Loremaster by Paetheus

Format: Commander

Commander: Balin, Loremaster

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-red Dwarf tribal burn/engine deck helmed by Balin, Loremaster, built around a single explosive loop: establish an "enduring story" (three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas), then let every Dwarf entering the battlefield trigger Balin to discard the hand, draw X, and deal X damage to each opponent. Damage multipliers - Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, and City on Fire - plus token-copy engines like Molten Echoes, Twinflame, and Devastating Onslaught turn that loop into a lethal chain. Secondary lines include discard payoffs (Glint-Horn Buccaneer, Brallin, Skyshark Rider, Magmakin Artillerist, Monument to Endurance) and a go-wide combat finish via Thorin, Company's Leader's double strike. The deck is a midrange engine that wants to assemble Balin plus a multiplier, then chain Dwarf triggers to burn the table in one or two turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Balin, Loremaster
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Bombur, Gentle Dreamer
  • 1 Brallin, Skyshark Rider
  • 1 Casey Jones, Vigilante
  • 1 Chandra, Flame's Catalyst
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
  • 1 Dwarven Grunt
  • 1 Dwarven Mauler
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Dwarven Scorcher
  • 1 Dwarven Trader
  • 1 Fearless Liberator
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fíli and Kíli, Joyous
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Insufferable Balladeer
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Liberated Dwarf
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Laser
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Misty Knight, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Plundering Barbarian
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spark Mage
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 Thorin, Company's Leader
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Universal Automaton