Zuko by user1262001

Format: Commander

Commander: Zuko, Firebending Master

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Zuko, Firebending Master is a mono-red storm-combo deck that uses combat-phase spellcasting to grow experience counters, turning each attack into a large burst of red mana. The primary plan is to chain rituals, cantrips, and copy spells during combat to generate enough mana and storm count to finish with a big X spell or repeated Guttersnipe/Firebrand Archer triggers. Secondary paths include commander damage via firebending mana and haste enablers, plus a compact Aetherflux Reservoir life-total kill. The deck is built around Zuko's combat trigger, but it also contains a dense spell-slinging engine that can function without him, using Birgi, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Runaway Steam-Kin as alternative mana sources.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Fury Storm
  • 1 Galvanic Relay
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeweled Lotus
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Crypt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Reckless Charge
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unholy Heat
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vindictive Flamestoker
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master