Red aggro by Unisaur

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarlet Witch

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity mono-red spellslinger storm deck led by The Scarlet Witch. The commander reduces the cost of instant and sorcery spells with mana value 4 or greater by an amount equal to her power, providing an immediate two-mana discount that scales when she is buffed. The deck leverages this discount to chain large draw spells, ritual mana generation, and damage-multiplying effects into explosive turns. Using pingers like Guttersnipe and Coruscation Mage, or massive finishers like Crackle with Power and overloaded Mizzix's Mastery, the deck can eliminate all three opponents in a single turn. It also contains an infinite mana and storm combo via Mana Geyser and Reiterate. While vulnerable to targeted removal on its key cost reducers and enchantment-based stax, the deck protects its stack interactions with redirection spells like Bolt Bend and Return the Favor.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dragon Mantle
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fervent Mastery
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame On!
  • 1 Fury Storm
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mishra's Command
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 33 Mountain
  • 1 Nova Flame
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Runechanter's Pike
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm King's Thunder
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wild Ricochet