Scary Monsters by wresu

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Storm

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive mono-red aggro and chaos strategy built around Etali, Primal Storm. Its primary plan ramps rapidly to six mana on Turn 4, pairs Etali with one of eighteen haste enablers, and attacks immediately to cast free nonland spells from the top of all four libraries. The deck snowballs this card advantage through multiple extra-combat spells like Full Throttle, Fury of the Horde, and Savage Beating, allowing Etali to trigger repeatedly in a single turn. To disrupt opponents, the deck deploys high-impact chaos enchantments including Possibility Storm, Planar Chaos, and Grip of Chaos. Notably, Etali breaks parity with Possibility Storm by casting spells directly from exile rather than hand. While the deck boasts immense functional redundancy in ramp and haste, it runs zero tutors, relying on raw card velocity and combat momentum to overwhelm the table by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodsworn Steward
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Confusion in the Ranks
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Frenzied Saddlebrute
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Fury of the Horde
  • 1 Game of Chaos
  • 1 Generator Servant
  • 1 Glittering Stockpile
  • 1 Grip of Chaos
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mages' Contest
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Planar Chaos
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Possibility Storm
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Smellerbee, Rebel Fighter
  • 36 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Starke of Rath
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thieves' Auction
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Timesifter
  • 1 Tuktuk Rubblefort
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Zariel, Archduke of Avernus