Dire by Laniakea

Format: Commander

Commander: Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Jund big-mana stompy deck led by Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire. The game plan revolves around spending the early turns ramping mana using mana dorks, artifact rocks, and land-fetch spells to reach six mana by turn 5. On turn 5, you cast Vaevictis Asmadi, untapping on turn 6 to attack and trigger its chaotic sacrifice ability. Each attack forces opponents to sacrifice their best permanents while turning your cheap tokens and mana dorks into topdeck permanents. The deck backs up this strategy with large beaters such as Etali, Primal Storm, Groundchuck & Dirtbag, and Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers to deal heavy combat damage. Because the list lacks fast mana, tutors, and instant-speed protection, it plays at an unhurried, battlecruiser pace that thrives in casual multiplayer environments.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alien Invasion
  • 1 Atlas, Sizable Stooge
  • 1 Avengers Disassembled
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Copper Myr
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Cruel Alliance
  • 1 Dawnhart Rejuvenator
  • 1 Dreadwurm
  • 1 Eater of Hope
  • 1 Elemental Teachings
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Fertilid
  • 1 Fire Elemental
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Giant-Man, Gargantuan Genius
  • 1 Golgari Cluestone
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Groundskeeper
  • 1 Gruul Keyrune
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heaped Harvest
  • 1 Hell's Kitchen
  • 1 Hellkite Igniter
  • 1 Leafkin Druid
  • 1 Los Diablos Missile Base
  • 1 Luke Cage, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Magnigoth Sentry
  • 1 Masked Blackguard
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Point the Way
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Pothole Mole
  • 1 Powerful Broker
  • 1 Primordial Wurm
  • 1 Rakdos Cluestone
  • 1 Ran and Shaw
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Revolutionist
  • 1 Rock Soldiers
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
  • 1 Savage Land Dinosaur
  • 1 Seifer Almasy
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Spider-Rex, Daring Dino
  • 1 Squirrelanoids
  • 1 Stature, Young Avenger
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Thor, Asgard's Avenger
  • 1 Thor, God of Thunder
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Undercover Skrull
  • 1 Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
  • 1 Verdant Eidolon
  • 1 Verdant Haven
  • 1 Vessel of Endless Rest
  • 1 Veteran Explorer
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Wolverine, Fierce Fighter