Zada by oldtimer74

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity mono-red storm and token-aggro deck built around Zada, Hedron Grinder. The strategy focuses on establishing a wide board of 1/1 tokens during the early turns using efficient spells like Dragon Fodder and Mogg War Marshal. Once Zada enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, single-target combat cantrips such as Ancestral Anger and Renegade Tactics are cast targeting Zada. This triggers Zada's ability, copying the spell for every creature on your board and generating massive bursts of card draw. The drawn cards fuel explosive mana rituals like Battle Hymn, which in turn allow the deck to cast multiple pump spells and trample enablers in a single turn. The deck finishes games by overwhelming all opponents through massive combat damage or non-combat burn from Impact Tremors and Guttersnipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Brute Force
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cinderclasm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cradle of the Accursed
  • 1 Darksteel Sentinel
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dormant Volcano
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiery Impulse
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Ghitu Chronicler
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Grixis Panorama
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harness the Storm
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Haunted Fengraf
  • 1 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Infuriate
  • 1 Inner Fire
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Jaws, Relentless Predator
  • 1 Keldon Megaliths
  • 1 Kick in the Door
  • 1 Kiln Fiend
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Madblind Mountain
  • 1 Make Mischief
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindclaw Shaman
  • 1 Mirrodin's Core
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Painted Bluffs
  • 1 Patchwork Automaton
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexia's Core
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Quarrel's End
  • 1 Reflective Golem
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Rile
  • 1 Ring of Evos Isle
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rolling Temblor
  • 1 Shivan Fire
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Smoldering Crater
  • 1 Smoldering Spires
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Tapestry of the Ages
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Traitorous Greed
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Factory
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Volcanic Fallout
  • 1 Voltage Surge
  • 1 Walking Skyscraper
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder
  • 1 Zoetic Cavern