Optimus by CMD-Vault

Format: Commander

Commander: Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai midrange and beatdown strategy centered around Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader. By leveraging the More Than Meets the Eye alternative cost, the deck deploys Optimus on Turn 4 as a 6/8 Living Metal Vehicle that immediately attacks and distributes +1/+1 counters via bolster. The strategy transitions into go-wide and tall modified aggression, using evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams, Abzan Falconer, and Winged Hive Tyrant to push lethal combat damage past blockers. Built-in commander recursion provides exceptional resilience against destroy sweepers, while artifact synergies with cards like Master of Etherium and Bronze Guardian amplify board presence. An optional high-cost infinite combat combo exists via Akki Battle Squad and Helm of the Host.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Anticognition
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Shikari
  • 1 Arcbound Tracker
  • 1 Arcee, Sharpshooter // Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe
  • 1 Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca
  • 1 Automated Artificer
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Cargo Ship
  • 1 Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justiciar
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Ephara's Dispersal
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fugitive Droid
  • 1 Gallia, the Merrymaker
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Iron Lad, Diverging Destiny
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist // Jetfire, Air Guardian
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Metropolis Angel
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
  • 1 Osgir, the Reconstructor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Vision Quest
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zack Fair