Whatever by user8896653

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, Gunblade Duelist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Mardu combat and equipment strategy led by Squall, Gunblade Duelist. Squall turns wide or focused attacks into direct burn whenever attacking creatures match his chosen number, most commonly one. The deck ramps aggressively on turns 1 and 2 using premium artifacts such as Sol Ring, Mana Vault, and Talismans, establishing Squall on turn 3. Turn 4 assembles token engines like Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon or equipment enhancers like Buster Sword. Critical pressure lands on turn 5 through extra combat steps from Karlach, Fury of Avernus or Combat Celebrant, alongside lethal multipliers like Fiery Emancipation. Protection pieces including Flawless Maneuver and Conqueror's Flail secure combat windows against spot removal and board wipes. While lacking blue stack interaction, the deck maintains high resilience and redundant combat finishers, closing out tables by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, Gunblade Duelist
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Super State
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender