Zada, Hedron Grinder by user2767804

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This mono-red storm and aggro deck leverages Zada, Hedron Grinder to convert cheap single-target cantrips and pump spells into massive, table-wide advantages. The early game focuses on generating a wide board of inexpensive Goblin and Elemental tokens through cards like Dragon Fodder, Mogg War Marshal, and Young Pyromancer. Once Zada enters the battlefield alongside three or more creatures, a single one-mana spell such as Crimson Wisps or Expedite copies across every creature, instantly drawing a fresh hand of cards. This draw burst fuels explosive mana generators like Battle Hymn, Brightstone Ritual, and Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck then clones its board with Twinflame or Heat Shimmer, pumps the entire army with Fists of Flame or Ancestral Anger, and delivers hundreds of trample combat damage in a single explosive turn. The list trades away defensive removal and stax tools to maximize speed, velocity, and single-turn lethality.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balduvian Rage
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blazing Shoal
  • 1 Boiling Blood
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Burnout
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Surprise
  • 1 Goblin War Party
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Moggcatcher
  • 32 Mountain
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stun
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Traitorous Greed
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Vengeful Possession
  • 1 You See a Pair of Goblins
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder