red by hotfire619

Format: Commander

Commander: Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This mono-red deck harnesses Clive, Ifrit's Dominant as a massive devotion-fueled card draw engine in the command zone. The primary strategy focuses on developing permanent-based red devotion on Turns 1 through 4 via cost-reducers, utility creatures, and damage multipliers. Casting Clive on Turn 5 discards any spent cards and refills the hand with five to seven fresh cards. On Turn 6, the deck converts this influx of resources into critical pressure by deploying triple-damage enchantments like Fiery Emancipation or chaining rituals into devastating burn spells such as Crackle with Power and Fanatic of Mogis. By copying devotion triggers or executing massive burst damage, the deck reliably closes out games on Turn 7. While explosive and resilient in raw card advantage, the deck is vulnerable to targeted removal and countermagic due to minimal stack protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brallin, Skyshark Rider
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Cavalier of Flame
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Count on Luck
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning, Security Sergeant
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 38 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Triple Triad
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Wily Goblin
  • 1 Zookeeper Mechan