The Infamous Cruelclaw by user9228011

Format: Commander

Commander: The Infamous Cruelclaw

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck leverages The Infamous Cruelclaw as a high-velocity cost-cheating engine, using a dense suite of low-cost evasion and protection Equipment to guarantee combat damage triggers. By connecting with opponents early, Cruelclaw exiles through the library to cast game-altering high-mana spells—such as Valgavoth, Terror Eater, Decree of Annihilation, and Drakuseth, Maw of Flames—for the cost of discarding a card. The deck enhances this strategy with double-strike multipliers like Fireshrieker and Berserkers' Onslaught to double trigger output, while a supporting reanimation package featuring Reanimate and Living Death converts discarded behemoths into immediate board presence. While vulnerable to early targeted removal on its commander and lacking cheap instant-speed disruption, the list applies overwhelming mid-game pressure once Cruelclaw connects, rapidly overwhelming the table under a succession of free high-impact threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant Return
  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beacon of Unrest
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Barrens
  • 1 Cliffhaven Kitesail
  • 1 Cloak of the Bat
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creative Technique
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Curse of the Cabal
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Decree of Annihilation
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Doomsday Excruciator
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fleetfeather Sandals
  • 1 Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Hall of Oracles
  • 1 Hell's Kitchen
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Inferno Titan
  • 1 Iron Man Armor
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Ominous Asylum
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Psychic Paper
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rover Blades
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonorous Howlbonder
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Infamous Cruelclaw
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tramway Station
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warp World
  • 1 Zephyr Boots
  • 1 Zombify