Clive October 2026 by Kuneida

Format: Commander

Commander: Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Mono-Red Devotion and Wheel strategy helmed by Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno. It leverages explosive mana acceleration through fast artifacts and red rituals (Sol Ring, Lotus Petal, Rite of Flame, Jeska's Will, Seething Song) to deploy Clive ahead of curve on Turn 4. Upon entering, Clive converts established red devotion into a massive burst of fresh cards, immediately replenishing the hand and filling the graveyard. The deck pivots into critical onset on Turn 5 by deploying potent damage outlets such as Fanatic of Mogis, Terror of the Peaks, and Psychosis Crawler, then multiplying their triggers across the table using token-copy effects like Twinflame, Molten Duplication, Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, and Rionya, Fire Dancer. Supported by secondary wheels and recursive loops with Underworld Breach, the deck threatens to close games across all three opponents by Turn 6 while leveraging proactive deflection and red interaction to push through lethal damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Glorious End
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Madblind Mountain
  • 1 Mages' Contest
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marauding Mako
  • 1 Mercadian Bazaar
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 24 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Surly Badgersaur
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Triple Triad
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune