Azula Always Lies by ganetic

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This competitive Grixis deck operates as a high-speed combo list designed to assemble game-winning stack states rapidly. Commanded by Fire Lord Azula, the deck can leverage combat firebending mana and spell copying for explosive velocity, though its primary focus is resolving hyper-compact win lines. The primary strategy centers on Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, which wins on the spot as early as Turn 2 to 3. An equally potent secondary line utilizes Underworld Breach, Brain Freeze, and Lotus Petal to generate infinite storm, mill the table, or fuel decisive burn with Crackle with Power. Supported by premier fast mana, dense unconditional tutors, powerful card draw engines like Ad Nauseam, Rhystic Study, and The One Ring, and a suite of free countermagic, the deck consistently races the table while maintaining the tools to disrupt opponents and protect its own critical turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills