I Cloud Not Ask For More (7.26) by Ponhead

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Naya deck focuses on an aggressive Equipment and Voltron strategy led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary game plan revolves around deploying high-impact Equipment during the first three turns, followed by casting Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud enters with haste, immediately attaches an Equipment for free, and attacks to draw cards and generate Treasure tokens if his power is 7 or greater. The deck compounds this offensive pressure through double strike enablers like Embercleave and Reyav, Master Smith, extra combat steps from Tifa, Martial Artist, and multi-opponent damage from Vincent, Vengeful Atoner. A robust supporting cast of equipment tutors, cost reducers, and protection spells—such as Clever Concealment and Restoration Magic—ensures that Cloud remains resilient against removal. While the deck lacks stack-based countermagic and fast mana, its redundancy and commander damage lethality allow it to eliminate opponents in rapid succession starting on Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Armory Paladin
  • 1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Bladehold War-Whip
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 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 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair