Valduk and a Dream by user3452899

Format: Commander

Commander: Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is commanded by Valduk, Keeper of the Flame and operates as an aggressive equipment-driven token swarm deck. The strategy hinges on deploying numerous low-cost equipment and auras in the early turns, casting Valduk, and attaching them to flood the board with temporary 3/1 red Elemental tokens featuring trample and haste during every combat phase. Damage amplifiers like Impact Tremors, Hellrider, and Berserkers' Onslaught quickly turn these temporary attackers into lethal multi-player burst damage. Sacrifice outlets such as Street Urchin and Thermopod extract secondary value from the tokens before they exile at the end step. The deck's primary strength lies in its high redundancy of cheap equipment, but it suffers from extreme commander reliance, minimal stack protection, and limited reactive removal against fast combo or heavy control strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ace's Baseball Bat
  • 1 Adventuring Gear
  • 1 Akki War Paint
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blazing Torch
  • 1 Bone Saw
  • 1 Bonesplitter
  • 1 Captain's Claws
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Civic Saber
  • 1 Cliffhaven Kitesail
  • 1 Cobbled Wings
  • 1 Culling Dais
  • 1 Dark-Dweller Oracle
  • 1 Dragon Mantle
  • 1 Dragon Throne of Tarkir
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Freya Crescent
  • 1 Goblin War Drums
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Heart-Piercer Bow
  • 1 Hellrider
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Immolation
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Leather Armor
  • 1 Leonin Bola
  • 1 Leonin Scimitar
  • 1 Manriki-Gusari
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 36 Mountain
  • 1 Neglected Heirloom // Ashmouth Blade
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Prophetic Ravings
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Ring of Valkas
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Saheeli's Directive
  • 1 Sai of the Shinobi
  • 1 Shard of Broken Glass
  • 1 Sharpened Pitchfork
  • 1 Shield of the Realm
  • 1 Short Sword
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Stormrider Rig
  • 1 Street Urchin
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvok Lifestaff
  • 1 The Flame of Keld
  • 1 Thermopod
  • 1 Tooth and Claw
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
  • 1 Viridian Claw
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Vow of Lightning
  • 1 War Cadence
  • 1 War Squeak
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Well-Worn Spatula
  • 1 Wild Guess
  • 1 Witches' Eye