Zuke Nuke by user5724605

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Zuko

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Mardu "cast from exile" + extra-combat deck helmed by Fire Lord Zuko. The primary plan is to deploy Zuko early, attack to generate firebending mana equal to his power, and use that mana to chain extra combat steps. Every spell cast from exile or permanent entering from exile puts +1/+1 counters on all creatures, so Zuko (and the team) grows with each impulse-draw spell, while his firebending mana scales accordingly. The deck runs a deep redundancy of extra-combat pieces (Aggravated Assault, Hellkite Charger, Aurelia, the Warleader, Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Combat Celebrant, Moraug, Fury of Akoum) and a robust exile-value engine (Prosper, Tome-Bound, Valakut Exploration, Etali, Primal Storm). Wins come through overwhelming combat damage, a one-shot Chandra's Ignition on a huge Zuko, or Embercleave double-strike finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Battle of Olympus
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Zuko
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Monica, the Marvel
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Showdown of the Skalds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Widow-Making Infiltrator
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve