The Salt Making Machine by user2904364

Format: Commander

Commander: Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Spellslinger Control deck commanded by Judith, Carnage Connoisseur. The strategy revolves around turning cheap, symmetric 1-damage red spells like End the Festivities, Blazing Volley, and Electrickery into one-sided, deathtouch board wipes that also gain dozens of life in a single cast. Once the board is cleared of opposing creatures and Judith has padded the pilot's life total, the deck transitions into a lethal burn engine. It uses Judith's alternate mode to create 2/2 Imp tokens that deal damage upon death, pairing them with sacrifice draw spells such as Deadly Dispute and Plumb the Forbidden. Additional burn engines like Guttersnipe, Fiery Inscription, and Kessig Flamebreather ensure that every cast pushes the table closer to zero life, culminating in a reliable Turn 8 finish supported by mass recursion from Underworld Breach and heavy card draw from Ad Nauseam.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armor of Shadows
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barrage of Boulders
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boiling Earth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Command the Dreadhorde
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Innocent Blood
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rodeo Pyromancers
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sawblade Scamp
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Smash to Dust
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Succumb to Temptation
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Young Pyromancer