Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER by 19tnickell

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Naya Equipment Voltron deck commanded by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary strategy focuses on deploying impactful Equipment in the early turns, casting Cloud on Turn 4, and utilizing his enters-the-battlefield trigger to attach an Equipment for free. Because Cloud has haste, he immediately attacks to draw cards and generate two Treasure tokens whenever his power reaches 7 or higher. The deck leverages high-stat modifiers like Colossus Hammer, Hero's Blade, and Conqueror's Flail to meet this threshold instantly. Backup attackers like Sephiroth, Fallen Hero and Tifa, Martial Artist widen the pressure through extra combat phases and team-wide stat buffs. While the deck possesses resilient defensive cards like Clever Concealment and Mithril Coat, it relies strictly on combat damage to eliminate opponents across multiple turn cycles, leaving it open to well-timed interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory Automaton
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Hard-Won Jitte
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sword of Hours
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair