Free Bird

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck executes an aggressive cheat-into-play strategy commanded by Kaalia of the Vast. The primary objective is to accelerate mana on Turn 2, cast Kaalia on Turn 3, and attack on Turn 4 to put enormous Angels, Demons, and Dragons onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Payloads such as Master of Cruelties, Rakdos the Defiler, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight create immediate lethal pressure and asymmetric attrition. A robust suite of low-CMC protection spells and haste equipment shields Kaalia during vulnerable attack windows, while graveyard recursion spells provide resilience against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dragon Mage
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos the Defiler
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terror of Mount Velus
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wear // Tear