells provide staying power if Kaalia is answered. The deck finishes games through sequential player eliminations using overwhelming flying damage, damage multipliers, and extra combat phases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma, Vision of Ixidor
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Borrowed Knowledge
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Bruna, the Fading Light
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Inferno of the Star Mounts
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Windcrag Siege