Zada by xsiew

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red storm and swarm strategy piloted by Zada, Hedron Grinder. The game plan revolves around flooding the battlefield with low-cost Goblin and creature tokens during the opening turns, then casting Zada on Turn 4. When a single-target buff or cantrip targets Zada, her ability copies the spell for every other creature on the board. This turns 1-mana cantrips into massive draw spells that draw 4 to 8 cards at a time. The resulting flood of cards fuels explosive rituals like Battle Hymn and Brightstone Ritual, allowing the deck to dig through its entire library in a single turn. The deck finishes games on that same turn by granting the wide board massive power boosts and trample via Ancestral Anger and Fists of Flame, or by repeatedly triggering direct damage through Impact Tremors, General Kreat, the Boltbringer, and Goblin Bombardment.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Balin, Loremaster
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chaotic Transformation
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Daring Discovery
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frontline Heroism
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Burrows
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Volcano
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Living Laser
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Misty Knight, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Moggcatcher
  • 22 Mountain
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Path of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Crater
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder