combat shenanagins by user7495549

Format: Commander

Commander: Ilharg, the Raze-Boar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red stompy strategy centered on Ilharg, the Raze-Boar. The primary game plan develops mana across the early turns, casts Ilharg, and attacks to cheat massive threats into play tapped and attacking. Cards like Fiendish Duo, Breaker of Armies, Red Dragon, and Trumpeting Carnosaur supply devastating combat pressure and recurring enter-the-battlefield triggers, returning safely to hand at the end step to be cheated in again next turn. Damage amplifiers such as Berserkers' Onslaught and Chandra's Ignition accelerate table elimination. The deck operates with 40 lands and basic mana rocks, ensuring consistent land drops but lacking explosive fast mana or creature tutors. Interaction focuses on burn spells, artifact destruction, and redirection via Bolt Bend. While Ilharg inherently tucks itself into the library upon death, the strategy remains vulnerable to board wipes and counterspells during its setup window, relying on redundant heavy beaters as a resilient backup plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Aether Membrane
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blindblast
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Bumi Bash
  • 1 Burning-Tree Vandal
  • 1 Campus Guide
  • 1 Cave Sense
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Charging Strifeknight
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dino DNA
  • 1 Dinotomaton
  • 1 Dreadmaw's Ire
  • 1 Environmental Sciences
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Foundry Street Denizen
  • 1 Go for Blood
  • 1 Hall Monitor
  • 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
  • 1 Irreverent Revelers
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate
  • 39 Mountain
  • 1 Plundering Pirate
  • 1 Pyrogoyf
  • 1 Quakefoot Cyclops
  • 1 Rampaging Ceratops
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Red Dragon
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Salvager of Ruin
  • 1 Scorching Shot
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Storm Caller
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Turret Ogre
  • 1 Village Pillagers
  • 1 Voldaren Duelist