Burn, Baby, Burn by masterk1

Format: Commander

Commander: Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red burn strategy piloted by Imodane, the Pyrohammer, turning targeted creature removal into symmetrical lethal damage directed at all opponents. The core engine leverages single-target burn spells alongside damage multipliers such as Fiery Emancipation, Furnace of Rath, and Solphim, Mayhem Dominus. Because damage doublers and triplers modify both the initial damage dealt to the targeted creature and the subsequent damage Imodane deals to each player, a single modest burn spell can quickly deal over 40 damage to the entire table in one shot. The deck accelerates through early mana rocks and burst rituals such as Jeska's Will and Seething Song. It struggles primarily with card advantage sustainability, total vulnerability to enchantment-based strategies, and heavy reliance on keeping Imodane on the battlefield. When uncontested, it closes games in an explosive, single-turn table wipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chandra, Hope's Beacon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Faceless Haven
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Prophecy
  • 1 Fire Servant
  • 1 Flame Slash
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Imodane, the Pyrohammer
  • 1 Insult // Injury
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lava Coil
  • 1 Lightning Axe
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Purphoros's Intervention
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scrying Sheets
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seismic Strike
  • 1 Shivan Meteor
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skred
  • 30 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spitting Earth
  • 1 Stonesplitter Bolt
  • 1 Storm King's Thunder
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unholy Heat
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Volcanic Spite
  • 1 War Room