Angles and Demons by user2778349

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia, Zenith Seeker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu midrange tribal build led by Kaalia, Zenith Seeker. Unlike her predecessor, this version of Kaalia acts as a card-advantage engine, entering on Turn 3 to replenish your hand with high-impact Angels, Demons, and Dragons from the top six cards of the library. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient early artifact ramp, utilizing reanimation spells like Victimize and Priest of Fell Rites to cheat high-cost threats onto the battlefield, and blinking Kaalia with cards like Guardian of Ghirapur and Restoration Angel for continuous card draw. The deck creates a lethal aerial board state around Turn 6, closing out games by Turn 9 through evasive combat damage and devastating high-end spells like Ruinous Ultimatum. The absence of hyper-fast mana and infinite combos firmly positions this list in the casual midrange bracket.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Condemnation
  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astelli Reclaimer
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Crystal Dragon // Rob the Hoard
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demonlord Belzenlok
  • 1 Eternal Dragon
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flock Impostor
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Glorious Protector
  • 1 Guardian of Ghirapur
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Resolve
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Obsidian Charmaw
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Arts
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Protector of the Wastes
  • 1 Purging Stormbrood // Absorb Essence
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakshasa Debaser
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Shepherd of the Cosmos
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out
  • 1 Summon: G.F. Ifrit
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 The Speed Demon
  • 1 Thunder Dragon
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Mutilator
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble