Short Stack by user3861423

Format: Commander

Commander: Cadric, Soul Kindler

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Cadric, Soul Kindler is the engine, not a combat threat; there is no hidden commander. The deck plays legendary Dwarves to generate hasty temporary copies, turning each ETB into extra tokens, Treasures, and card draw. The primary plan is a Dwarf-wide token swarm built around Fili, Molten Echoes, and Renewed Solidarity, finished by anthems such as Day of Destiny, Flowering of the White Tree, and Heroes' Podium. A secondary burn path uses Warstorm Surge and Balin's storied discard-draw ability with Bifur to deal damage to all opponents at once. Cadric's copies are temporary, so lasting board growth requires Renewed Solidarity or immediate value from ETB/combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Angelic Edict
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balin, Loremaster
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bifur, Melodic Rider
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Bombur, Gentle Dreamer
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern
  • 1 Cadric, Soul Kindler
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Day of Destiny
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Dwalin, Weaponmaster
  • 1 Dwarven Mattock
  • 1 Dáin's Company
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant
  • 1 Gleam of Battle
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glimpse the Sun God
  • 1 Glittering Stockpile
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Heroes' Podium
  • 1 Iron Hills
  • 1 Iron Hills Blacksmith
  • 1 Iron Hills Stalwart
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nori, Teller of Tales
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Ori, Keeper of Songs
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Revoke Existence
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass
  • 1 Sword of the Chosen
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tenza, Godo's Maul
  • 1 Thorin Oakenshield
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
  • 1 Thorin, Mountain-king
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Óin the Brave