Lorehold Slot Machine by stubbypablo

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Boros spellslinger deck centers on Lorehold, the Historian, converting high-cost, game-ending sorceries and instants into cheap two-mana miracles. By triggering the commander's discard-and-draw ability during each opponent's upkeep, the deck bypasses normal timing and mana restrictions, casting devastating spells like Storm Herd, Rise of the Eldrazi, Soulfire Eruption, and Call Forth the Tempest at instant speed. Synergies with Library of Leng allow discarded bombs to be placed directly on top of the library, guaranteeing a miracle cast on demand. Spell copy engines such as Double Vision, Mica, Reader of Ruins, and Pyromancer's Goggles multiply the impact of every cast, while burn payoffs like Guttersnipe and Caldera Pyremaw whittle down life totals. Supported by robust defensive cards like Teferi's Protection and alternate engines like Velomachus Lorehold, the deck balances heavy control with overwhelming board presence to close games across consecutive combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Balefire Liege
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Biblioplex Assistant
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firesong and Sunspeaker
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goliath Daydreamer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Heartflame Duelist // Heartflame Slash
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Invincible Hymn
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Mica, Reader of Ruins
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverse the Sands
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Searing Wind
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulfire Eruption
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tackle Artist
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow