cloud paper by user9889221

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Naya Equipment Voltron strategy centered on Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. The primary game plan accelerates mana on early turns to deploy massive, high-equip-cost weapons like Colossus Hammer, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, and Buster Sword, then casts Cloud on Turn 4. Cloud's enter-the-battlefield ability auto-attaches a weapon for free, while his innate haste enables an immediate swing that draws cards and generates Treasure tokens. The deck features extensive tutor packages (Stoneforge Mystic, Steelshaper's Gift, Enlightened Tutor) and free-equip redundancy (Puresteel Paladin, Sigarda's Aid, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist). Opponents are locked out of interacting on key turns using Grand Abolisher, Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, and Sunforger-backed defensive instants. Game finishes are rapidly accelerated through damage sharing with Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, full-team double strike from Akroma's Will, and infinite combat steps via Aggravated Assault and Sword of Feast and Famine.

Decklist (103 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 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 Courageous Resolve
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Danitha, New Benalia's Light
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 On Serra's Wings
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wyleth, Soul of Steel