I Hate Jake v1 by BrandonM

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Kaalia of the Vast is the main accelerator: the deck ramps to cast her on turns 2-3, then every attack cheats a Dragon, Angel, or Demon into play tapped and attacking. The primary win is a tutor-assisted Kaalia + Master of Cruelties kill, setting a player to 1 life and letting Kaalia's 2 damage finish them; extra combat steps from Aurelia, Scourge of the Throne, and World at War extend that into a second and third attack. Secondary paths are evasive beatdown under damage doublers (Gisela, Twinflame Tyrant), reanimation (Reanimate, Animate Dead), and a large draw/tutor core. There is no double-faced commander, and no card functions as a hidden commander; Kaalia, Zenith Seeker is simply a value card.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terror of Mount Velus
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 World at War