Rose

Format: Commander

Commander: Rose, Cutthroat Raider

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Rose, Cutthroat Raider commands an aggressive mono-red deck that translates broad combat attacks into artifact tokens and mana velocity. By spreading attacks across multiple opponents, Rose generates up to three Junk tokens each turn, providing both impulsive card advantage and red mana acceleration upon sacrifice. The deck capitalizes on this engine through artifact entry and sacrifice triggers, including Reckless Fireweaver and Crime Novelist, while chaining extra combat phases with powerhouses like Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, and Aggravated Assault. Support cards like Passionate Archaeologist and Iraxxa, Empress of Mars convert cards played from exile into direct damage and board presence. While the deck possesses explosive mid-game turns capable of closing the game on Turn 6, it relies heavily on creature combat and lacks mass sweeper protection or enchantment removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aggravated Assault
• 1 Alex Wilder, Runaway
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Battle Hymn
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Bitter Reunion
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bloodthirster
• 1 Bottle-Cap Blast
• 1 Brazen Cannonade
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Castle Embereth
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crime Novelist
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Delina, Wild Mage
• 1 Demand Answers
• 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1 Dolmen Gate
• 1 Duchess, Wayward Tavernkeep
• 1 Enduring Courage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fated Firepower
• 1 Final Fortune
• 1 Flamekin Village
• 1 Goblin Goliath
• 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
• 1 Great Furnace
• 1 Great Train Heist
• 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1 Grim Reaper's Sprint
• 1 Heat Shimmer
• 1 Hex Magic
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Hidden Volcano
• 1 Ingenious Artillerist
• 1 Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
• 1 Isengard Unleashed
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Junktown
• 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
• 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
• 1 Kuldotha Rebirth
• 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Long-Range Sensor
• 1 Loyal Apprentice
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 21 Mountain
• 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
• 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
• 1 Passionate Archaeologist
• 1 Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• 1 Pyretic Ritual
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Relentless Assault
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Reverberate
• 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
• 1 Rose, Cutthroat Raider
• 1 Secluded Starforge
• 1 Seize the Day
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stridehangar Automaton
• 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
• 1 Tannuk, Steadfast Second
• 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1 Treasure Nabber
• 1 Twinflame
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Urabrask's Forge
• 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1 Wastes
• 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider