Cloud ex-soldier by user7022265

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Equipment Voltron build centered on Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost Equipment and mana acceleration during the first three turns, followed by casting Cloud on Turn 4. Because Cloud has haste and automatically attaches an Equipment upon entering the battlefield, the deck avoids the traditional mana friction of equip costs. When Cloud attacks with high power—often enabled by heavy stat-boosters like Colossus Hammer, Hero's Blade, or Wrecking Ball Arm—he draws extra cards and generates Treasure tokens to fuel further plays. Secondary legendary creatures such as Tifa, Martial Artist, Vincent, Vengeful Atoner, and Barret, Avalanche Leader provide auxiliary combat steps, wide token generation, and table-wide burn. The deck protects its commander using hexproof and indestructible equipment alongside protective spells like Clever Concealment. While it lacks infinite combos and stack-based countermagic, it presents a fast, resilient combat clock that eliminates opponents sequentially through commander damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Planet's Champion
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiendlash
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Hunter's Axe
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sidequest: Play Blitzball // World Champion, Celestial Weapon
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Time of Need
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair