Art: Tomasz Jedruszek · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
WURLegendary Creature — Elemental Dinosaur Cat · from $0.61
Mutate {1}{W/U}{R}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Flying, first strike
Whenever this creature mutates, you may cast target noncreature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
54 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 12 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 13 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 14 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 17 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 18 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 19 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 20 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 21 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 22 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 23 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 24 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 25 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 26 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 27 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 28 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 29 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 30 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 31 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 32 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 33 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 34 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 35 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 36 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 37 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 40 | Hallowed Fountain | Land | 0 | $6.97 |
| 41 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 42 | Steam Vents | Land | 0 | $9.63 |
| 43 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 44 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 45 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 46 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 47 | Sacred Foundry | Land | 0 | $10.28 |
| 48 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 49 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 50 | Sulfur Falls | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 51 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 52 | Clifftop Retreat | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 53 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 54 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 55 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 56 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 57 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 58 | Glacial Fortress | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 59 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 60 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 61 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 62 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 63 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 64 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 65 | Prairie Stream | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 66 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 67 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 68 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 69 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 70 | Shivan Reef | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 71 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 72 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 73 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 74 | Battlefield Forge | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 77 | Talisman of Creativity | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 78 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 79 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 80 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 81 | Talisman of Progress | Artifact | 2 | $0.25 |
| 82 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 83 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 84 | Adarkar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.34 |
| 85 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 86 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 87 | Talisman of Conviction | Artifact | 2 | $0.35 |
| 88 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 89 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 90 | Training Center | Land | 0 | $17.67 |
| 91 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 92 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 93 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 94 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 95 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 96 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 97 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 98 | Sea of Clouds | Land | 0 | $19.56 |
| 99 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 100 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
The 10 most popular of 17 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Chef's Kiss + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count
Frontline Heroism + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Cloud of Faeries + Quasiduplicate + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Kykar, Wind's Fury + Quasiduplicate + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Cackling Counterpart + Kykar, Wind's Fury + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Peregrine Drake + Quasiduplicate + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Cloud of Faeries + Snap + Twinflame + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Peregrine Drake + Snap + Twinflame + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Azorius Chancery + Lotus Field + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite colored mana · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Cloud of Faeries + Heat Shimmer + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
Top finishes
4 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 4th of 20 — Nautilus Games Charity Circuit : Trinity Center for Community in Asbury on Topdeck.ggAug 15, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Will DeNooyer
- 6th of 24 — Starling Cards & Comics May cEDH 1k on Topdeck.ggMay 30, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Anthony Jewell
- 7th of 31 — Med City cEDH: Caduceus Cup (Monthly Dual Land Top Prize) on Topdeck.ggMay 24, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Tyler Tanner
- 11th of 47 — Capital Region Kickoff on Topdeck.ggMay 17, 2026 · 2–4–0 · by Arthur T Henriques Jr
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.