Massimo the Magic Cat

Format: Commander

Commander: Massimo, the Magician

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive spellslinger tempo strategy centered on Massimo, the Magician. The game plan revolves around casting cheap 1-mana instants and sorceries on early turns to stock the graveyard. Once Massimo enters the battlefield, deploying cheap, unblockable creatures allows Massimo to exile those 1-mana spells under the entering attackers. Each combat damage connection casts a free copy of the exiled spell, creating steady card advantage, spot removal, or direct damage without spending additional mana. Payoffs like Guttersnipe, Fiery Inscription, and Archmage Emeritus convert these free spell copies into explosive table-wide burn and rapid card draw. While the deck lacks fast mana, tutors, or infinite combos, its low mana curve and unblockable attackers create a relentless clock that steadily eliminates opponents across several combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Aria of Flame
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Boon of Safety
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 False Peace
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hardened Academic
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Honor
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Light of Hope
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Massimo, the Magician
  • 1 Mercurial Spelldancer
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Pull from Eternity
  • 1 Ranger's Firebrand
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sentinel Tower
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Showdown of the Skalds
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sprite Dragon
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wraith, Vicious Vigilante