Cat-astrophic Perr-secution by LottyDa

Format: Commander

Commander: Balan, Wandering Knight

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white Equipment Voltron strategy helmed by Balan, Wandering Knight. The game plan revolves around playing high-impact Equipment early, casting Balan on Turn 4, and activating its {1}{W} ability on Turn 5 to bypass steep equip costs and immediately grant Balan double strike. With stat-boosting gear such as Colossus Hammer, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, or Grafted Exoskeleton, Balan delivers one-shot lethal Commander damage starting on Turn 5. Dense Equipment tutoring from Stoneforge Mystic, Steelshaper's Gift, and Open the Armory ensures access to critical evasion, protection, and power buffs. Defensively, the list relies on tutor-accessible phasing and protection pieces like Robe of Stars, Mithril Coat, and Galadriel's Dismissal to shield Balan and its attached arsenal from removal and sweepers. While vulnerable to early targeted disruption and lacking stack interaction, the deck presents a fast, consistent, three-turn combat clock once its Voltron engine is online.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accorder's Shield
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Balan, Wandering Knight
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Brawler's Plate
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 General's Kabuto
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Golem-Skin Gauntlets
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Haystack
  • 1 Hunter's Blowgun
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 30 Plains
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Team Pennant
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak