Secondhand Smoke by Boralin

Format: Commander

Commander: Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This mono-red spellslinger deck centers on Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape to turn every noncreature spell into table-wide burn. The game plan focuses on establishing cheap mana reducers and burn multipliers early, using impulse draw to maintain card velocity without stalling. On Turn 5, the deck unleashes explosive ritual chains with spells like Jeska's Will, Mana Geyser, and Bonus Round, triggering Gandalf, Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Fiery Inscription repeatedly. Amplifiers like Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might and Solphim, Mayhem Dominus scale each spell trigger into massive chunks of damage, eliminating all three opponents in a single turn. The deck defends its win turn with efficient redirection and stack interaction such as Deflecting Swat, Pyroblast, and Return the Favor. While highly resilient against creature-based boards, the deck must navigate tight mana constraints and protect its key engine pieces from instant-speed removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Embrace the Unknown
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 26 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Radiate
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Ruination
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve