ral cedh by RareLuke

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 84

Deck overview

This deck is a high-octane competitive Commander Izzet Storm list commanded by Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy. It operates by pairing format-ceiling fast mana rocks, rituals, and cost reducers to assemble explosive Turn 2 or Turn 3 win attempts. The primary win condition centers on Underworld Breach paired with Brain Freeze and Lion's Eye Diamond or Lotus Petal, milling the pilot's library to generate near-infinite storm and mana before turning Brain Freeze or Grapeshot against all opponents for a same-turn table kill. Ral, Monsoon Mage serves as an efficient 2-CMC cost reducer in the command zone that flips into a planeswalker during high-storm turns, while alternative engines like Birgi, God of Storytelling, Past in Flames, and Bonus Round provide resilient secondary storm lines. Backed by free countermagic and redirection, the deck aggressively races opposing strategies while disrupting win attempts with low-cost interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Energybending
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opera Love Song
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Quiet Speculation
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rob the Archives
  • 1 Romantic Rendezvous
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm of Memories
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice