Swinging and (Hopefully) Winning by Prowain

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Naya Equipment build led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The strategy accelerates mana early to deploy high-impact Equipment, then casts Cloud to attach the Equipment for free and attack immediately with haste. When Cloud attacks with power 7 or greater, he draws cards and produces Treasure tokens, creating explosive tempo and card advantage. The deck leverages dense Equipment tutors like Stoneforge Mystic, Steelshaper's Gift, and Fighter Class to assemble game-ending synergies. It protects its proactive turns with silence effects such as Grand Abolisher and Silence, alongside instant-speed protection searchable via Sunforger. To close games, the deck transitions from heavy commander pressure into infinite combat loops using Aggravated Assault with Sword of Feast and Famine or Godo, Bandit Warlord with Helm of the Host. The result is an aggressive, resilient combat deck that threatens rapid table-wide finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, New Benalia's Light
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor