Cloud by user4581823

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya Equipment and Voltron powerhouse piloted by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The strategy focuses on deploying cheap, high-impact Equipment and enablers on early turns, followed by casting Cloud on Turn 4. Because Cloud has innate haste and automatically attaches an Equipment upon entering the battlefield, he bypasses equip costs and attacks immediately. When equipped with large stat boosters like Colossus Hammer or Buster Sword, Cloud's attack triggers draw extra cards and produce two Treasure tokens each swing, fueling continuous mana and card velocity. The deck closes games through explosive commander damage, supplemented by extra combat phases from Tifa, Martial Artist and Full Throttle, or table-wide damage from Vincent, Vengeful Atoner. Robust protection spells like Teferi's Protection, Clever Concealment, and Conqueror's Flail defend key permanents against opposing removal, allowing the deck to maintain steady pressure and eliminate the table around Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Armory Automaton
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Cloud, Planet's Champion
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri, Forged in Fury
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair