Cloud, Ex-Soldier by Hopster

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

Led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, this Naya Equipment deck operates as an aggressive Voltron and combat midrange engine. The game plan focuses on deploying high-impact Equipment during the opening turns and casting Cloud on Turn 4. Upon entering, Cloud bypasses cumbersome equip costs by attaching an Equipment immediately, attacking with haste to draw cards and generate two Treasure tokens once his power reaches 7. The deck leverages heavy redundancy across weapons like Colossus Hammer, Wrecking Ball Arm, and Hero's Blade to maintain consistent pressure. Supporting creatures like Tifa, Martial Artist, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Vincent, Vengeful Atoner amplify combat output through extra combat phases and multi-target damage. While the list lacks specific tutors and stack-based countermagic, it protects its engine with defensive tools such as Clever Concealment and Ultimate Magic: Holy, reliably closing games through sequential combat eliminations around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armory Automaton
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barret Wallace
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furious Rise
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Helitrooper
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Professor Hojo
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhigo
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Summon: Kujata
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
  • 1 Zack Fair