kaalia final by user8078333

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Mardu combo build that uses Kaalia of the Vast as an alternate threat vector while relying primarily on fast combo finishes. It leverages a dense suite of 0-1 CMC fast mana and top-tier tutors to rapidly set up a protected win by Turn 3. The primary win condition is the Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame infinite token loop, backed by Underworld Breach storm lines and Ad Nauseam. The deck protects its win attempts using pre-emptive silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, alongside free interaction like Deflecting Swat. If early combo lines face heavy disruption, the deck pivots into reanimating massive threats like Razaketh, the Foulblooded or using Kaalia to cheat high-impact Demons, Dragons, and Angels into play to overwhelm opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Demonlord Belzenlok
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman