Azula cEDH almost by GDHaku

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Grixis Spellslinger and Storm strategy commanded by Fire Lord Azula. The primary game plan revolves around deploying Azula and declaring an attack to activate her Firebending 2 mana generation and spell-copying ability during combat. By casting high-impact instants such as Frantic Search, Big Score, and Borne Upon a Wind while Azula is attacking, the deck doubles its mana velocity and card advantage. This explosive combat engine rapidly fuels the graveyard and library access to assemble game-ending storm win conditions, primarily Underworld Breach paired with Brain Freeze and Lotus Petal, or massive storm counts finishing with Tendrils of Agony and Grapeshot. A robust defensive shell featuring free interaction like Deflecting Swat and Force of Will protects the combo turn. Even without Azula, the deck operates as a potent standalone storm deck capable of pivoting into graveyard-based lines with minimal delay.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Epiphany at the Drownyard
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 High Tide
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Mystical Teachings
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Quicken
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Redirect
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Suspend
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tolarian Winds
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills