Clive Dominant of Ifrit by IlosAgent

Format: Commander

Commander: Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-red midrange deck harnesses Clive, Ifrit's Dominant to convert heavy red devotion into massive card advantage and explosive burn damage. The core game plan establishes early mana acceleration and discard payoffs like Brallin, Skyshark Rider and Glint-Horn Buccaneer. Resolving Clive on turn 5 discards the hand to trigger severe table-wide burn while drawing 5 to 7 fresh cards. The refilled hand fuels game-ending plays on turn 6, leveraging damage multipliers such as Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and Fiery Emancipation, explosive board-wide spells like Chandra's Ignition, or large combat attacks. As an alternative win condition, the deck can assemble an infinite hasty token combo using Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame. Rich with instant-speed redirection and graveyard recursion through Underworld Breach, the deck maintains momentum and recovers efficiently, presenting high pressure and resilient closing speed across all four players.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brallin, Skyshark Rider
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Decaying Time Loop
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 26 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Obstinate Familiar
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Smoldering Crater
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Surly Badgersaur
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Umaro, Raging Yeti
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge