Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
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Competitive Bracket 4 build that stops short of cEDH. Full manabase with fetchlands + shocks + cheaper dual lands (skipping the ABU dual list), fast mana (Mana Vault, Chrome Mox), premium equipment payoffs (Sword of Wealth and Power, Maul of the Skyclaves), and accelerators (Esper Sentinel, Mox Diamond, Land Tax). Cloud lands on turn 2–3 with an equipped threat by turn 4. We add Sword of Forge and Frontier and Sword of War and Peace for explosive commander-damage wincons. Weakness: still vulnerable to heavy stax and stacked counterspells at a cEDH table.
Optimized — Bracket 4 (~$400) — 100 cards
Commanders (1)
Creatures (19)
Instants (9)
Sorceries (9)
Artifacts (27)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (32)
Indicative prices from Scryfall — may vary