Hawkeye slug by thatwhileifound

Format: Commander

Commander: Hawkeye, Young Avenger

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-red deck turns Hawkeye, Young Avenger into a lethal damage amplifier for noncombat triggers. By adding Hawkeye's power to every noncombat damage instance, small effects like Reckless Fireweaver pinging on Treasure entries become devastating 3-to-7 damage blows to each opponent. The deck builds mana velocity through low-cost artifact ramp and multi-Treasure spells like Big Score and Unexpected Windfall. On Turns 4 and 5, it establishes overwhelming board pressure by combining Hawkeye with group-slug enchantments like Manabarbs and Burning Earth or explosive burst spells like Fiery Confluence and Price of Progress. Because every land tap or token creation deals amplified damage, the deck rapidly drains all three opponents simultaneously. If Hawkeye is removed, big-mana engines like Neheb, the Eternal and Mana Geyser funnel mana into a lethal Crackle with Power to close the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Hawkeye, Young Avenger
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Endeavor
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Skred
  • 27 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Xorn