Updated zada by Cheesyrooster

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Zada, Hedron Grinder leads a mono-red storm-combo deck that converts a board of small creatures into a massive, exponential turns engine. The core loop is simple: suit up Zada with cheap pump spells that also draw cards, copying each spell for every eligible creature you control. Each copy draws a card, creates treasures, or adds power, and the density of cantrips plus token producers quickly snowballs. The deck finishes either with a stormed-out Grapeshot or Empty the Warrens after a long chain, or by turning an ever-growing board sideways with double strike and trample. Underworld Breach ensures each graveyard turn can sustain a long chain. The commander is the engine; losing it halves the output, but the deck packs multiple token starts (Krenko, Mob Boss, Young Pyromancer) and can still threaten a slow storm through Leyline of Resonance or Dreadhorde Arcanist. The game plan is all-in, short-term, and heavily dependent on hitting the right turn window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accelerate
  • 1 Akroan Crusader
  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Assault Strobe
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Brute Force
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Frontline Heroism
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Leyline of Resonance
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 4 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder