Art by Tyler Walpole
Commander deckR
Alex Wilder, Runaway
Capitalize on Alex Wilder's trigger by playing creatures and spells from exile, your graveyard, and the command zone to give your aggressive forces +2/+0 and haste. Use red impulse draw engines and escape creatures to maintain relentless card velocity and turn exile into an aggressive second hand.
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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 · 61 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
1Alex Wilder, Runaway
1RLegendary Creature — Human Hero Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Commune with Lava
XRRInstant
instant-speed impulse draw to untap and cast from exile
Ignite the Future
3RSorcery
impulse draw with flashback that can make exiled spells free
Valakut Exploration
2REnchantment
landfall impulse draw that converts unused cards into damage
Outpost Siege
3REnchantment
consistent exiled card per turn to trigger commander buff
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2RRLegendary Planeswalker — Chandra
provides mana, impulse draw, and creature removal
Removal
10
Wild Magic Surge
RRInstant
destroys target nonland permanent with impulse downside
Delayed Blast Fireball
1RRInstant
one-sided board wipe when cast from exile via Foretell
Mizzium Mortars
1RSorcery
spot removal early or overloaded asymmetrical wipe later
Threats/Wincons
23
Keeper of Secrets
5RCreature — Demon
deals burn damage whenever you cast spells from non-hand zones
Passionate Archaeologist
1RLegendary Enchantment — Background
background that turns non-hand spell casts into massive direct damage
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
3RCreature — Orc Shaman Sorcerer
gives cascade to the first spell cast from exile
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
2RLegendary Creature — Spirit Warrior
grows rapidly whenever cards are exiled and impulse draws on attack
Etali, Primal Storm
4RRLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
free spells cast from exile when attacking trigger commander buffs
Squee, the Immortal
1RRLegendary Creature — Goblin
can be cast from graveyard or exile repeatedly for haste and +2/+0
Phoenix of Ash
1RRCreature — Phoenix
recurrable flyer with Escape that enters with commander triggers
Ox of Agonas
3RRCreature — Ox
cheap escape draw engine that triggers non-hand bonuses
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
3RRLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
gives you impulse draw while denying opponents normal card draws
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
1RLegendary Creature — Human Knight
rewards discarding with impulse draw and grows attacking creatures
Professional Face-Breaker
2RCreature — Human Warrior
generates Treasures on combat damage to sacrifice for impulse draw
Rose, Cutthroat Raider
2RRLegendary Artifact Creature — Robot
exiles cards on attack and generates mana from Junk/Exile plays
Gut, True Soul Zealot
2RLegendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
sacrifices non-creature tokens to make powerful attacking Skeleton tokens
Loyal Apprentice
1RCreature — Human Artificer
generates flying Thopter tokens each combat step while commander is out
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
2RRLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
death trigger offers 3 impulse-drawn cards or 3 Treasures
Chaos Channeler
2RRCreature — Human Shaman
attacks to exile top card of library to play this turn
Tectonic Giant
2RRCreature — Elemental Giant
provides aggressive damage or impulse draw on attack/target
Terror of the Peaks
3RRCreature — Dragon
deals damage based on power when haste/buffed creatures enter
Goblin Rabblemaster
2RCreature — Goblin Warrior
rapidly creates attacking goblin tokens each combat
Shared Animosity
2REnchantment
massively buffs attacking tribal/token creatures alongside commander bonus
Karlach, Fury of Avernus
4RLegendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
grants extra combat steps and first strike to attackers
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
2RLegendary Creature — Goblin
grows on attack and creates goblins equal to its power (enhanced by commander)
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
2R // 1RCreature — Giant // Instant — Adventure
adventure spell that can be cast as a creature from exile
Utility
8
Underworld Breach
1REnchantment
grants escape to all cards in graveyard for explosive turns
Chaos Wand
3Artifact
casts instant and sorcery spells from opponents' libraries from exile
Chef's Kiss
1RRInstant
red redirect protection spell that copies the targeted effect
