Rimaru Tempest by Zayan

Format: Commander

Commander: Elsha of the Infinite

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Jeskai spellslinger and storm list helmed by Elsha of the Infinite. The core strategy revolves around leveraging top-deck card access to chain noncreature spells without depleting the hand. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with low-cost mana rocks, dorks, and cost reducers. By Turn 4, the deck deploys Elsha or redundant card-flow engines like The Reality Chip and Future Sight. From there, it establishes mana generators such as Storm-Kiln Artist and Kykar, Wind's Fury alongside burn pingers including Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might. On Turn 6, the deck untaps into an explosive storm turn, casting rituals, cantrips, and burn spells that deal lethal damage across the entire table in a single turn cycle using Grapeshot, Crackle with Power, or sheer pinger volume.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fields of Strife
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Future Sight
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Melek, Izzet Paragon
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Vibrant Outburst
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wizard's Staff