Kaalia of the Vast (Commander Deck) by GandalfTheBleu

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power aggressive cheat and combat combo deck commanded by Kaalia of the Vast. The core game plan accelerates into an early Kaalia deployment on turns 3 or 4, protecting her with cheap equipment like Lightning Greaves or spells like Flare of Fortitude. Upon attacking, Kaalia bypasses mana costs to drop massive Angel, Demon, and Dragon bombs directly into combat. Game-ending threats like Master of Cruelties immediately reduce an opponent's life total to 1 before combat damage finishes them, while creatures like Balefire Dragon, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Vilis, Broker of Blood establish overwhelming board dominance and card advantage. For an infinite finish, Helm of the Host equipped to Aurelia, the Warleader generates unbounded combat phases and token copies. The deck reinforces this assault with robust Mardu spot removal, sweeping board clears, and asymmetric stax pieces like Angelic Arbiter that lock opponents out of recovering.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Demon of Loathing
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resolute Archangel
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Wrath of God