Put on the red light! by crimsonash6

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul artifact-token ramp and combat strategy commanded by Aerid Konstrari. The game plan focuses on deploying early mana rocks and land ramp to cast Aerid on Turn 4, immediately generating Heartwood tokens that produce red or green mana. From there, the deck scales its artifact count using token creators like Tireless Provisioner, Jaheira, Friend of the Forest, and Academy Manufactor. On Turn 6, it activates Aerid's {6} ability to create additional tokens and pump its power based on total artifacts, swinging with flying for lethal commander damage over consecutive turns. Backup win conditions include mass trample overruns with Craterclaw Colossus, wide token copies via Devastating Onslaught, and direct damage burn from Crackle with Power or Reckless Fireweaver. While highly resilient to removal thanks to Aerid's death trigger, the list has limited instant-speed interaction and relies on natural draws to find protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blinkmoth Urn
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Death
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gold Rush
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hall of Tagsin
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Tantalite
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Radiant Lotus
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sol Talisman
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Svella, Ice Shaper
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale