Zendikar Red by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Creator: Psyga315

Commander: Moraug, Fury of Akoum

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is commanded by Moraug, Fury of Akoum and focuses on maximizing additional combat phases through the landfall mechanic. The early game establishes board presence using cheap creatures, equipment, and efficient mana acceleration like Sol Ring and Ruby Medallion. The midgame aims to deploy Moraug on Turn 6 and immediately trigger additional combat steps by sequencing land drops in the postcombat main phase. Creatures untap and receive cumulative +1/+0 buffs with each successive attack. Support pieces such as Valakut Exploration, Retreat to Valakut, and Skyclave Geopede amplify the damage output, while Nahiri's Lithoforming provides an explosive burst of combats. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents through sheer combat volume by Turn 8, though its reliance on combat damage and a high-cost commander leaves it vulnerable to well-timed spot removal and board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akoum Hellhound
  • 1 Akoum Warrior // Akoum Teeth
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardent Electromancer
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinderclasm
  • 1 Cleansing Wildfire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cryptic Caves
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expedition Champion
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fireblade Charger
  • 1 Fissure Wizard
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Goma Fada Vanguard
  • 1 Grotag Bug-Catcher
  • 1 Grotag Night-Runner
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Inordinate Rage
  • 1 Kargan Intimidator
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Magmatic Channeler
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Blast
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 30 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Pyroclastic Hellion
  • 1 Relic Robber
  • 1 Retreat to Valakut
  • 1 Rockslide Sorcerer
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roil Eruption
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Scaretiller
  • 1 Scavenged Blade
  • 1 Scorch Rider
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Seer's Sundial
  • 1 Shatterskull Charger
  • 1 Shatterskull Minotaur
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Sizzling Barrage
  • 1 Skyclave Geopede
  • 1 Sneaking Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Spitfire Lagac
  • 1 Synchronized Spellcraft
  • 1 Teeterpeak Ambusher
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thundering Rebuke
  • 1 Thundering Sparkmage
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Tuktuk Rubblefort
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Wayward Guide-Beast