R Red Commanders

Red EDH Commanders

273 legal commanders. Pick one and build a deck with AI, or browse the full list below.

Playing Red in Commander

Red is the color of speed, chaos, and direct damage. It wants to act first, hit hard, and end the game before slower decks can set up. In Commander, where 40 life and multiple opponents make aggro harder, red has evolved beyond pure face-burning into treasure generation, impulse draw, and artifact synergies.

Mono-red archetypes include goblin tribal (explosive token generation), artifact combo (red has surprising depth here with cards like Dockside Extortionist and Cursed Mirror), dragon tribal (big flyers with haste), and chaos (Possibility Storm, Warp World — redesigning the game on the fly). Red's impulse draw — exile the top card, play it this turn — has gotten dramatically better in recent years, solving the color's historical card disadvantage problem.

Red's biggest strength in Commander is treasure generation and fast mana. Cards like Dockside Extortionist, Jeska's Will, and Brass's Bounty can produce absurd amounts of mana in a single turn. Red also has the best haste enablers and extra combat step effects, letting creature-based strategies close games quickly. The color's weakness is enchantment removal and long-game staying power — but if you're playing mono-red, the plan is to not let the game go long.

All Red Commanders

273 total

Art by Paolo Parente

Adamaro, First to Desire

Legendary Creature — Spirit

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Red EDH Commanders

Playing Red in Commander

All Red Commanders

Adamaro, First to Desire

Akki Lavarunner // Tok-Tok, Volcano Born

Akroma, Angel of Fury

Alena, Kessig Trapper

Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Amber Gristle O'Maul

Amy Pond

Anax, Hardened in the Forge

Anep, Vizier of Hazoret

Ardoz, Cobbler of War

Arni Brokenbrow

Arni Metalbrow

Ashling the Pilgrim

Ashling, Flame Dancer

Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

Avalanche of Sector 7

Avatar Roku, Firebender

Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer

Balthor the Stout

Barret Wallace

Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit

Bill Potts

Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty

Bosh, Iron Golem

Brallin, Skyshark Rider

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

Breeches, Eager Pillager

Brothers Yamazaki

Cait Sith, Fortune Teller

Calamity, Galloping Inferno

Captain Lannery Storm

Captain Ripley Vance

Casey & Raph, Hotheads

Casey Jones, Asphalt Hooligan

Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute

Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justiciar

Casey Jones, Vigilante

Chandler

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame

Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant

Chong and Lily, Nomads

Cleon, Merry Champion

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno

Combustion Man

Cunning Bandit // Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate

Dan Lewis

Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer

Daretti, Scrap Savant

Dargo, the Shipwrecker

Delina, Wild Mage

Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Dong Zhou, the Tyrant

Donna Noble

Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest

Drakuseth, Maw of Flames

Duchess, Wayward Tavernkeep

Electro, Assaulting Battery

Ellie, Brick Master

Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold

Eron the Relentless

Etali, Primal Storm

Fang, Roku's Companion

Farid, Enterprising Salvager

Feldon of the Third Path

Feldon, Ronom Excavator

Firion, Wild Rose Warrior

Freya Crescent

Fumiko the Lowblood

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge

Ganax, Astral Hunter

Gau, Feral Youth

General Kreat, the Boltbringer

General Traag, Heart of Stone

Ghost-Spider, Gwen Stacy

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

Gimli of the Glittering Caves