Bria and the Anduin by user6729457

Format: Commander

Commander: Bria, Riptide Rogue

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Izzet spellslinger strategy commanded by Bria, Riptide Rogue, designed to convert cheap noncreature spells into lethal combat and burn damage. By granting all creatures prowess and making attackers unblockable upon spell casts, Bria turns small Otters, Birds, and Wizards into massive, evasive threats. The deck supports this game plan with redundant team pumps from Balmor, Battlemage Captain and Valley Floodcaller, spell copy effects from Alania, Divergent Storm and Kitsa, Otterball Elite, and explosive token duplication via Stormsplitter. Noncombat burn engines like Coruscation Mage and Fiery Inscription apply consistent pressure across all opponents simultaneously. The interactive suite leverages efficient bounce spells, countermagic, and targeted burn to protect the board and clear obstacles while advancing storm counts. With steady card flow and low-cost cantrips, the deck reliably establishes a lethal board presence by Turn 6 and closes out the table shortly after.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agate Assault
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Azure Beastbinder
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Breaking of the Fellowship
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Emberheart Challenger
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Festival of Embers
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fires of Mount Doom
  • 1 Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Hearthborn Battler
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lilypad Village
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Otterball Antics
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Plumecreed Escort
  • 1 Portent of Calamity
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rabid Gnaw
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ranger's Firebrand
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Splash Portal
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Bath Song
  • 1 Thieving Otter
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Valley Flamecaller
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Wishing Well
  • 1 Wizard's Staff