Apocalypse wings by user7060556

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Kaalia of the Vast deck operates as an aggressive combat-oriented cost-cheat engine designed to bypass high mana costs and deploy game-ending Angels, Demons, and Dragons ahead of curve. The primary game plan leverages dense 2-CMC mana rocks to cast Kaalia on Turn 3 and initiate attacks on Turn 4. Kaalia's triggered ability cheats massive threats into play tapped and attacking, bypassing countermagic and immediately threatening lethal commander-assisted eliminations through Master of Cruelties, Archfiend of Despair, or Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. The deck incorporates an infinite combat win condition via Aurelia, the Warleader and Helm of the Host, backed by premier Mardu spot removal and asymmetric board wipes like Ruinous Ultimatum. Its main vulnerabilities stem from heavy reliance on Kaalia surviving to combat, vulnerability to targeted creature removal, and an expensive curve that slows recovery if the commander is repeatedly removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aegis Angel
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herald of Eternal Dawn
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Mortify
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Windcrag Siege