Azula Lies by user7984864

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Grixis combat spellslinger deck led by Fire Lord Azula. The strategy revolves around deploying Azula and attacking to generate {R}{R} via Firebending 2 while copying every spell cast during combat. By timing cantrips, pump spells, and burn during the combat phase, Azula doubles their value for zero additional mana. Buff spells like Blazing Crescendo and Bulk Up quickly inflate Azula's power to lethal commander damage thresholds, while pingers such as Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Firebrand Archer convert every cast into global table damage. Storm-Kiln Artist and Archmage Emeritus supercharge these combat sequences into near-infinite card flow and mana generation. The deck balances this proactive aggression with efficient stack interaction like Force of Will, Mana Drain, and Flusterstorm, backed by protection tools like Swiftfoot Boots and Hexing Squelcher to ensure Azula attacks unimpeded.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral and Kari Zev
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Furygale Flocking
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Quicken
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Suspend
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Way of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master