Wild West by Lurchy

Format: Commander

Commander: Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos outlaw aggro and aristocrats burn strategy commanded by Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier. The primary game plan involves establishing Vial Smasher on Turn 2, then rapidly deploying cheap Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks to trigger repeatable direct damage against opponents. Parallel burn engines such as Impact Tremors and Rakish Crew compound this damage, while sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment convert threatened or blocked creatures into reach. The mana base operates on a smooth curve supported by low-cost mana rocks and efficient treasure generation from Pitiless Plunderer and Mahadi, Emporium Master. While the deck lacks extensive enchantment removal and hard protection against sweepers, it compensates with high functional redundancy among its creature base, fast commander redeployment, and sudden burst lethality powered by Dictate of the Twin Gods.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 At Knifepoint
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Hustler
  • 1 Boneyard Desecrator
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brimstone Roundup
  • 1 Burrog Banemaker
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Wand
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadeye Duelist
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Discerning Peddler
  • 1 Fanatical Firebrand
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Gutless Plunderer
  • 1 Hellspur Brute
  • 1 Hellspur Posse Boss
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Ingris Stingerquill
  • 1 Jagged Barrens
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Legion Extruder
  • 1 Longhorn Sharpshooter
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Mako
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Mine Raider
  • 1 Mirage Mesa
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Nezumi Linkbreaker
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Prickly Pair
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakish Crew
  • 1 Reckless Lackey
  • 1 Rictus Robber
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Silver Deputy
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarnation Vista
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Tin Street Dodger
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Tramway Station
  • 1 Unlicensed Disintegration
  • 1 Vault Plunderer
  • 1 Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier
  • 1 Zuko, Conflicted