Slicer be slicin' by Fredrikie

Format: Commander

Commander: Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo mono-red Voltron/stax hybrid helmed by Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist. The core plan is to deploy Slicer as early as turn one or two using a dense ritual package, then suit it up with equipment and auras to deliver lethal commander damage-often via double strike or infect. The deck also packs symmetrical stax pieces like Winter Orb and Static Orb to buy time, and a suite of instant-speed interaction to protect its game plan. Slicer's unique ability to pass control to opponents each upkeep can be used to keep it on the double-strike creature side while goading it into attacking others, effectively accelerating the clock. The primary win condition is commander damage, with Grafted Exoskeleton offering a one-hit poison kill, and backup combat inevitability through redundant pumps and evasion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akki War Paint
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory of Iroas
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bladegraft Aspirant
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Burrowing
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Ruckus
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Draconic Destiny
  • 1 Dreadmaw's Ire
  • 1 Etali's Favor
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Feldon, Ronom Excavator
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Gimli's Fury
  • 1 Goddric, Cloaked Reveler
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Ian the Reckless
  • 1 Infuriate
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mask of Avacyn
  • 1 Mirran Banesplitter
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 27 Mountain
  • 1 Phoenix Chick
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Prying Blade
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reckless Lackey
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Tenza, Godo's Maul
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Volcanic Strength
  • 1 Winter Orb
  • 1 Zephyr Boots