Zuke Nuke by cp14

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Zuko

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Mardu "cast from exile" deck that weaponizes the extra-combat step, helmed by Fire Lord Zuko. Zuko's firebending ability converts his power into red mana on every attack, and his second trigger pumps the whole team whenever a spell is cast from exile or a permanent enters from exile - which the deck does constantly. The primary game plan is to chain extra combat steps (Aggravated Assault, Hellkite Charger, Aurelia, the Warleader, Savage Beating) fueled by firebending mana and rituals like Seething Song and Jeska's Will, closing games through repeated combat damage and commander damage. The deck's exile engines - Prosper, Tome-Bound, Etali, Primal Storm, Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest, Valakut Exploration - generate both card advantage and +1/+1 counters on Zuko, growing his firebending output. The signature win is an infinite combat loop with Aggravated Assault plus a firebending source, with Embercleave and Chandra's Ignition as alternate finishers.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Battle of Olympus
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Zuko
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Monica, the Marvel
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize Opportunity
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Showdown of the Skalds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve