I'm just here for the paycheck

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Naya Equipment/Voltron deck helmed by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, a haste attacker that draws a card per equipped attacker and generates two Treasures whenever its power reaches 7+. The plan is to suit Cloud up with a power-boosting Equipment, then chain extra combat steps - via Tifa, Martial Artist, Aurelia, the Warleader, Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals, and Savage Beating - to close the game in a single turn. The primary kill is Super State turning Cloud into a 9/9 that deals its damage to every opponent, doubled by Mjolnir, Hammer of Thor and multiplied across multiple combats. Secondary lines include Lightning, Army of One's stagger damage and commander damage through Colossus Hammer or Blackblade Reforged. The deck leans on a dense tutor package and equipment persistence to rebuild through wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chance for Glory
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Iron Man Armor
  • 1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stonehewer Giant
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 War Machine, Avenging Arsenal