Shadow Wizard Money Gang by NobleGiratina

Format: Commander

Commander: Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos spellslinger and storm burn strategy commanded by Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Wizards and generating 0/1 Wizard tokens through Kuja's end-step ability and related spells. Once four Wizards are present, Kuja transforms into Trance Kuja, doubling all damage dealt by Wizards. The deck then leverages powerful mana rituals such as Jeska's Will, Seething Song, and Mana Geyser to chain one-mana cantrips like Crimson Wisps, Crash Through, and Accelerate. Each noncreature cast triggers multiple Wizard pingers for amplified, doubled damage that burns the entire table down in a single explosive turn. The list features dense functional redundancy in pingers and cantrips, with high-ceiling finishers like Bolas's Citadel and Crackle with Power serving as potent secondary win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Aphotic Wisps
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armor of Shadows
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Bladebrand
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cling to Dust
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Cremate
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Cuombajj Witches
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Firefist Adept
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mastermind Plum
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Prodigal Pyromancer
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Queen Brahne
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Rockslide Sorcerer
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smash to Smithereens
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tor Wauki the Younger
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Warlord's Fury
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 You Are Already Dead