Iroh - Grand lotus by Madtroxx

Format: Commander

Commander: Iroh, Grand Lotus

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Temur deck leverages Iroh, Grand Lotus to transform the graveyard into a second hand, giving every Lesson card flashback for just {1} mana. The game plan focuses on casting efficient cantrips and Lesson spells early to fix mana, sculpt the hand, and stock the graveyard with versatile utility. Once Iroh, Grand Lotus or key mana reducers like Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius and Storm-Kiln Artist hit the battlefield, the deck chains cheap spells and flashback copies in explosive turns. These spell sequences trigger powerful Magecraft and burn payoffs like Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, Firebrand Archer, Talrand, Sky Summoner, and Rite of the Dragoncaller. By generating massive Treasure mana, drawing cards, and filling the board with evasive tokens, the deck threatens lethal group-wide burn or an overwhelming combat alpha strike. The strategy enjoys great resilience against single-target counterspells thanks to flashback recursion, while maintaining solid interaction through repeatable Lessons.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Chakra Meditation
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Combustion Technique
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Containment Breach
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Elemental Teachings
  • 1 Environmental Sciences
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gran-Gran
  • 1 Guru Pathik
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hermitic Herbalist
  • 1 Illuminate History
  • 1 Introduction to Annihilation
  • 1 Introduction to Prophecy
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 Iroh, Grand Lotus
  • 9 Island
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Lost Days
  • 1 Mascot Exhibition
  • 1 Master Pakku
  • 1 Match the Odds
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overwhelming Victory
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Ran and Shaw
  • 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Secret of Bloodbending
  • 1 Secrets of the Dead
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Teachings of the Archaics
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk
  • 1 The Lion-Turtle
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Uncle Iroh
  • 1 Water Whip
  • 1 Waterbending Lesson
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout