Ozai by user4253103

Format: Commander

Commander: Ozai, the Phoenix King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 15

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Midrange list focused on combat and mana accumulation, themed around the Fire Nation. The primary game plan revolves around casting Ozai, the Phoenix King on Turn 6, utilizing his haste and firebending 4 ability to bank red mana that does not empty as phases end. By Turn 7, accumulating six or more unspent mana grants Ozai flying and indestructible, transforming him into a resilient 7/7 aerial threat capable of eliminating opponents through commander damage or fueling massive mana sinks like Exsanguinate. The rest of the list features a dense suite of direct-damage removal spells and token-generating creatures like Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin and General Kreat, the Boltbringer. However, the deck suffers from low card velocity, lack of stack interaction, and reliance on sequential combat steps to close out multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Azula, On the Hunt
  • 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blood Beckoning
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Combustion Man
  • 1 Combustion Technique
  • 1 Epic Downfall
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Explosive Shot
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fiery Annihilation
  • 1 Fire Nation Archers
  • 1 Fire Nation Attacks
  • 1 Fire Nation Cadets
  • 1 Fire Nation Engineer
  • 1 Fire Nation Sentinels
  • 1 Fire Prophecy
  • 1 Fire Sages
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Giant's Boulder
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Herald of Hadar
  • 1 Iroh, Firebending Instructor
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Loyal Fire Sage
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 19 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Open Fire
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Ozai's Cruelty
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Roku's Mastery
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scholar of Combustion
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Stab
  • 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 The Fire Nation Drill
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zuko's Conviction
  • 1 Zuko's Exile
  • 1 Zuko's Offense
  • 1 Zuko, Avatar Hunter
  • 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince