Kalamax by DomSanctus

Format: Commander

Commander: Kalamax, the Stormsire

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur Spellslinger and Voltron deck commanded by Kalamax, the Stormsire. The strategy focuses on ramping out Kalamax ahead of curve, tapping the commander through combat or utility lands, and copying instant spells for compounded value and +1/+1 counters. The deck accelerates into play using efficient cost-reducers like Goblin Electromancer and Stormcatch Mentor, then turns modest pump spells like Choose Your Weapon and Bulk Up into massive combat threats. A single instant-speed copy chain can rapidly push Kalamax beyond 20 power, while table-wide finishers like Chandra's Ignition or the infinite Expansion // Explosion copy loop provide decisive avenues to close out the game. Supported by magecraft engines such as Archmage Emeritus and Storm-Kiln Artist, the deck maintains steady card velocity and mana generation while holding up defensive redirection like Deflecting Swat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Atarka's Command
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Choose Your Weapon
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Divergent Equation
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Fungal Rebirth
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Growth Curve
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Holdout Settlement
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kalamax, the Stormsire
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nexus Mentality
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twinflame Travelers
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Will of the Sultai
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder