Art by Romana Kendelic
Commander deckR
Captain Michael Burnham
Accelerate land drops with land-fetching artifacts and equipment to trigger Captain Burnham's landfall ability, then amplify her burn damage across all opponents using damage multipliers like Torbran, Solphim, and Ojer Axonil.
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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
1Captain Michael Burnham
2RLegendary Creature — Human Officer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Burnished Hart
3Artifact Creature — Elk
puts two lands onto the battlefield to hit Burnham's second landfall clause
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
fetches a land into play on entrance and cantrips on death
Sword of the Animist
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
puts a land into play on attack for reliable landfall triggers
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
3Legendary Artifact — Equipment
repeatable basic land tutor onto the battlefield when attacking
Card Draw
10
Valakut Exploration
2REnchantment
impulse draw that triggers on landfall and burns opponents
Light Up the Stage
2RSorcery
spectacle is trivial to trigger with Burnham's landfall pings
Faithless Looting
RSorcery
efficient card filtering to find key lands and payoffs
Professional Face-Breaker
2RCreature — Human Warrior
converts combat damage and treasure into card advantage
Endless Atlas
2Artifact
cheap repeatable card draw in a mono-red deck full of Mountains
Removal
10
Lightning Bolt
RInstant
efficient spot removal for utility creatures and planeswalkers
Tibalt's Trickery
1RInstant
surprise red counterspell to stop game-ending enemy plays
Mizzium Mortars
1RSorcery
flexible burn spell that can overload into a one-sided sweeper
Threats/Wincons
23
Moraug, Fury of Akoum
4RRLegendary Creature — Minotaur Warrior
grants multiple additional combat steps on landfall
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
1RRRLegendary Creature — Dwarf Noble
adds two damage to every Burnham landfall ping
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
2RRLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
doubles all noncombat damage dealt by Burnham and other burn sources
Fiery Emancipation
3RRREnchantment
triples all damage dealt by Burnham and your creatures
Mechanized Warfare
1RREnchantment
passively increases all red damage dealt to opponents by one
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
doubles Burnham's landfall triggers each turn
Tunneling Geopede
2RCreature — Insect
deals extra damage to each opponent on every landfall trigger
Spitfire Lagac
3RCreature — Lizard
stacks additional group-slug damage onto land drops
Akoum Hellkite
4RRCreature — Dragon
turns Mountains into targeted lightning bolts on entry
Geode Rager
4RRCreature — Elemental
goads an entire player's board on each landfall
Nesting Dragon
3RRCreature — Dragon
creates defensive Dragon Egg tokens that hatch into 2/2 flyers on landfall
Neheb, the Eternal
3RRLegendary Creature — Zombie Minotaur Warrior
generates immense red mana equal to the damage Burnham dealt that turn
Purphoros, God of the Forge
3RLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible group burn engine and team power booster
Terror of the Peaks
3RRCreature — Dragon
turns every entering creature into direct burn
Brash Taunter
4RCreature — Goblin
indestructible blocker that redirects damage directly to opponents' faces
Koth, Fire of Resistance
2RRLegendary Planeswalker — Koth
searches up basic Mountains for landfall and provides direct burn
Chandra's Incinerator
5RCreature — Elemental
replicates Burnham's noncombat damage to burn down opposing creatures
Descent into Avernus
2REnchantment
accelerates mana while rapidly burning all opponents
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
4RRRLegendary Creature — Dragon
massive airborne threat that dishes out targeted burn on attack
Hellkite Tyrant
4RRCreature — Dragon
evasive dragon that steals opposing artifacts and represents an alternate win condition
Oblivion Sower
6Creature — Eldrazi
massive Eldrazi that ramps stolen lands to trigger landfall multiple times
Akoum Hellhound
RCreature — Elemental Dog
aggressive early landfall attacker that grows with land drops
Utility
8
Crucible of Worlds
3Artifact
enables playing fetchlands from the graveyard to guarantee multiple land drops
Sword of Hearth and Home
3Artifact — Equipment
blinks creatures and tutors lands into play untapped for extra landfall triggers
Ghirapur Orrery
4Artifact
enables a second land drop each turn to consistently trigger Burnham's +1/+1 counter clause
Basilisk Collar
1Artifact — Equipment
gives Burnham lifelink so every landfall ping gains life for each opponent hit
Shadowspear
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grants lifelink and trample while removing indestructible and hexproof from opponents
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
provides hexproof and haste protection for Burnham
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-mana equip protection to keep Burnham on the board
Surveyor's Scope
2Artifact
can fetch multiple untapped basic lands at once if you are behind on lands
