Zada, Hedron Grinder by Razide82

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

Zada, Hedron Grinder commands a high-velocity red storm-aggro deck that turns cheap single-target cantrips and combat buffs into massive board-wide effects. The strategy focuses on establishing an early board of low-cost goblin tokens using creatures like Mogg War Marshal, Goblin Instigator, and Krenko, Mob Boss. Once Zada enters the battlefield, casting a one-mana cantrip like Crimson Wisps or Ancestral Anger targeting Zada duplicates the spell for every creature on your side, drawing four to eight cards for a single mana. This massive card draw quickly chains into explosive rituals like Battle Hymn and Brightstone Ritual, mana engines like Storm-Kiln Artist and Birgi, God of Storytelling, and token cloners like Twinflame. The deck closes games on Turn 5 by overwhelming all three opponents simultaneously with hundreds of trample combat damage from Fists of Flame and Haze of Rage, or by burning the table out directly through Impact Tremors and Guttersnipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Barge In
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Felonious Rage
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Burrows
  • 1 Goblin Bushwhacker
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 22 Mountain
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
  • 1 Rush of Adrenaline
  • 1 Samut's Sprint
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wild Ride
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder