Hawkeye Young Avenger by xMaximus808x

Format: Commander

Commander: Hawkeye, Young Avenger

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is commanded by Hawkeye, Young Avenger, turning modest pingers and group slug taxes into lethal damage sources by adding Hawkeye's power to all noncombat damage dealt to opponents and their permanents. The game plan focuses on curving out low-cost pingers like Cunning Sparkmage and Prodigal Pyromancer, deploying Hawkeye on Turn 4, and establishing oppressive taxing pieces such as Manabarbs, Zo-Zu the Punisher, and Aether Flash on Turn 5. Because Hawkeye's damage bonus is asymmetric, opponents take 3-4 damage per land tapped or creature summoned, while the pilot avoids amplified self-damage. The deck layers damage multipliers such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Fiery Emancipation alongside direct burn to burn out all three opponents by Turn 8. Its primary limitations stem from prolonged exposure over multiple turn cycles, thin card draw engines, and minimal stack or enchantment interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Flash
  • 1 Anaba Shaman
  • 1 Barbed Field
  • 1 Barbed Lightning
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boulder Dash
  • 1 Brimstone Mage
  • 1 Brimstone Volley
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Claws of Valakut
  • 1 Cunning Sparkmage
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Electric Seaweed
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Embermage Goblin
  • 1 Embermaw Hellion
  • 1 Fallen Ferromancer
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fiery Temper
  • 1 Fireslinger
  • 1 Frostwielder
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Ghostfire Slice
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Hawkeye, Young Avenger
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Jeska, Warrior Adept
  • 1 Kilnmouth Dragon
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Molten Exhale
  • 33 Mountain
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Open Fire
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Prodigal Pyromancer
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Ranger's Firebrand
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reckless Endeavor
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rhystic Lightning
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Slagstorm
  • 1 Slaying Fire
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Structural Assault
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tome Blast
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Tweeze
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Vithian Stinger
  • 1 Vulshok Sorcerer
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher