Rowan 1 by crazycat1231

Format: Commander

Commander: Rowan, Scion of War

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Rakdos turbo combo list commanded by Rowan, Scion of War. The primary strategy accelerates Rowan onto the battlefield on Turn 2 using premier fast mana such as Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal, and Sol Ring. On Turn 3, the deck converts deliberate life loss from lands, phyrexian mana spells, and cards like Street Wraith into massive generic cost reduction. Tapping Rowan allows the deck to cast game-ending spells like Peer into the Abyss, Hoarding Broodlord, and Behold the Beyond for only their colored mana requirements. Once resolved, the deck draws into infinite mana and damage loops using Birgi, God of Storytelling or Storm-Kiln Artist paired with buyback spells like Searing Touch or Reiterate. Protected by Deflecting Swat, Red Elemental Blast, and proactive hand disruption, the list closes games efficiently on Turn 3 with zero response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Behold the Beyond
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chalice of the Void
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coveted Prize
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Bargain
  • 1 Demonic Collusion
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Grief
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Illicit Shipment
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Increasing Ambition
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rowan, Scion of War
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Searing Touch
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Snort
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorceress's Schemes
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Surgical Extraction
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Ulcerate
  • 1 Unmask
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vendetta
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Wooded Foothills