Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
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- Commander
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $339.16
- Grade
- A+
How it grades
Fundamentals 98/100. Plays like Voltron.
This reads as Voltron, built around Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER. Suit up one threat, usually Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, until it kills through commander damage in two or three swings. The deck lives and dies on protection: cheap equipment and auras stack power while hexproof, indestructible, and phase-out effects answer the removal that WILL come. Twenty-one commander damage is the clock. The fundamentals check out across the board. From here it's meta calls and personal tech.
- AMana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Nothing falls short. Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
91 cards graded: A- 15, B+ 43, B 32, C+ 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Bureau HeadmasterRW$5.83
In place of Unfinished Business: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your equipment engine (20 producers). Fits the commander's plan. Chases the same equipment plan as your commanders.
Codsworth, Handy Helper2W$21.10
In place of Cloud, Midgar Mercenary: its W cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (62/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. EDHREC Voltron staple. Pays off your equipment engine (20 producers).
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist2W$3.15
In place of Cloud's Limit Break: conditional removal: dead against some boards (62/100)
Pays off your equipment engine (20 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Chases the same equipment plan as your commanders.
Bruenor Battlehammer2RW$1.49
In place of Inspiring Statuary: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your equipment engine (20 producers). Chases the same equipment plan as your commanders. EDHREC Voltron staple.
Harmonic Prodigy1R$6.02
In place of Clever Concealment: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (16 producers). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.43
In place of Summoning Materia: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (23 producers). Pays off the commanders' treasure plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Dualcaster Mage1RR$4.23
In place of Behemoth Sledge: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (16 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Lizard Blades1R$2.79
In place of Conformer Shuriken: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Fuels your equipment payoffs (17 in deck). Feeds the commanders' equipment payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
Soul WardenW$3.41
In place of Hero's Heirloom: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar1WW$2.98
In place of Ultimate Magic: Holy: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 22
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Instants 8
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Sorceries 8
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Artifacts 23
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Enchantments 3
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Lands 35
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- B×5
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