Art by Jason Pastrana
Saved commander deck
Chase Stein, Runaway
Capitalize on Chase Stein's discard and exile ability by triggering powerful exile-cast and discard payoffs, turning impulsive card advantage into massive burn and board presence.
Prompt: Chase Stein, Runaway commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Chase Stein, Runaway
{1}{R}Legendary Creature — Human Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Runaway Steam-Kin
{1}{R}Creature — Elemental
Chains red spells into explosive bursts of mana
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
{2}{R}Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Refunds mana for every spell cast from exile or hand
Card Draw
10 cards
Containment Construct
{2}Artifact Creature — Construct
Allows playing cards discarded to Chase Stein
Conspiracy Theorist
{1}{R}Creature — Human Shaman
Exiles discarded cards so they can be cast this turn
Currency Converter
{1}Artifact
Stores cards discarded to Chase into treasure or creatures
Light Up the Stage
{2}{R}Sorcery
Cheap impulse draw that synergizes with exile payoffs
Reckless Impulse
{1}{R}Sorcery
Provides extra cards to cast across multiple turns
Unexpected Windfall
{2}{R}{R}Instant
Discards fuel to draw cards and ramp treasures
Removal
10 cards
Delayed Blast Fireball
{1}{R}{R}Instant
One-sided board sweeper when cast from exile
Mizzium Mortars
{1}{R}Sorcery
Flexible burn spell that can overload into a board wipe
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Passionate Archaeologist
{1}{R}Legendary Enchantment — Background
Deals damage equal to mana value when casting from exile
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
{2}{R}Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior
Grows rapidly whenever cards are exiled and provides card advantage
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
{3}{R}Creature — Orc Shaman Sorcerer
Grants cascade to the first spell cast from exile each turn
Glint-Horn Buccaneer
{1}{R}{R}Creature — Minotaur Pirate
Pings all opponents whenever Chase Stein discards a card
Brallin, Skyshark Rider
{3}{R}Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
Grows and burns opponents on each discard
Surly Badgersaur
{3}{R}Creature — Badger Dinosaur
Produces treasures, counters, and fight triggers on discard
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
{2}{R} // {1}{R}Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure
Adventure provides removal before being cast from exile as a threat
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
{3}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Disrupts opponents while impulse drawing extra cards each turn
Professional Face-Breaker
{2}{R}Creature — Human Warrior
Generates treasure on combat and turns treasures into impulse cards
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
{1}{R}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Pumps attackers and exiles cards to play whenever you discard
Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
{2}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Alien Warrior
Creates alien tokens whenever spells are cast from exile
Keeper of Secrets
{5}{R}Creature — Demon
Deals direct face damage whenever spells are cast from exile
Flaming Tyrannosaurus
{5}{R}{R}Creature — Dinosaur
Grows and deals damage whenever cards are played from exile
Tectonic Giant
{2}{R}{R}Creature — Elemental Giant
Provides repeatable face burn or impulse card advantage
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
{2}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Evasive flier that dies into treasures or impulse draw
Ox of Agonas
{3}{R}{R}Creature — Ox
Refuels hand from the graveyard using discarded cards
Squee, Goblin Nabob
{2}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin
Returns to hand every upkeep to provide endless discard fodder
Anger
{3}{R}Creature — Incarnation
Gives the entire team haste once discarded into the graveyard
Anje's Ravager
{2}{R}Creature — Vampire Berserker
Madness threat that aggressively refills the hand
Hellkite Courser
{4}{R}{R}Creature — Dragon
Evasive dragon that generates heavy combat pressure
Etali, Primal Storm
{4}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Steals and casts cards from exile off every library
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
{1}{R}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble
Amplifies all red burn triggers from discard and exile payoffs
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
{2}{R}{R}Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra
Provides ramp, removal, and exile-based burn/advantage
Utility
8 cards
Thousand-Year Elixir
{3}Artifact
Allows Chase to tap immediately and untaps him for second activations
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects commander with hexproof and provides haste
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Untaps Chase Stein on each combat for multiple activations
Underworld Breach
{1}{R}Enchantment
Turns the graveyard into accessible cards after heavy discard
Valakut Exploration
{2}{R}Enchantment
Impulse draws cards on landfall and burns for unplayed ones
Bag of Holding
{1}Artifact
Collects cards discarded to Chase to retrieve all at once
Artist's Talent
{1}{R}Enchantment — Class
Offers discard looting and discounts spells cast from exile
