The Hellbent Heart by Dayolen

Format: Commander

Commander: Iraxxa, Empress of Mars

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This mono-red list leverages Iraxxa, Empress of Mars to convert exile-based card advantage into an aggressive board of 2/2 Alien Warrior tokens. Dense impulse-draw engines like Charred Foyer, Bonehoard Dracosaur, and Outpost Siege provide steady card flow while bypassing traditional hand size limits. Redundant burn payoffs including Purphoros, God of the Forge, Passionate Archaeologist, and Flaming Tyrannosaurus punish opponents every time a spell is cast from exile. Meanwhile, asymmetric stax pieces like Uba Mask and Urabrask, Heretic Praetor disrupt opposing plans by stripping opponents of the ability to hold cards across turns, while Glacial Crevasses and Sunstone lock down opposing combat decks. The deck plays aggressively, establishing an operational engine by Turn 4, applying lethal pressure on Turn 5, and closing out the table by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Advanced Reconstruction
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charred Foyer // Warped Space
  • 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
  • 1 Count on Luck
  • 1 Curse of Hospitality
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Expedited Inheritance
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Glacial Crevasses
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Headliner Scarlett
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Impending Flux
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Interdimensional Web Watch
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
  • 1 Junktown
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Memory Worm
  • 1 Mezzio Mugger
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Robber of the Rich
  • 1 Rose, Cutthroat Raider
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadow of the Goblin
  • 1 Share the Spoils
  • 1 Skred
  • 22 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Sunstone
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Tannuk, Steadfast Second
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Flux
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Triple Triad
  • 1 Tundra Fumarole
  • 1 Uba Mask
  • 1 Unstable Amulet
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wild Wasteland
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice