Ball lightnings by Earless

Format: Commander

Commander: Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu Elemental tribal strategy helmed by Neriv, Heart of the Storm, a flying 4/5 that doubles the damage of any creature that entered the battlefield this turn. The primary game plan is to flood the battlefield with cheap, hasty Elementals that self-sacrifice at end step (e.g., Ball Lightning, Spark Elemental), then attack with Neriv to double their damage. The deck also runs token generators like Tilonalli's Summoner and Incandescent Soulstoke to create multiple attackers, and damage doublers like Quest for Pure Flame and Collective Inferno to compound the output. Sacrifice outlets such as Warren Soultrader and Carrion Feeder provide additional value by converting creatures into treasures or card advantage. The deck lacks infinite combos, instead winning through overwhelming combat damage, often supplemented by Pandemonium or Warstorm Surge for ETB direct damage. A secondary recursion engine via Underworld Breach can recycle key pieces for repeated attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akoum Stonewaker
  • 1 Arc Runner
  • 1 Attrition
  • 1 Bag of Devouring
  • 1 Ball Lightning
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blistering Firecat
  • 1 Blood Aspirant
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brighthearth Banneret
  • 1 Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Champion of the Path
  • 1 Chandra's Embercat
  • 1 Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elemental Appeal
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Eradicator Valkyrie
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 1 Flamekin Harbinger
  • 1 Glistening Oil
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hell's Thunder
  • 1 Hellspark Elemental
  • 1 Incandescent Soulstoke
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
  • 1 Kroxa and Kunoros
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lightning Elemental
  • 1 Lightning Serpent
  • 1 Lightning Skelemental
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Nova Chaser
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Pandemonium
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Quaketusk Boar
  • 1 Quest for Pure Flame
  • 1 Rakka Mar
  • 1 Ravenous Amulet
  • 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Spark Elemental
  • 1 Spark Trooper
  • 1 Sparkspitter
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tariff
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Thoughtpicker Witch
  • 1 Thrilling Discovery
  • 1 Thunderblust
  • 1 Thunderkin Awakener
  • 1 Tilonalli's Summoner
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zektar Shrine Expedition