new version by Takadaz

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya Equipment strategy built around Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary game plan accelerates into high-impact Equipment on early turns before casting Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud enters with haste, attaches an Equipment for free, and attacks immediately to draw cards and create two Treasure tokens whenever his power reaches 7 or greater. The deck blends lethal Voltron commander pressure with wide token generation from living weapon and For Mirrodin cards like Bladehold War-Whip and Nettlecyst. Dense tutoring from cards like Stoneforge Mystic and Steelshaper's Gift ensures consistent access to massive stat boosters such as Colossus Hammer as well as combo pieces like Sword of Feast and Famine. The deck reliably closes games on Turn 6 through extra combat steps, heavy trample damage, or infinite combat loops with Aggravated Assault. While the deck has tutorable protection, its reactive disruption is minimal, focusing heavily on proactive offensive velocity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bladehold War-Whip
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dragoon's Lance
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
  • 1 Glimmer Lens
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexplate Wallbreaker
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Mandibular Kite
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri, Forged in Fury
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Samurai's Katana
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair