Watered Down Kefka Palazzo by user2779847

Format: Commander

Commander: Purphoros, God of the Forge

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mono-Red Token Burn strategy commanded by Purphoros, God of the Forge. The primary game plan is to accelerate Purphoros onto the battlefield by turn 4, then flood the board with low-cost creature tokens and goblins. Every creature that enters the battlefield triggers Purphoros to deal two damage to all opponents, bypassing combat steps, blockers, and standard creature removal. High-impact token producers like Krenko, Mob Boss and Siege-Gang Lieutenant, supported by damage amplifiers such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, rapidly escalate the table-wide clock. The deck reliably creates a lethal must-answer state on turn 5 and eliminates all three opponents on turn 6. It features strong creature tutoring via Goblin Recruiter and Goblin Matron, explosive burst mana from Battle Hymn and Jeska's Will, and resilient redirection spells like Deflecting Swat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Connecting the Dots
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Draconautics Engineer
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Gleeful Demolition
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Moggcatcher
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 25 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shenanigans
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Wooded Foothills