Art by Zezhou Chen
Commander deckRU
Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
Chain together low-cost cantrips and interaction to trigger Adeliz and a board full of low-cost Wizards, generating overwhelming card advantage and lethal combat swings.
Asked for“A $150 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind commander deck — an efficient engine-building deck with a low mana curve, cheap card-advantage engines and cantrips, minimal splash, winning through sheer incremental value and consistent interaction.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
1URLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Storm-Kiln Artist
3RCreature — Dwarf Shaman
Refunds mana with Treasure tokens on every spell cast
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
2RLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Generates red mana on each spell to fuel long cantrip chains
Card Draw
12
Gitaxian Probe
UPSorcery
Free cantrip that triggers prowess and Adeliz for zero mana
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Human Wizard that turns every instant and sorcery into card draw
Removal
11
Negate
1UInstant
Reliable defense against board wipes and key noncreature threats
An Offer You Can't Refuse
UInstant
One-mana protection against game-ending noncreature spells
Lightning Bolt
RInstant
Versatile one-mana burn for creature removal or direct reach
Blasphemous Act
8RSorcery
Cheap reset button against overwhelming opposing boards
Threats/Wincons
22
Harmonic Prodigy
1RCreature — Human Wizard
Wizard that doubles Adeliz and other Wizard triggers for explosive power
Veyran, Voice of Duality
1URLegendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
Wizard that doubles instant/sorcery cast triggers
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
URLegendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Wizard that provides team-wide buffs and trample
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Human Wizard that creates flying Bird Illusion tokens on spell cast
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
3UUCreature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Spits out Human Wizard tokens and transforms into a massive team buffer
Goblin Electromancer
URCreature — Goblin Wizard
Wizard that reduces the cost of all instants and sorceries
Baral, Chief of Compliance
1ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Wizard cost reducer that loots whenever spells are countered
Stormchaser Mage
URCreature — Human Wizard
Cheap evasive Wizard with haste and prowess
Soul-Scar Mage
RCreature — Human Wizard
One-drop Wizard with prowess that shrinks opposing creatures
Dreadhorde Arcanist
1RCreature — Zombie Wizard
Wizard that recasts cheap cantrips from the graveyard when buffed
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
UUURRRLegendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
Uncounterable Dragon Wizard win condition that turns draws into damage
Coruscation Mage
1RCreature — Otter Wizard
Otter Wizard with offspring that drains opponents on spell cast
Umara Mystic
1URCreature — Merfolk Wizard
Flying Wizard that grows by +2/+0 with each spell
Wee Dragonauts
1URCreature — Faerie Wizard
Flying Wizard that quickly deals heavy evasive damage
Sea Gate Stormcaller
1UCreature — Human Wizard
Wizard that copies the next cheap cantrip or removal spell cast
Dualcaster Mage
1RRCreature — Human Wizard
Flash Wizard that copies impactful spells or utility cantrips
Siren Stormtamer
UCreature — Siren Pirate Wizard
One-drop flying Wizard that protects Adeliz from targeted removal
Kaza, Roil Chaser
URLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Hasty Wizard that taps to heavily discount larger spells
Ghitu Amplifier
1RCreature — Human Wizard
Two-mana Wizard that gains massive attack buffs from spells
Flame Channeler // Embodiment of Flame
1RCreature — Human Wizard // Creature — Elemental Wizard
Two-mana Wizard that transforms into an impulse draw engine
Bria, Riptide Rogue
2URLegendary Creature — Otter Rogue
Otter Wizard that grants prowess to the team and makes attackers unblockable
Electrostatic Infantry
1RCreature — Dwarf Wizard
Dwarf Wizard that permanently grows with +1/+1 counters and has trample
Utility
8
Step Through
3UUSorcery
Tutors any critical Wizard directly into hand via Wizardcycling
Crash Through
RSorcery
One-mana red cantrip that gives trample to push lethal damage
Shadow Rift
UInstant
Cheap cantrip granting shadow for virtually guaranteed combat damage
Underworld Breach
1REnchantment
Game-ending recursion engine to replay cantrips and ritual spells
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Adeliz with hexproof and provides immediate haste
Isochron Scepter
2Artifact
Imprints a cantrip or counterspell for continuous Adeliz triggers every turn
