Kratos (RED) by EddyBronx

Format: Commander

Commander: Kratos, God of War

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 16

Deck overview

Kratos, God of War leads a mono-red combat deck that wants every creature attacking while punishing opponents who leave creatures unused. Disrupt Decorum, Geode Rager, Grenzo, Havoc Raiser, and Uphill Battle support that plan by redirecting attacks or making opposing creatures enter tapped. Equipment such as Blackblade Reforged, Tenza, Godo's Maul, and Excalibur, Sword of Eden increases combat damage, while Fiery Emancipation, Furnace of Rath, and Torbran, Thane of Red Fell amplify it. The deck can deploy its commander around turn 5 and produce strong combat turns, especially with Bedlam or an extra-combat spell. However, it has limited tutoring, little repeatable card flow, and no compact win condition. Its expensive permanents are vulnerable before they generate enough damage, so it is a general-power combat deck rather than a competitive combo or lock deck.

Decklist (104 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boldwyr Intimidator
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Combustion Man
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Death Kiss
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Frontier Warmonger
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Gornog, the Red Reaper
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Kargan Intimidator
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Komainu Battle Armor
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Kratos, God of War
  • 1 Kusari-Gama
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 37 Mountain
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Tenza, Godo's Maul
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Uphill Battle
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 World at War