Gas gas gas by Thuddle

Format: Commander

Commander: Laelia, the Blade Reforged

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This mono-red exile/value deck, helmed by **Laelia, the Blade Reforged** , focuses on exiling cards from the library and playing them from exile to generate incremental advantage. The commander grows with each exiled card and provides haste, while an extensive suite of impulse draw effects (e.g., **Outpost Siege** , **Chandra, Fire Artisan** , **Stolen Strategy** ) fuels the engine. Win conditions are primarily combat damage - either through a large Laelia, other big creatures like **Tectonic Giant** , or double strike pump spells (e.g., **Two Handed Axe** , **Twinferno** ). The deck also has explosive turns using cascade and free spells from **Wondrous Crucible** or **Plargg and Nassari** . There are no infinite combos; it relies on overwhelming value and board presence. Resilience is moderate, with recursion via **Wondrous Crucible** and **Squee, Dubious Monarch** .

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aurora Phoenix
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Canoptek Wraith
  • 1 Caves of Chaos Adventurer
  • 1 Chandra, Fire Artisan
  • 1 Chaos Wand
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dream Pillager
  • 1 Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display
  • 1 Exquisite Firecraft
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Geistflame Reservoir
  • 1 Glittering Stockpile
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Grim Lavamancer
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Command
  • 1 Mishra's Research Desk
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 30 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Obliterating Bolt
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Phyrexian Furnace
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Scavenged Brawler
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tavern Brawler
  • 1 Tectonic Giant
  • 1 The Fall of Kroog
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thundering Rebuke
  • 1 Thunderwave
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Volcanic Torrent
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whirling Strike
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Wondrous Crucible