The one and only by ware831

Format: Commander

Commander: Lightning, Army of One

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Boros Equipment Voltron build centered on Lightning, Army of One. Lightning provides a built-in damage amplifier via the Stagger mechanic: whenever she deals combat damage to an opponent, all sources deal double damage to that player and their permanents until your next turn. The deck capitalizes on this effect by aggressively tutoring high-impact Equipment like Colossus Hammer, Sword of Feast and Famine, and Genji Glove while bypassing equip costs using enablers like Puresteel Paladin, Forge Anew, and Hammer of Nazahn. Support creatures like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Blade Historian amplify the damage across the entire table, converting single-target Voltron strikes into rapid multiplayer eliminations. A robust instant-speed toolbox powered by Sunforger ensures that the deck can protect its board with Boros Charm or disrupt critical opposing threats with Swords to Plowshares while executing its aggressive combat curve.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blade Historian
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hexplate Wallbreaker
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhigo
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seifer Almasy
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun-Blessed Peak
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag