Emperor of Palamecia by alesekk

Format: Commander

Creator: alesekk

Commander: The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a mid-paced Izzet spellslinger strategy built around The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell. The early game focuses on deploying the commander on Turn 2 to function as a mana ramp source for noncreature spells. The deck then curves into 4-CMC noncreature spells such as card advantage, board management, and treasure-producing sorceries. Each qualifying spell adds a +1/+1 counter to the Emperor, culminating in transformation into The Lord Master of Hell on Turn 5. Once transformed, the commander bypasses traditional combat obstacles by dealing damage directly to all opponents equal to the count of noncreature, nonland cards in the graveyard via Starfall. Supported by looting, flashback spells, and graveyard filling, the deck scales this burn trigger over consecutive turns to eliminate the entire table by Turn 7, backed by cheap protection spells and secondary token threats like Shark Typhoon.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Beacon Bolt
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bond of Insight
  • 1 Careful Consideration
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Channeled Force
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clout of the Dominus
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Decaying Time Loop
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Echoing Truth
  • 1 Electric Revelation
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Ether
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Experimental Overload
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fateful Showdown
  • 1 Firemind Vessel
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gandalf's Sanction
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Ill-Timed Explosion
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Jace, the Perfected Mind
  • 1 Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Protective Bubble
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Ring of the Lucii
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shenanigans
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sisay's Ring
  • 1 Snort
  • 1 Steam Augury
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Summons of Saruman
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The Elder Dragon War
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Tunnel Vision
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach
  • 1 Zephid's Embrace