azula (built with what i had and plan to upgraded after i get a few more cards) by theblackstar

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Grixis (U/B/R) spellslinger deck helmed by Fire Lord Azula, whose ability to copy spells while attacking serves as the deck's primary engine. The strategy revolves around deploying Azula, using combat to generate red mana via Firebending triggers, and chaining copied instant/sorcery spells to overwhelm opponents. The deck leans heavily on creature-based pingers (Guttersnipe, Black Waltz No. 3, Firebrand Archer) to convert spell casts into direct damage, alongside combat tricks that pump creatures and create tokens. A secondary theme is magecraft synergy (Archmage Emeritus, Veyran, Voice of Duality) to generate cards and treasures. Win conditions include burning out the table with replicated burn spells, combat damage from buffed creatures (Bulk Up, Leyline of Resonance), and incremental value from Azula, Cunning Usurper and Zuko, Exiled Prince. The deck lacks robust tutors or draw power, making its game plan highly reliant on topdecks and the commander staying on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Ancestors' Aid
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Archetype of Aggression
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Aspirant's Ascent
• 1 Azula, Cunning Usurper
• 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Black Waltz No. 3
• 1 Bloodfell Caves
• 1 Boiling Rock Prison
• 1 Bulk Up
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
• 1 Curse of the Swine
• 1 Defense Grid
• 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
• 1 Electrodominance
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fevered Visions
• 1 Fire Lord Azula
• 1 Fire Nation Turret
• 1 Firebrand Archer
• 1 Fling
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Goblin Electromancer
• 1 Guttersnipe
• 1 Haste Magic
• 1 Hellkite Courser
• 1 Imp's Mischief
• 1 Increasing Vengeance
• 6 Island
• 1 Leyline of Resonance
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lightning Strike
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
• 1 Monstrous Rage
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Necrologia
• 1 Negate
• 1 Oscorp Industries
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reckless Ransacking
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Restless Spire
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Run Amok
• 1 Self-Destruct
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Siege Smash
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sozin's Comet
• 1 Stolen Vitality
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Sudden Breakthrough
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 The Fire Nation Drill
• 1 The Last Agni Kai
• 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
• 1 Torrential Gearhulk
• 1 Twinferno
• 1 Twinning Staff
• 1 Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat
• 1 Ty Lee, Chi Blocker
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
• 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince