Zuko by cp12

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Zuko

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is an aggressively built Mardu extra-combat deck centered on Fire Lord Zuko's firebending ability: each attack produces red mana, and every exile-cast spell or exile-entering permanent pumps the whole team with +1/+1 counters. The plan is to deploy Zuko early, suit him with equipment like Embercleave or Sunforger, then chain extra combat steps with Aggravated Assault, Hellkite Charger, Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Combat Celebrant, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum, fueling each loop with Zuko's combat mana, Treasures, Neheb, the Eternal, and rituals. Each additional combat re-triggers Etali, Primal Storm, Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest, and firebending, turning one turn into a table-wide kill. A secondary exile-impulse value engine - Prosper, Tome-Bound, Valakut Exploration, Light Up the Stage - keeps the hand fed and grows Zuko's power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Battle of Olympus
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Lava
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Lord Zuko
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Iroh, Dragon of the West
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Monica, the Marvel
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Showdown of the Skalds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Widow-Making Infiltrator
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve