flameo hotman by bigsleep

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Zuko

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Fire Lord Zuko is a midrange exile-value deck that uses the commander as a global +1/+1 counter engine and a source of combat-phase red mana. The primary plan is to cast spells from exile and flicker permanents through exile, turning every trigger into a buff for the entire board; Liara Portyr, Chandra, Prosper, Laelia and Pia provide the fuel, while Abzan Falconer, Mer-Ek Nightblade, Hagra Constrictor and Abzan Battle Priest give evasion/deathtouch/menace/lifelink to the counter-heavy team. Secondary paths are free-cast finishers such as Etali and Improvisation Capstone, occasional 'can't block' from Headliner Scarlett, and direct damage from Thundering Raiju and Ashling's magecraft. There is no hidden commander; the build centers squarely on Zuko and Mardu exile synergies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander Liara Portyr
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Zuko
  • 1 Hagra Constrictor
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Headliner Scarlett
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mer-Ek Nightblade
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Slip On the Ring
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulbright Flamekin
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Strago and Relm
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Infamous Cruelclaw
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve