Cloud Strife, Never Soldier by Spagettsu

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Naya Equipment deck utilizes Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER as an explosive Voltron commander and resource engine. Cloud enters the battlefield with haste and attaches an Equipment immediately at zero mana cost. When attacking with 7 or more power, Cloud draws cards and creates two Treasure tokens, effectively refunding a large portion of its casting cost while fueling continued board development. The deck leverages an extensive equipment tutoring suite featuring Stoneforge Mystic, Open the Armory, and Fighter Class to fetch high-power tools such as Colossus Hammer, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, and Embercleave. Free-attach enablers like Sigarda's Aid, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist, and Forge Anew circumvent equip costs. The deck accelerates lethal damage through extra combat steps from Aggravated Assault, Tifa, Martial Artist, and Genji Glove, or closes tables via Vincent, Vengeful Atoner distributing combat damage globally. Robust protection spells and recursion ensure engine resilience against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barret, Avalanche Leader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter