Kratos, Goad of War by Kronicalchaos

Format: Commander

Commander: Kratos, God of War

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This mono-red aggro deck uses Kratos, God of War to turn combat into a continuous punishment engine. Kratos grants all creatures haste and possesses natural double strike, threatening rapid commander damage kills. Simultaneously, his end-step trigger punishes opponents who decline to attack, which synergizes with goad spells like Disrupt Decorum to strip away blockers and force opposing creatures into mutual attrition. The deck accelerates through red rituals and treasure producers, curving into damage multipliers such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Twinflame Tyrant or extra combat spells like Moraug, Fury of Akoum. While the 28-land mana base demands efficient sequencing and the commander requires defensive equipment against spot removal, the combination of high burst damage, forced aggression, and passive burn steadily overwhelms the table by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fast Forward
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Keys to the House
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Kratos, God of War
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Lavaleaper
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Maximum Carnage
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puppet Master, String Puller
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Spider-Punk
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Summon: Kujata
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 World at War
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher