Kaalia by J3lackk

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 80

Deck overview

This Kaalia of the Vast deck is a competitive Mardu turbo reanimator and storm combo deck. While Kaalia provides a command-zone outlet to cheat massive game-ending creatures directly into combat, the primary game plan accelerates into fast, deterministic combo wins. The deck leverages explosive fast mana like Dark Ritual, Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, and Lotus Petal to power out early tutors and reanimation spells as early as Turn 2. Its main line uses Entomb and Reanimate on Hoarding Broodlord to assemble Saw in Half, Burnt Offering, and Underworld Breach, or executes a clean two-card combo with Dualcaster Mage and Molten Duplication. The deck shields its winning turn with format-elite silence effects, including Silence, Grand Abolisher, Orim's Chant, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, which completely lock out opposing interaction. Powerful draw engines such as Necropotence and The One Ring provide robust recovery if early attempts are contested.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldgorger Dragon