Art by Dan Brereton
Commander deckW
Bucky Barnes, Eager Ally
Maximize Bucky Barnes's death trigger by combining Soldier tribal aggression with high-impact Equipment and recursion engines to continuously restock your 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 · 60 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
1Bucky Barnes, Eager Ally
1WLegendary Creature — Human Soldier Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Sword of the Animist
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Equipment that ramps basic lands on attack
Knight of the White Orchid
WWCreature — Human Knight
Catches up on plains ramp when behind
The Irencrag
2Legendary Artifact
Two-mana mana rock that can become equipment late game
Card Draw
10
Puresteel Paladin
WWCreature — Human Knight
Draws on equipment entry and zeroes equip costs
Sram, Senior Edificer
1WLegendary Creature — Dwarf Advisor
Draws cards when casting equipment
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier that taxes opponent noncreature spells for draw
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Turns Bucky and 1/1 Soldier tokens into massive card draw
Mentor of the Meek
2WCreature — Human Soldier
Soldier that draws when small creatures enter
Welcoming Vampire
2WCreature — Vampire
Soldier that draws on low-power creature ETBs
Mask of Memory
2Artifact — Equipment
Equipment providing card filter on combat damage
Removal
9
Austere Command
4WWSorcery
Modal board wipe that protects your specific board state
Threats/Wincons
24
Stoneforge Mystic
1WCreature — Kor Artificer
Tutors any Equipment directly to hand and cheats it into play
Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
2WWLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike to equipped creatures and moves equipment
Danitha Capashen, Paragon
2WLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Cost reduction on equipment with keywords
Kemba, Kha Regent
1WWLegendary Creature — Cat Cleric
Generates Cat tokens for each equipment attached
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
2WLegendary Creature — Kor Scout
Attaches all equipment freely each combat
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1WWLegendary Creature — Cat Soldier
Resilient Soldier that generates Soldier tokens
Myrel, Shield of Argive
3WLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
Soldier that silences opponents on your turn and multiplies Soldiers
Preeminent Captain
2WCreature — Kithkin Soldier
Soldier that cheats other Soldiers into play attacking
Captain of the Watch
4WWCreature — Human Soldier
Soldier lord that creates tokens and gives vigilance
Siege Veteran
2WCreature — Human Soldier
Distributes +1/+1 counters and replaces nontoken Soldiers on death
Thalia's Lieutenant
1WCreature — Human Soldier
Buffs your team and grows as Humans enter
Hero of Bladehold
2WWCreature — Human Knight
Battle cry threat that produces attacking Soldier tokens
Sword of Feast and Famine
3Artifact — Equipment
Protects, untaps lands, and forces discards
Sword of Fire and Ice
3Artifact — Equipment
Protects, deals damage, and draws cards
Sword of Forge and Frontier
3Artifact — Equipment
Card advantage and extra land drops on hit
Colossus Hammer
1Artifact — Equipment
Massive +10/+10 power boost to quickly eliminate opponents
Shadowspear
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Provides trample, lifelink, and strips hexproof/indestructible
Commander's Plate
1Artifact — Equipment
Gives commander huge buffs and protection from almost all colors
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste and hexproof protection for key creatures
Kaldra Compleat
7Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Indestructible living weapon with haste, trample, and exile
Hammer of Nazahn
4Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants indestructible and auto-equips gear as it enters
Utility
8
Ashnod's Altar
3Artifact
Sacrifice outlet to trigger Bucky Barnes at will for mana
Spawning Pit
2Artifact
Free sac outlet to proc Bucky that stockpiles spawn tokens
Fanatical Devotion
2WEnchantment
Sacrifice outlet that regenerates your key threats
Sun Titan
4WWCreature — Giant
Soldier that repeatedly recurs Bucky Barnes and low-mana equipment
Sevinne's Reclamation
2WSorcery
Returns Bucky or equipment from the graveyard twice
Flawless Maneuver
2WInstant
Free protection spell that preserves your board against destruction
