cloud irl v5 by user2986689

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Naya Equipment Voltron build helmed by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The strategy focuses on deploying high-stat or utility Equipment early, casting Cloud on Turn 4 to bypass expensive equip costs via its enter-the-battlefield trigger, and immediately attacking with haste. Hitting with 7 or greater power triggers Cloud's attack ability to draw cards and generate Treasure tokens, creating self-sustaining mana velocity and card advantage. The deck features deep tutor density to assemble lethal power modifiers such as Colossus Hammer, Buster Sword, or Excalibur, Sword of Eden, while leveraging extra combat steps from Aggravated Assault, Tifa, Martial Artist, and Genji Glove to eliminate the table rapidly. Robust protection spells—including Clever Concealment, Flawless Maneuver, and Robe of Stars—keep Cloud safe from spot removal and board wipes, while silence effects ensure unhindered combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm