Kaalia of the vast by Spellshot

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaalia of the Vast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mardu aggro-cheater build focused on Kaalia of the Vast. The primary game plan accelerates into an early Kaalia cast on turn three, enabling an attack on turn four that cheats massive Angels, Demons, and Dragons directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Heavyweights like Archfiend of Despair, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, and Serra's Emissary quickly overwhelm opposing life totals while suppressing opposing boards through combat damage and enter-the-battlefield abilities. The deck supports this aggressive curve with efficient single-target removal like Swords to Plowshares and Get Lost, alongside robust team protection spells including Flawless Maneuver and Grand Crescendo. While the deck can suffer from hand depletion and relies heavily on Kaalia to bypass hefty mana costs, its high density of terrifying flying payoffs allows it to pivot into hardcasting threats if the primary commander line is disrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abyssal Harvester
• 1 Akoum Refuge
• 1 Arbiter of Woe
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archfiend of Despair
• 1 Archon of Cruelty
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Aura of Silence
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Boros Garrison
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crystal Barricade
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Darksteel Angel
• 1 Dazzling Angel
• 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
• 1 Desert Were-Worm
• 1 Despark
• 1 Doomsday Excruciator
• 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1 Elegant Parlor
• 1 Eternal Dragon
• 1 Exemplar of Light
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fear of Missing Out
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Giada, Font of Hope
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 1 Herald of Eternal Dawn
• 1 Inevitable Defeat
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kaalia of the Vast
• 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• 1 Magmatic Hellkite
• 1 Martial Coup
• 3 Mountain
• 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
• 1 Overseer of the Damned
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Patron of the Arts
• 3 Plains
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Rapacious Dragon
• 1 Raucous Theater
• 1 Red Dragon
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Return to Dust
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rootborn Defenses
• 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1 Screaming Nemesis
• 1 Secluded Starforge
• 1 Serra's Emissary
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Shattered Landscape
• 1 Shefet Archfiend
• 1 Smaug the Magnificent
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunfall
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Turbulent Crater
• 1 Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite
• 1 Tyrant's Familiar
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vile Mutilator
• 1 Warstorm Surge
• 1 Windcrag Siege
• 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack