Cloud - Limit Testing by AngelBeatz

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Naya Equipment Voltron strategy commanded by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary game plan accelerates early mana and equips massive weapons like Colossus Hammer, Caduceus, Staff of Hermes, or Buster Sword. When Cloud enters the battlefield on Turn 4, his triggered ability attaches an Equipment for free, allowing him to attack immediately with haste. This onset generates rapid card draw, two Treasure tokens per swing, and threatening commander damage. The deck defends its board with format-staple protection such as Teferi's Protection, Clever Concealment, and a tutor-ready Sunforger suite, alongside silence effects like Grand Abolisher. If normal combat progression is stalled, the deck transitions into infinite combat steps through Aggravated Assault paired with Sword of Feast and Famine, or tutors Godo, Bandit Warlord to close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chance for Glory
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills