Killian Voltron by DrierHyperion

Format: Commander

Commander: Killian, Ink Duelist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aura Voltron build piloted by Killian, Ink Duelist. Killian provides an aggressive {2} mana discount on any spell targeting a creature, turning expensive Auras and targeted removal into ultra-efficient single-mana plays. The game plan establishes Killian on Turn 2, stacks high-impact enchantments on Turn 3, and presents lethal commander or infect damage by Turn 4. The deck protects its central threat using ward, indestructible, and protection Auras while controlling the board with heavily discounted spot removal and asymmetric sweepers like Winds of Rath. Defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison, Aura of Silence, and the Solemnity plus Nine Lives damage lock provide strong defensive stalling. Although the deck lacks stack-based counterspells and must eliminate three opponents sequentially through combat, its low mana curve, tutor density, and explosive stat scaling make it a rapid and resilient aggressive strategy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Helm of the Gods
  • 1 Inviolability
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Retether
  • 1 Sage's Reverie
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Songbirds' Blessing
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Super State
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Tempest Technique
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Twinblade Blessing
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Winds of Rath