0005_Squall, Gunblade Duelist by K1ng13

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, Gunblade Duelist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Mardu deck transforms wide combat into direct burn by pairing Squall, Gunblade Duelist with prolific token generators and forced-combat engines. By choosing 1 as Squall enters the battlefield, every attack made with 1/1 creature tokens—produced by cards like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, and Bone-Cairn Butcher—triggers Squall to deal direct damage equal to its power to defending opponents. Combat amplifiers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One and Windcrag Siege double these attack triggers, rapidly accelerating life loss across the table. Meanwhile, goad powerhouses such as Kardur, Doomscourge, Disrupt Decorum, and Taunt from the Rampart turn opposing boards against each other while keeping your life total safe. Supported by efficient Mardu spot removal, low-cost protection spells, and explosive draw engines like Skullclamp and Breena, the Demagogue, the deck steadily dismantles all three opponents through compounded combat pressure and non-combat burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Carnage, Crimson Chaos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Life of the Party
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puppet Master, String Puller
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Squall, Gunblade Duelist
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender