Roy's Deck by Alistair_Steele

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros spellslinger strategy centered around Lorehold, the Historian, turning high-mana instants and sorceries into devastating 2-mana miracle plays. By triggering Lorehold's rummage ability during each opponent's upkeep, the deck can draw, reveal, and cast massive game-ending spells at instant speed during opposing turns. Tools like Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, and Library of Leng give precise control over the top of the library, ensuring high-impact hits such as Rise of the Eldrazi, Dragonstorm, Soulfire Eruption, and Dance with Calamity can be cast for just {2} mana. The deck rounds out its game plan with robust defensive stax pieces like Trouble in Pairs and Ghostly Prison, efficient Boros removal, and free commander protection spells. Once a critical mass of Dragons or extra turns is unlocked, the deck overwhelms the table with massive flying damage and direct burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ark of Hunger
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blessed Wind
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Campus Renovation
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dragonstorm
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Explosion of Riches
  • 1 Explosive Singularity
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Furygale Flocking
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lorehold Command
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 1 Profound Journey
  • 1 Response // Resurgence
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reunion of the House
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Searing Wind
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Soulfire Eruption
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Verge Rangers
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow