Kaalia of the Vast by Daye019

Format: Commander

Creator: Daye019

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 80

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Commander list that uses Mardu colors to execute fast, proactive combo lines. Kaalia of the Vast serves as an alternate cheat enabler from the command zone, but the primary strategy relies on turbo reanimation and storm lines. By leveraging an elite package of positive-mana artifacts and dark rituals, the deck routinely attempts a protected win on Turn 2. Its most compact line involves entombing and reanimating Hoarding Broodlord, which convokes Saw in Half to assemble Burnt Offering and Underworld Breach or the infinite Dualcaster Mage plus Twinflame token combo. The deck heavily protects its combo turns using Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, preventing opponents from responding on the stack. Backup engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and Bolas's Citadel ensure resilience against interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleeful Demolition
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills