Mono Red Stax Punisher by LaudieTV

Format: Commander

Commander: Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-Red Group Slug and Stax Control build commanded by Solphim, Mayhem Dominus. The strategy focuses on establishing symmetric damage-on-action permanents such as Manabarbs, Spellshock, and Zo-Zu the Punisher, then breaking parity by deploying Solphim to double all noncombat damage dealt to opponents and their permanents. Opponents face severe life loss for tapping lands, casting spells, or attacking. Meanwhile, stax pieces like Blood Sun, Price of Glory, War's Toll, and Ensnaring Bridge lock down opposing combat phases and punish instant-speed interaction. Mana acceleration from low-cost artifacts and rituals ensures early deployment of key enchantments, while damage sweepers like Blasphemous Act combined with Repercussion provide devastating asymmetric board wipes. The deck steadily grinds down life totals, culminating in a table-wide burn finish around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Ankh of Mishra
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Sun
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 By Force
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 Chandra, Dressed to Kill
  • 1 Chandra, Flamecaller
  • 1 Chandra, Hope's Beacon
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Citadel of Pain
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Ensnaring Bridge
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Crevasses
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Leyline of Combustion
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Price of Glory
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyrostatic Pillar
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Rolling Earthquake
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Smoke
  • 23 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spellshock
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Tectonic Instability
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 War's Toll
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher