Kuja by user9922594

Format: Commander

Commander: Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Wizard tribal burn strategy helmed by Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied. The core loop is to cast noncreature spells (instants, sorceries, and noncreature permanents) to trigger the damage pings from the 0/1 Wizard tokens the front face creates, along with other pingers like Guttersnipe and Thermo-Alchemist. Once you control four or more Wizards, Kuja transforms into the back face, which doubles all damage your Wizards deal. The deck leverages rituals (Dark Ritual, Seething Song) for burst mana, and includes a suite of card draw and selection to keep the spells flowing. The primary win condition is incremental burn damage that accelerates into a one-turn kill after the commander transforms and multiple pingers are online. There are no infinite combos; the deck wins through sheer damage density.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Day of Black Sun
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Final Punishment
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Irencrag Pyromancer
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Kefka, Dancing Mad
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Opera Love Song
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pulse of the Forge
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Queen Brahne
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sazacap's Brew
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Summon: G.F. Cerberus
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tor Wauki the Younger
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 Wizard's Lightning