Death from Above by BrandonM

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Kaalia of the Vast is both the engine and the win condition. The deck accelerates into her, grants haste, and attacks the same turn to cheat out Angels, Demons, and Dragons. The primary kill is Master of Cruelties, which sets one player's life to 1 and lets Kaalia's combat damage finish that opponent; damage doublers and extra-combat creatures turn that one-player kill into a table kill. Backup lines use reanimation and heavy legendary flyers. There is no hidden commander or double-faced card; every card either ramps, protects, tutors, or is a creature worth cheating into play.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terror of Mount Velus
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 World at War