swing at everyone by user3791756

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Mardu aggro and cheat strategy built around Kaalia of the Vast. The game plan focuses on deploying Kaalia on Turn 3 via 2-mana ramp, then attacking on Turn 4 to bypass high casting costs and cheat devastating Angels, Demons, and Dragons directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The deck features immediate game-ending synergies, such as Master of Cruelties, which bypasses its solo attacking restriction when put into play attacking to eliminate an opponent on the spot. Additional top-end threats like Rakdos the Defiler, Archfiend of Despair, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight quickly dismantle the remaining table across successive combat phases. Backed by a dense, hyper-efficient protection suite including Deflecting Swat, Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection, and Grand Abolisher, the deck aggressively protects its commander during critical attack windows while utilizing Sneak Attack and Reanimate as resilient alternative deployment lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos the Defiler
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood