Aerid Wastelad by user4078699

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This deck is a casual Gruul Voltron and artifact-midrange strategy helmed by Aerid Konstrari. The primary game plan revolves around deploying Aerid to generate Heartwood tokens, which serve both as mana acceleration and fuel for Aerid's activated pump ability. Once established, Aerid applies flying pressure, escalating its commander damage output each turn as the artifact count grows. Supporting cards include a mixture of Gruul beaters, incidental spellslinger payoffs, and token generators. However, the list suffers from significant structural friction: running only 28 lands severely hampers its ability to curve out consistently into its expensive 4- to 8-mana spells. Furthermore, the complete absence of nonland tutors leaves the deck dependent on natural draws for card replenishment, interaction, and protection. Winning relies on sequential, single-target combat damage without haste or built-in hexproof, leaving the game plan exposed to opposing sweepers and spot removal over numerous turn cycles before all three opponents can be eliminated.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artifist Acumen
  • 1 Artistic Process
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Carrion Call
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compel Brutality
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 Edgar, Moonlit Sovereign
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Essence Burn
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fanatical Strength
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Geometric Nexus
  • 1 Gravestone Strider
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 Hunter's Axe
  • 1 Hydra Broodmaster
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impractical Joke
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Kazandu Tuskcaller
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Living Library
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Master of Barbs
  • 1 Medic's Kitesail
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nissa's Expedition
  • 1 Offender at Large
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pick Your Poison
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rearing Embermare
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Riftburst Hellion
  • 1 Rope
  • 1 Sanitation Automaton
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Skilled Battlecarver
  • 1 Slumbering Trudge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tether Technician
  • 1 Tethermage's Advantage
  • 1 Thornado
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge Eternal
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Wrecking Gecko
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zealous Lorecaster