Azula always Lies by tylermanhart

Format: Commander

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Fire Lord Azula leads a Grixis spellslinger strategy focused on weaponizing the combat phase. Azula generates two red mana via Firebending on attack and copies every spell cast while she is attacking. The deck establishes early mana and velocity through cantrips and rituals, deploying Azula on Turn 4. On Turn 5, declaring an attack with Azula allows the pilot to cast instant-speed cantrips, removal, and rituals that Azula duplicates for free. This rapid burst of casts and copies triggers powerful Magecraft and burn engines like Archmage Emeritus, Ashling, Flame Dancer, Guttersnipe, and Vivi Ornitier, rapidly drawing through the library and draining opposing life totals. On Turn 6, the deck converts this accumulated velocity into a lethal storm finish using Tendrils of Agony, Grapeshot, Crackle with Power, or Aetherflux Reservoir. The deck plays at an aggressive pace with strong spell redundancy, though it relies heavily on protecting Azula during combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Aria of Flame
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bohn, Beguiling Balladeer
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crystal Shard
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Occupation
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Fire Nation Turret
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Sozin's Comet
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 Thor, Guardian of Midgard
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master