The Big Boy by pvtfloppy

Format: Commander

Commander: Themberchaud

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This mono-red strategy leverages a heavy Mountain-ramp foundation to fuel a destructive burn and token-cloning engine centered around Themberchaud. The early game focuses on accelerating land drops through artifact creatures, basic-land searchers, and equipment like Sword of the Animist to reach the seven-mana requirement for the commander. On Turn 6, casting Themberchaud with six or more Mountains wipes the board of non-flying creatures while dealing substantial direct damage to every player. Once assembled, the deck rapidly closes the game using damage multipliers like Dictate of the Twin Gods and Repercussion, alongside copy spells such as Twinflame and Flameshadow Conjuring to re-trigger massive ETB damage. A supporting package of high-impact Dragons including Terror of the Peaks and Spawn of Thraxes ensures independent pressure if the commander is removed. While the deck boasts explosive table-wide burst and strong board suppression, it remains vulnerable to early stack counterspells and enchantment-based strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akoum Hellkite
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Canoptek Wraith
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Echoing Assault
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Leyline of Resonance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 36 Mountain
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Scampering Surveyor
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spawn of Thraxes
  • 1 Splinter Twin
  • 1 Staff of the Flame Magus
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Themberchaud
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Vicious Shadows
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch's Clinic