Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator Commander Deck
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator sits at the center of a goad-focused strategy that forces opponents' creatures to attack each other, then draws cards and grows Firkraag whenever those goaded creatures deal combat damage. The deck layers on additional goad and forced-attack effects through enchantments, curses, and creatures like Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer to keep the table in constant chaos, while theft spells and mass mind-control effects such as Insurrection serve as late-game finishers by turning opponents' own armies against them. A light Dragon subtheme supports Firkraag's triggered ability and provides aerial pressure, while the card advantage generated by forced attacks accelerates the deck's ability to maintain control over the board state.
Decklist
- Arcane Signet
- Command Tower
- Dragonmaster Outcast
- Counterspell
- Curse of Opulence
- Sol Ring
- Fellwar Stone
- Arcane Lighthouse
- Bitter Feud
- Rite of the Raging Storm
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Disrupt Decorum
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- Negate
- Bloodthirsty Blade
- Shivan Reef
- Spirebluff Canal
- Cascade Bluffs
- Izzet Signet
- Dragonspeaker Shaman
- Talisman of Creativity
- Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
- Mob Rule
- Scourge of the Throne
- Bident of Thassa
- Ponder
- Swerve
- Heat Stroke
- Pongify
- Besmirch
- Sulfur Falls
- Detection Tower
- Dragon's Hoard
- Clout of the Dominus
- Song-Mad Treachery
- Jwari Disruption
- Geode Rager
- Frostboil Snarl
- Sly Instigator
- Ornithopter of Paradise
- Minion of the Mighty
- Temple of the Dragon Queen
- Vengeful Ancestor
- Sprite Dragon
- Reins of Power
- Insurrection
- Stormcarved Coast
- Secluded Courtyard
- March of Swirling Mist
- Shiny Impetus
- Slip Out the Back
- Seize the Spotlight
- Popular Entertainer
- Spectacular Showdown
- Death Kiss
- Bothersome Quasit
- Mocking Doppelganger
- Coronation of Chaos
- Blast-Furnace Hellkite
- Day of the Moon
- The Sound of Drums
- Renegade Silent
- Hot Pursuit
- Ferrous Lake
- Acquired Mutation
- Red Death, Shipwrecker
- Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
- Misleading Signpost
- Untimely Malfunction
- Unable to Scream
- Firespitter Whelp
- Transcendent Dragon
- Goldlust Triad
- Dragonstorm Globe
- Deceptive Frostkite
- Fabled Passage
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
- 9× Island
- 13× Mountain