Combat Tricks Baby by Afmoad

Format: Commander

Commander: Zuko, Firebending Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive mono-red spellslinger and Voltron deck led by Zuko, Firebending Master. The strategy focuses on deploying Zuko early, attacking each turn, and casting instant-speed combat tricks during combat to accumulate experience counters. Because experience counters stay on the player rather than the creature, Zuko's firebending ability produces an escalating pool of red combat mana every turn it attacks. This surplus mana fuels explosive combat turns where pump spells, power doublers like Unleash Fury and Bulk Up, and double strike enablers like Temur Battle Rage eliminate opponents in rapid succession through lethal commander damage. A supporting cast of aggressive creatures, including Young Pyromancer, Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin, Laelia, the Blade Reforged, and Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos, ensures that the deck maintains relentless offensive pressure and wide board scaling even if Zuko faces targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agitator Ant
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Ambitious Assault
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brute Force
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Count on Luck
  • 1 Cunning Maneuver
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dreadmaw's Ire
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Nation Turret
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Heartfire Hero
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Lightning, Security Sergeant
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Pack Attack
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Phoenix Chick
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosperous Bandit
  • 1 Raking Claws
  • 1 Raphael's Technique
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Shellshock
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solstice Revelations
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Chase Is On
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vibranium Strike Gauntlets
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 War Cadence
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weapon Surge
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder
  • 1 Zuko, Avatar Hunter
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master