Kaalia of the Vast attacks each turn and cheats expensive Angels, Demons and Dragons from hand straight onto the battlefield tapped and attacking, skipping their mana costs entirely. Isshin doubles Kaalia's attack trigger so two fatties drop in at once. Heavy card draw keeps the hand stocked with fresh bombs, and a suite of protection and recursion keeps both Kaalia and the cheated threats around through removal and wraths. How it wins: Repeated Kaalia attacks drop huge evasive fliers and attack-trigger monsters into combat until opponents fall to overwhelming flying damage, with Liliana's Contract as an alternate win if four differently named Demons are assembled. Key roles: - Cheat payload: High-cost Angels, Demons and Dragons whose value is front-loaded on entering or attacking, so they swing the game the moment Kaalia drops them in (Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, Angel of Despair, Terror of Mount Velus). - Attack-trigger doubling: Kaalia's trigger and the creatures' own attack triggers fire twice, putting two bombs into play per swing and doubling burn and punishment effects (Isshin, Two Heavens as One, Balor, Victory's Herald). - Keeping the commander alive: Hexproof, shroud, unblockability and return-on-death effects protect Kaalia so she survives to attack every turn (Swiftfoot Boots, Whispersilk Cloak, Kaya's Ghostform). - Refilling the hand: Life-for-cards spells and tutors fuel the cheat engine, since Kaalia only puts creatures from hand into play (Liliana's Contract, Painful Truths, Diabolic Tutor). - Board control and punishment: Mass sacrifice, edicts and one-sided wipes clear blockers while the deck's flying, indestructible or recurring threats survive, including an Angel-death edict package (Archfiend of Depravity, Rampage of the Valkyries, Sephara, Sky's Blade). - Recursion and resilience: Graveyard return and death-replacement effects bring fallen fatties back, keeping pressure up after removal or the deck's own wipes (Reya Dawnbringer, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel, Unburial Rites).

Kaalia of the Vast decklist

• Adarkar Valkyrie
• Aegis Angel
• Akroma, Angel of Fury
• Akroma, Angel of Wrath
• Angel of Despair
• Angel of Serenity
• Angel of the Ruins
• Angelic Arbiter
• Angelic Skirmisher
• Archfiend of Depravity
• Balor
• Bladewing the Risen
• Bloodgift Demon
• Breathkeeper Seraph
• Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• Demon of Loathing
• Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• Emeria Shepherd
• Giada, Font of Hope
• Harvester of Souls
• Indulgent Tormentor
• Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• Overseer of the Damned
• Piru, the Volatile
• Resolute Archangel
• Reya Dawnbringer
• Sephara, Sky's Blade
• Serra's Guardian
• Steel Hellkite
• Terror of Mount Velus
• Twilight Shepherd
• Victory's Herald
• Ambition's Cost
• Boros Charm
• Crackling Doom
• Despark
• Fake Your Own Death
• Fracture
• Mortify
• Return to Dust
• Swords to Plowshares
• Terminate
• Akroma's Vengeance
• Diabolic Tutor
• Earthquake
• Painful Truths
• Read the Bones
• Sign in Blood
• Unburial Rites
• Arcane Signet
• Boros Signet
• Commander's Sphere
• Orzhov Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Savai Crystal
• Sol Ring
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Talisman of Conviction
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Firja's Retribution
• Kaya's Ghostform
• Liliana's Contract
• Rampage of the Valkyries
• Akoum Refuge
• Bloodfell Caves
• Boros Garrison
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• Nomad Outpost
• Orzhov Basilica
• Rakdos Carnarium
• Rogue's Passage
• Scoured Barrens
• Temple of Silence
• Temple of Triumph
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Wind-Scarred Crag
• 8× Plains
• 7× Swamp
• 4× Mountain