Azula cedh- midrange by user2353011

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Grixis competitive combo deck designed to execute decisive, same-turn wins as early as Turns 2 to 3. While Fire Lord Azula offers high-value spell copying during combat, the primary game plan operates independently through format-defining win lines: Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, and Underworld Breach storm lines with Brain Freeze and Lion's Eye Diamond. The deck leverages an elite suite of 0 to 1 CMC fast mana and unconditional tutors to assemble its combos rapidly, backed by resilient free protection like Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Force of Will. Instant-speed enablers such as Borne Upon a Wind and Valley Floodcaller allow the deck to pivot and win at flash speed over opposing interaction windows. Overall, the deck delivers format-ceiling velocity, high card flow, and formidable resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman