Zada by user7680411

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red storm and combat combo deck centered around Zada, Hedron Grinder. The strategy establishes a wide board of cheap creature tokens during the first three turns using low-cost token generators. Once Zada enters the battlefield on Turn 4, cheap single-target cantrips like Crimson Wisps and Expedite copy across every creature you control, drawing massive chunks of your library for a single mana. The deck converts this explosive card advantage into mana using rituals that scale with creature count, such as Battle Hymn and Brightstone Ritual, or creature engines like Storm-Kiln Artist. After drawing into token cloners like Twinflame and lethal pump spells like Fists of Flame and Ancestral Anger, the deck grants haste and trample to a massive army, swinging for lethal combat damage against all three opponents in a single turn without passing priority.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balduvian Rage
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Brute Strength
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
  • 1 Dreadmaw's Ire
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fiery Gambit
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Forbidden Friendship
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Frontline Heroism
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Kick in the Door
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Kuldotha Rebirth
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Ral's Reinforcements
  • 1 Rally at the Hornburg
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Rile
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Samut's Sprint
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stun
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Traitorous Greed
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder