zada by user2427498

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red storm and explosive aggro build led by Zada, Hedron Grinder. The strategy centers on establishing a wide board of cheap creature tokens using efficient fodder spells like Dragon Fodder, Krenko's Command, and Young Pyromancer. Once Zada enters the battlefield, any single-target instant or sorcery targeting Zada copies itself for every other creature you control. A single 1-mana cantrip such as Expedite or Ancestral Anger draws an entire new hand, while Treasure-generating spells like Ancestors' Aid and engines like Storm-Kiln Artist provide massive mana bursts. The deck chains cantrips into overwhelming pump spells like Fists of Flame and Monstrous Rage, giving the entire army lethal trample and haste to eliminate the entire table in a single combat step on Turn 4 or 5. As a compact backup, the deck also includes the Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barge In
  • 1 Brute Force
  • 1 Built to Smash
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Infuriate
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Lunar Frenzy
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 33 Mountain
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Pack Attack
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rouse the Mob
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Samut's Sprint
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Turn Inside Out
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Uncanny Speed
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Violent Urge
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder