Cloud Midgar Mercenary by cilantro_mantra

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a focused mono-white Equipment Voltron strategy helmed by Cloud, Midgar Mercenary. Cloud guarantees access to key Equipment by tutoring any piece directly to hand upon entering the battlefield. While equipped, Cloud doubles all triggered abilities from himself and attached Equipment, creating massive value and lethal combat swings. The game plan focuses on casting Cloud on Turn 2, finding an optimal Equipment (such as Hammer of Nazahn, Colossus Hammer, or Sword of Feast and Famine), and cheating equip costs using enablers like Forge Anew, Sigarda's Aid, or Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist. Critical onset arrives on Turn 4, where double strike or massive stat buffs allow Cloud to eliminate opponents in rapid succession across sequential combat phases. With comprehensive tutorable protection pieces, premier one-mana spot removal, and robust alternate equipment carriers, the deck maintains high resilience and steady pressure from the early game to the finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Improvisation
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Brass Squire
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flaming Fist
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Idolized
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 29 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Strength-Testing Hammer
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Unstable Molecule Suit
  • 1 Weapons Vendor
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 With Great Power . . .
  • 1 Wrath of God