Modular Burns by LurkinGherkin

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya +1/+1 counters and artifact aggro-burn strategy piloted by Shalai and Hallar. The game plan revolves around deploying modular artifact creatures and counter doublers, turning every placed counter into direct damage to opponents. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with low-cost ramp and establishing cheap modular creatures. On Turn 4, casting Shalai and Hallar converts subsequent counter placement into immediate burn triggers. By Turn 5, explosive payoffs like Cathars' Crusade, All Will Be One, or sacrifice chains with Arcbound Ravager unleash lethal damage bursts while building formidable combat threats. While the list lacks dedicated tutors and heavy reactive interaction, it compensates with high mechanical redundancy, resilient modular death triggers, and a strong suite of free and efficient defensive spells like Deflecting Swat, Flawless Maneuver, and Teferi's Protection to defend its board until all opponents are eliminated on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Crusher
  • 1 Arcbound Javelineer
  • 1 Arcbound Mouser
  • 1 Arcbound Prototype
  • 1 Arcbound Ravager
  • 1 Arcbound Reclaimer
  • 1 Arcbound Shikari
  • 1 Arcbound Slasher
  • 1 Arcbound Slith
  • 1 Arcbound Stinger
  • 1 Arcbound Tracker
  • 1 Arcbound Worker
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blaster, Combat DJ // Blaster, Morale Booster
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Byrke, Long Ear of the Law
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scrap Welder
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Smile at Death
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Technodrome
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thornglint Bridge
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Uncivil Unrest
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp