cloud by user9037330

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Naya Equipment Voltron deck commanded by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The strategy focuses on curving out early mana dorks and high-impact Equipment on Turns 1 through 3, then deploying Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud's enters-the-battlefield trigger cheats the equip cost of cards like Colossus Hammer, Tenza, Godo's Maul, or Buster Sword, allowing Cloud to swing immediately thanks to native haste. Each attack draws cards and generates Treasure tokens if Cloud's power reaches 7 or greater, accelerating future plays. The deck converts this early resource advantage into table-wide lethality through damage multipliers like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, extra combat phases from Tifa, Martial Artist and Genji Glove, and board-clearing damage from Chandra's Ignition. A dense suite of defensive spells protects the commander against opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory Paladin
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cass, Hand of Vengeance
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Planet's Champion
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Koll, the Forgemaster
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhigo
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Ride Down
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Tenza, Godo's Maul
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde