Gilanra/Vial Burn

Format: Commander

Commander: Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood and Vial Smasher the Fierce

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck pairs Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood and Vial Smasher the Fierce to create an explosive Jund ramp and burn engine. Early turns prioritize dense one- and two-mana acceleration to reach high mana totals ahead of curve. By turn 4, both commanders enter the battlefield, turning every high-cost spell into card advantage and heavy direct damage. The list leverages massive spells with built-in cost reduction, such as Shadow of Mortality, Cavern-Hoard Dragon, and Blood for the Blood God!, to maximize Vial Smasher the Fierce triggers while paying minimal mana. Game-ending bombs like Etali, Primal Conqueror, Apex Devastator, and Breach the Multiverse cheat additional spells into play, while damage multipliers like Twinflame Tyrant and Angrath's Marauders double incoming damage. The deck finishes games on turn 7 by combining relentless random burn with crushing combat damage from trampling beaters like Craterhoof Behemoth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Stone Idol
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood for the Blood God!
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fateful Tempest
  • 1 Fevered Suspicion
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kefka, Dancing Mad
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Obosh, the Preypiercer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Primeval Protector
  • 1 Protection Racket
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Sin Prodder
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground