Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is a Voltron equipment deck. It hastes in, grabs an Equipment for free on entry, and draws a card per equipped attacker each swing. Once it reaches 7 power, every attack also makes two Treasures to pay equip costs. Tutors and cheat-in effects assemble huge pumps, protection Swords and damage multipliers, while extra-combat creatures, double strike and silence effects turn one heavily equipped attacker into a lethal commander-damage or combat-damage swing. How it wins: It suits up Cloud or another legendary attacker, locks opponents out of instant-speed answers, and kills through commander damage multiplied by double strike, damage doublers and extra combats, with Aurelia, the Warleader plus Sword of Hearth and Home as an infinite-combat finisher. Key roles: - Equipment tutoring and cheating: These cards find the right Equipment and put it into play or attach it without paying normal costs, which also lets Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER's enter trigger grab a heavy piece like an 8-equip hammer for free (Stoneforge Mystic, Godo, Bandit Warlord, Sigarda's Aid). - Power and damage scaling: Big stat Equipment pushes the commander past 7 power for Treasure and lethal commander damage, while doublers and triplers turn one hit into a kill (Colossus Hammer, Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor, Fiery Emancipation). - Double strike and extra combats: Granting double strike or untapping for more combat phases multiplies Cloud's attack trigger and combat damage. Tifa, Martial Artist keys off the same 7-power threshold, and Aurelia, the Warleader loops with Sword of Hearth and Home for infinite combats (Halvar, God of Battle, Tifa, Martial Artist, Aurelia, the Warleader). - Equipment trigger amplification: Combat-damage Swords refuel cards, mana and removal on hit, and their triggers are doubled by a second Cloud (Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, Sword of Feast and Famine, Buster Sword). - Turn-lock and protection: Equipment and creatures that stop opponents casting spells on the controller's turn, plus protection-granting creatures and indestructibility tricks, keep the single big threat alive through combat (Conqueror's Flail, Grand Abolisher, Mother of Runes). - Board-wipe flings: The equipped giant's power can be turned into one-sided creature sweeps or direct damage to every opponent (Chandra's Ignition, Nibelheim Aflame, Legolas's Quick Reflexes).

Cloud EX SwOLDIER - Bracket 3 decklist

• Mountain
• Forest
• Arcane Signet
• Birds of Paradise
• Mother of Runes
• Nature's Lore
• Path to Exile
• Sol Ring
• Heroic Intervention
• Sylvan Library
• Colossus Hammer
• Duelist's Heritage
• Conqueror's Flail
• Hammer of Nazahn
• Ghostly Prison
• Reconnaissance
• Steelshaper's Gift
• Godo, Bandit Warlord
• Sword of Fire and Ice
• Boros Charm
• Chandra's Ignition
• Sigarda's Aid
• Ancient Tomb
• Smothering Tithe
• Sram, Senior Edificer
• Spire of Industry
• Silence
• Sword of Feast and Famine
• Stoneforge Mystic
• Giver of Runes
• Flawless Maneuver
• Grand Abolisher
• Aggravated Assault
• Sunforger
• Three Visits
• O-Naginata
• Blackblade Reforged
• Helm of the Host
• Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
• Sword of Hearth and Home
• Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• Esper Sentinel
• Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• Clever Concealment
• The One Ring
• Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
• Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• Galadriel's Dismissal
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• Silver Shroud Costume
• Power Fist
• Tifa, Martial Artist
• Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
• Lightning, Army of One
• Nibelheim Aflame
• Buster Sword
• Aettir and Priwen
• Multiversal Passage
• Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
• 4× Plains
• Command Tower
• Avacyn's Pilgrim
• Reliquary Tower
• Swords to Plowshares
• Fiery Emancipation
• Exotic Orchard
• Brushland
• City of Brass
• Horizon Canopy
• Aurelia, the Warleader
• Sacred Foundry
• Stomping Ground
• Bountiful Promenade
• Spire Garden
• Temple Garden
• Arid Mesa
• Mana Confluence
• Windswept Heath
• Wooded Foothills
• Battlefield Forge
• Prismatic Vista
• Sunbaked Canyon
• Deflecting Swat
• Spectator Seating
• Urza's Saga
• Mantle of the Ancients
• Overgrown Farmland
• Rockfall Vale
• Sundown Pass
• Kodama of the West Tree
• Jetmir's Garden
• Plaza of Heroes
• Delighted Halfling
• Hushwood Verge
• Sunbillow Verge
• The Mind Stone