
Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the Vast Commander Deck
Kaalia of the Vast wants to resolve, survive, and attack every turn, cheating Angels, Demons and Dragons from hand straight into combat tapped and attacking, skipping their mana costs entirely. The list is a tribal-flavored pile of big flying fatties with attack and enter-the-battlefield payoffs, backed by equipment that gives Kaalia haste, evasion and protection so the trigger lands reliably. Board wipes and one-sided sweepers clear blockers, and anthem and lifelink effects turn the cheated-in army into a fast clock. How it wins: Repeated Kaalia attacks drop huge flying Angels, Demons and Dragons into combat, overwhelming opponents with evasive damage pumped by anthems, double strike and extra combats. Key roles: - Cheat-in payload: Large Angels, Demons and Dragons whose attack or enter triggers fire for free when Kaalia puts them into play mid-combat, dealing damage, stripping resources or disrupting opponents (Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, Angelic Arbiter, Arbiter of Woe). - Kaalia enablers: Equipment and protection that let Kaalia attack the turn she lands, connect unblocked and dodge removal so the trigger keeps happening (Swiftfoot Boots, Whispersilk Cloak, Flare of Fortitude). - Team amplifiers: Angels and spells that buff the whole attacking force with anthems, evasion, lifelink, first strike or an extra combat, multiplying the value of each cheated creature (Victory's Herald, Angel of Invention, Response // Resurgence). - Artifact-token dragon engine: Treasure, Gold and Servo makers combine with a replacement effect that turns artifact tokens into 5/5 flying Dragons, while the artifact count feeds an alternate win and affinity (Draconic Visitor, Curse of Opulence, Hellkite Tyrant). - Asymmetric sweepers: Wipes and damage sweepers that spare Dragons or are cast before redeploying through Kaalia, clearing blockers while the hand stays stocked with threats (Desolation of Smaug, Avatar's Wrath, Piru, the Volatile). - Creature-cost discounts and recursion: Monuments and reanimation effects that make hard-casting backups cheaper and return fallen fatties if Kaalia is answered (Bontu's Monument, Hazoret's Monument, Valgavoth's Faithful).
Kaalia of the Vast decklist
- Angel of Invention
- Angel of the Ruins
- Angelic Arbiter
- Angelic Skirmisher
- Arbiter of Woe
- Avatar's Wrath
- Battlefield Forge
- Bilbo's Deadly Slice
- Blazemire Verge
- Bontu's Monument
- Curse of Opulence
- Dawn's Truce
- Desolation of Smaug
- Diabolic Tutor
- Draconic Visitor
- Dragonskull Summit
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
- End Hostilities
- Flare of Fortitude
- Foul-Tongue Invocation
- Glóin the Mighty
- Goblin Dark-Dwellers
- Hazoret's Monument
- Heavenly Blademaster
- Hellkite Tyrant
- Imskir Iron-Eater
- Ishgard, the Holy See
- Kíli the Resourceful
- Kolaghan Monument
- Lich's Relic
- Lightning Bolt
- Mind Stone
- 10× Mountain
- My Precious
- Noxious Dragon
- Piru, the Volatile
- 9× Plains
- Pyretic Ritual
- Ragefire Hellkite
- Rakdos Carnarium
- Recover
- Repel Calamity
- Response
- Rogue's Gloves
- Seraph of the Suns
- Settle the Wreckage
- Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
- Stargaze
- Steel Hellkite
- Stormshriek Feral
- Sulfurous Springs
- 10× Swamp
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Terra, Herald of Hope
- The Misty Mountains Cold
- Valgavoth's Faithful
- Victory's Herald
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Wear
- Whispersilk Cloak
- Wispweaver Angel
- Witch's Clinic
- Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
- Andúril, Flame of the West
- Rage Reflection
- Wrath of the Bloodmane
- Swift Warkite
- Hoarding Dragon
- Ancient Hellkite
- Geosurge
- Banefire