Lightning, Paradigm Commando by user8123347

Format: Commander

Commander: Lightning, Army of One

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This aggressive Boros equipment deck uses Lightning, Army of One to stagger opponents and amplify outgoing damage. Once Lightning connects, its triggered ability doubles all subsequent damage dealt to that player or their permanents until your next turn. The deck exploits this multiplier alongside cost-cheating enablers, extra combat steps, and equipment tutors. You can win by chaining extra combats with Aggravated Assault or Godo, Bandit Warlord, or by taking players out quickly through amplified commander damage and double-striking threats like Halvar, God of Battle and Two-Handed Axe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Battlefield Improvisation
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kassandra, Eagle Bearer
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Reverent Mantra
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Spear of Leonidas
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm