First Flight by Semita31

Format: Commander

Commander: Kastral, the Windcrested

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Azorius deck is built around Kastral, the Windcrested as a typal flying swarm strategy. The game plan focuses on deploying low-cost, evasive Birds and fliers during the early turns, establishing a consistent mana base with rocks, and casting Kastral on Turn 4 or 5. Connecting with flying creatures triggers Kastral's versatile ability to draw cards, distribute permanent +1/+1 counters, or cheat Bird creatures into play from hand or the graveyard. In the mid-to-late game, the deck stacks static anthems like Gravitational Shift, Empyrean Eagle, and Kangee, Sky Warden to multiply damage output, overwhelming opponents through the air by Turn 9. A robust suite of Azorius counterspells, spot removal, and sweepers provides disruption and board protection, while alternative finishers like Sephara, Sky's Blade and Storm Herd ensure late-game inevitability even without the commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Airborne Aid
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Redemption
  • 1 Aven Gagglemaster
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Cartographer's Hawk
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Cloudfin Raptor
  • 1 Coastal Tower
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Eagle of the Great Shelf
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Faerie Formation
  • 1 Falcon and Redwing
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gravitational Shift
  • 1 Gwaihir the Windlord
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jubilant Skybonder
  • 1 Kangee's Lieutenant
  • 1 Kangee, Sky Warden
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Meandering River
  • 1 Methods of the Mighty
  • 1 Migratory Route
  • 1 Moorland Haunt
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overrule
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Rally of Wings
  • 1 Ravenhill Flock
  • 1 Remorseful Cleric
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Shrike Force
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Skycat Sovereign
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Seizer // Ghastly Haunting
  • 1 Staggering Insight
  • 1 Steel-Plume Marshal
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderclap Wyvern
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Winged Words