Kaalia bla bla bla angels bla bla bla demons bla bla Dragons meh bla bla meh bla bla (under construction) by theblackstar

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mardu combat aggro strategy built around Kaalia of the Vast. The primary game plan accelerates Kaalia onto the battlefield on Turn 3 using two-mana artifacts, then attacks on Turn 4 to put massive Angel, Demon, and Dragon cards directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Payoffs like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Terror of the Peaks, and Aurelia, the Warleader amplify combat damage to eliminate opponents across successive attack phases by Turn 6. The deck supports this aggressive core with zero-mana protection spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver, efficient single-target removal, and secondary cheat enablers like Sneak Attack. While the deck possesses explosive damage potential and strong board resilience once its commander connects, it remains vulnerable to early spot removal on Kaalia before she can attack, as well as mass exile sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Inevitable Defeat
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Room of Refuge
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Search for Dagger
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood