SOLDIER, First class by RogueBeren

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Naya Voltron strategy commander by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary game plan revolves around casting high-impact Equipment on early turns, followed by resolving Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud immediately attaches an Equipment for free upon entering the battlefield and attacks with haste, bypassing standard equip costs and summoning sickness. When Cloud attacks with power 7 or greater, it draws cards and creates Treasure tokens, fueling continuous mana and card advantage. The deck features a dense equipment tutor package to find key weapons like Colossus Hammer, Sword of Feast and Famine, and Excalibur, Sword of Eden. Protection spells such as Flawless Maneuver, Heroic Intervention, and Teferi's Protection shield the board, while extra combat enablers like Karlach, Fury of Avernus and Aggravated Assault accelerate table-wide elimination by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Bureau Headmaster
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cosmic Rebirth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
  • 1 Mirror Shield
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde