Zada by KnifeyZ

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Mono-Red Goblin swarm and pseudo-storm strategy commanded by Zada, Hedron Grinder. The game plan establishes a wide board of cheap Goblin creatures and tokens during the early turns using cards like Dragon Fodder, Mogg War Marshal, and Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin. Once Zada enters the battlefield, targeting Zada with single-target cantrips and combat buffs triggers Zada's ability to copy those spells for every creature on your battlefield. This converts simple 1-mana and 2-mana spells such as Ancestral Anger, Impolite Entrance, and Reckless Ransacking into massive card drawing engines and Treasure rituals. The resulting flood of resources allows the deck to draw deep into its library, pump the entire board with trample and double strike via Temur Battle Rage, and finish the entire table in a single explosive combat phase. Direct damage from Impact Tremors and Goblin Bombardment provides additional reach and alternative victory angles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Boneclub Berserker
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Coming In Hot
  • 1 Cunning Maneuver
  • 1 Dormant Volcano
  • 1 Draconautics Engineer
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Elder Auntie
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferocity of the Wilds
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Giantfall
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Goblin Gang Leader
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Negotiation
  • 1 Goblin Picker
  • 1 Goblin Rabblemaster
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin Wizardry
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Involuntary Employment
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 35 Mountain
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pyrrhic Blast
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Ruinous Rampage
  • 1 Rush the Room
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Smaug's Fury
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Stingscourger
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Whirling Strike
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder