Iroh's Final Lesson (Leaves from the Vine) by slacker036

Format: Commander

Commander: Iroh, Grand Lotus

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Temur spellslinger deck uses Iroh, Grand Lotus to convert cheap Lesson spells into recurring value and combat pressure. Early turns prioritize mana acceleration, cantrips, and filling the graveyard with Lessons. Once Iroh enters on Turn 5, all Lessons in the graveyard gain flashback {1}, allowing the deck to cycle through card draw, removal, and token generation at minimal mana cost. Payoffs like Toph, Hardheaded Teacher, Bumi, King of Three Trials, and Ran and Shaw translate spell casts into large, hasty earthbent land creatures and dragon tokens. Firebending mechanics generate supplemental red mana during combat to fund high-impact finishers like Overwhelming Victory and Sozin's Comet. The deck also includes the land combo of Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage as an independent win condition. Free interaction spells like Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship protect the commander during critical attack turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Bumi, King of Three Trials
  • 1 Combustion Technique
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Energybending
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 First-Time Flyer
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gran-Gran
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Guru Pathik
  • 1 Hermitic Herbalist
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Iroh, Firebending Instructor
  • 1 Iroh, Grand Lotus
  • 5 Island
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leaves from the Vine
  • 1 Lost Days
  • 1 Master Pakku
  • 1 Master's Guidance
  • 1 Meditation Pools
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Omashu City
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overwhelming Victory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Professor Zei, Anthropologist
  • 1 Ran and Shaw
  • 1 Reckless Blaze
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 The Lion-Turtle
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Treetop Village
  • 1 True Ancestry
  • 1 Uncle Iroh
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Walltop Sentries
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Water Whip
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 White Lotus Tile
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zuko's Exile
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master