RAAAL MEJORADO by der3

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet spellslinger and storm list helmed by Ral, Monsoon Mage. The primary game plan focuses on rapid mana acceleration, cost reduction, and high-velocity spell chaining to achieve a decisive same-turn kill. In the early game, the deck establishes Ral, Monsoon Mage or secondary cost reducers like Goblin Electromancer and Birgi, God of Storytelling. It then uses cheap cantrips, impulse draw spells, and rituals to generate explosive mana and storm count. The primary win condition revolves around Underworld Breach, which enables recurring rituals like Rite of Flame and Desperate Ritual alongside Brain Freeze to mill out the entire table, or Grapeshot for lethal burn. Alternatively, Storm-Kiln Artist pairs with Haze of Rage to generate infinite Treasures and infinitely large attackers. Backed by cheap stack interaction and anti-counter magic like Overmaster and Flusterstorm, the deck reliably threatens game-ending storm turns on Turn 4 with zero opponent response cycles once initiated.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opera Love Song
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rob the Archives
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 _____ Goblin