Goblin and Slinging by bigtuna2001

Format: Commander

Commander: Zada, Hedron Grinder

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive mono-red storm and token-aggro deck led by Zada, Hedron Grinder. The strategy revolves around assembling a wide board of cheap Goblin and creature tokens during the opening turns, casting Zada, and targeting her with low-cost single-target cantrips and combat buffs. Zada's ability copies these spells across every creature on the battlefield, transforming modest one-mana spells into massive card-drawing engines and explosive mana-generating bursts via Storm-Kiln Artist and Brightstone Ritual. Once the engine starts on Turn 5, the deck reliably cycles through dozens of cards in a single turn, generating lethal combat damage with mass power doublers like Unleash Fury and Bulk Up or assembling an infinite combo with Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame. While vulnerable to well-timed creature removal and board wipes before the storm turn, the deck boasts immense functional redundancy, explosive velocity, and lethal same-turn inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Burn Bright
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gleeful Demolition
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Surprise
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 1 Involuntary Employment
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lunar Frenzy
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rush the Room
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sure Strike
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Wild Ride
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder