Azula by LurkinGherkin

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Grixis combat spellslinger deck piloted by Fire Lord Azula. The strategy accelerates on Turns 1-3 with 2-mana artifacts into a Turn 3 or 4 commander deployment. Once Azula declares an attack, her Firebending 2 ability generates free combat mana, and her static ability copies any spell cast while attacking. The deck leverages this combat window to double high-impact instants, such as Big Score, Turnabout, and Savage Beating, generating explosive card advantage and extra combat phases. A secondary win condition features an infinite Magecraft loop between Ral, Storm Conduit and Expansion // Explosion. Supported by resilient equipment like Brotherhood Regalia and Mithril Coat, plus cheap countermagic like Stubborn Denial, the deck defends its attack steps and converts combat spells into a fast table finish across Turns 5 and 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackling Spellslinger
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kill! Maim! Burn!
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mocking Doppelganger
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 TCRI Building
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zimone's Hypothesis