Ojer Axonil (You're on fire) by Craigolas

Format: Commander

Commander: Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Mono-Red Burn and Spellslinger build commanded by Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might. The central strategy revolves around deploying low-cost pingers such as Kessig Flamebreather and Coruscation Mage on early turns, followed by casting Ojer Axonil on Turn 4. Once Axonil is established, the deck leverages cheap power-pumping spells like Monstrous Rage, Infuriate, and Bulk Up to increase Axonil's power to 7 or 8. Every instance of 1-damage noncombat burn—from multi-target spells like End the Festivities to passive triggers from Razorkin Needlehead—is replaced by Axonil's elevated power, dealing massive simultaneous damage to all three opponents. Supported by secondary multipliers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and big mana engines like Neheb, the Eternal and Runaway Steam-Kin, the deck reliably initiates a lethal burst on Turn 5 and closes the table on Turn 6. While vulnerable to instant creature removal and lacking enchantment interaction, built-in land transformation and high spell redundancy provide strong resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra's Pyrohelix
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Claws of Valakut
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Count on Luck
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Infuriate
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Koth, Fire of Resistance
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Playful Shove
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ring of Valkas
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Subterranean Tremors
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune