Red Deck Wins by Ioun

Format: Commander

Commander: Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This mono-red deck turns single-target creature burn spells into table-wide lethal damage using Imodane, the Pyrohammer. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with low-cost mana rocks and rituals, casting Imodane by Turn 4. Once Imodane is on the battlefield, every single-target removal spell doubles as direct damage to all three opponents. Damage multipliers such as Fiery Emancipation, City on Fire, and Dictate of the Twin Gods create exponential damage scaling: a spell dealing 13 damage to a creature deals 39 damage to the creature, triggering Imodane for 39 damage, which triples again to deal 117 damage to each opponent. Card advantage is sustained through impulse engines like Virtue of Courage and wheels like Magus of the Wheel. The deck controls the board naturally by destroying opposing creatures while burning down life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Catalyst Elemental
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chef's Kiss
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Combust
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Evendo Brushrazer
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fateful Showdown
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Prophecy
  • 1 Fire Servant
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Fireblast
  • 1 Frantic Firebolt
  • 1 Generator Servant
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Heat Ray
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Imodane, the Pyrohammer
  • 1 Impact Resonance
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Axe
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mine Collapse
  • 33 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Warcrafting
  • 1 Purphoros's Intervention
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rubble Rouser
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scorching Shot
  • 1 Seismic Strike
  • 1 Shivan Meteor
  • 1 Skittering Surveyor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spitting Earth
  • 1 Stonesplitter Bolt
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Volcanic Spite
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witchstalker Frenzy
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zookeeper Mechan