Baby Got Back (Themberchaud) by jml202

Format: Commander

Commander: Themberchaud

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This mono-red Commander deck is piloted by Themberchaud, functioning as a big-mana Dragon stompy and burn engine. The primary game plan revolves around aggressively developing Mountain count and artifact ramp during the early turns, establishing damage amplification engines such as Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Twinflame Tyrant, Fiery Emancipation, or Toralf, God of Fury by Turn 5. On Turn 6, deploying Themberchaud triggers an explosive board wipe and burn trigger that deals 12 to 18 or more damage to all opponents and non-flying creatures, while Toralf, God of Fury converts excess creature damage into direct player burn. After resetting the table and severely reducing life totals, the deck transitions into aerial combat and direct Dragon ETB triggers from Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas, using copy effects like Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink or Sneak Attack to close the game by Turn 8. Defense Grid and cheap red redirection spells protect critical deployment turns from opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Count on Luck
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Koth of the Hammer
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
  • 1 Sarkhan, Dragonsoul
  • 1 Sarkhan, Fireblood
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 29 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Themberchaud
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Worldgorger Dragon
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon