Indominus Rex, Alpha by Smith

Format: Commander

Commander: Indominus Rex, Alpha

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Voltron and Midrange strategy commanded by Indominus Rex, Alpha. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana on early turns, then casting the commander on Turn 4 while discarding multi-keyword creature cards such as Hit-Monkey, Blor the Impervious, and Sire of Seven Deaths. By doing so, Indominus enters the battlefield with a lethal combination of keywords—most crucially hexproof, indestructible, trample, and haste—while simultaneously drawing a massive hand of replacement cards to reload. Once established, the deck rapidly scales the commander's power using equipment like Blackblade Reforged and Genji Glove or power doublers like The Skullspore Nexus, knocking out opponents in sequential combat steps. Defensive pieces like Propaganda, Heroic Intervention, and Fierce Guardianship protect the board, while graveyard recursion through The Mimeoplasm and Soulflayer provides resilient backup plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alpha Deathclaw
• 1 Arachnogenesis
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Banehound
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Blackblade Reforged
• 1 Blor the Impervious
• 1 Bontu the Glorified
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Collective Restraint
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cragplate Baloth
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Dig Up
• 1 Dragon Sniper
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Elder Gargaroth
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 6 Forest
• 1 Gaze of Granite
• 1 Genji Glove
• 1 Goldvein Hydra
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Gurmag Swiftwing
• 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1 Hedge Maze
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hit-Monkey
• 1 Hydra's Growth
• 1 Illusionist's Gambit
• 1 Indominus Rex, Alpha
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 4 Island
• 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1 Kefnet the Mindful
• 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
• 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mirri the Cursed
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1 Nighthowler
• 1 Nightveil Predator
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Qarsi Revenant
• 1 Questing Beast
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
• 1 Scavenged Brawler
• 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soulflayer
• 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 The Aetherspark
• 1 The Mimeoplasm
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 The Skullspore Nexus
• 1 The Soul Stone
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Trailblazer's Boots
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Underground Mortuary
• 1 Venomthrope
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Weeping Angel
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
• 1 Zagoth Triome