Art: Chris Rahn · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Ziatora, the Incinerator
BRGLegendary Creature — Demon Dragon · from $0.40
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Ziatora deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target and you create three Treasure tokens.
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
60 of 100 at $5 or less · 44 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 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 10 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 11 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 12 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 15 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 16 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 17 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 18 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 19 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 20 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 21 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 22 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 23 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 24 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 25 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 38 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 39 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 40 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 41 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 42 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 43 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 44 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 45 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 46 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 47 | Blood Crypt | Land | 0 | $8.68 |
| 48 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 49 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 50 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 51 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 52 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 53 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 54 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 55 | Dragonskull Summit | Land | 0 | $0.45 |
| 56 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 57 | Cinder Glade | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 58 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 59 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 60 | Smoldering Marsh | Land | 0 | $0.27 |
| 61 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 62 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 63 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 64 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 65 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 66 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 67 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 68 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 69 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 70 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 71 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 72 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 73 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 74 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 77 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 78 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 79 | Talisman of Indulgence | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 80 | Rootbound Crag | Land | 0 | $0.23 |
| 81 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 82 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 83 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 84 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 85 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 86 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 87 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 88 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 89 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 90 | Sulfurous Springs | Land | 0 | $0.49 |
| 91 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 92 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 93 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 94 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 95 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 96 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 97 | Luxury Suite | Land | 0 | $8.62 |
| 98 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 99 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 100 | Rakdos Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.31 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Ziatora, the Incinerator
The 10 most popular of 12 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Malignus + Solphim, Mayhem Dominus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Fiery Emancipation + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
City on Fire + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Gratuitous Violence + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Dictate of the Twin Gods + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Furnace of Rath + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Angrath's Marauders + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
Academy Manufactor + Clock of Omens + Strionic Resonator + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite card draw · Infinite Clue tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite damage · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite untap of artifacts you control
Clock of Omens + Strionic Resonator + Xorn + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite damage · Infinite tapped Treasure tokens
Clock of Omens + Jolene, the Plunder Queen + Strionic Resonator + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite damage · Infinite tapped Treasure tokens
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 2nd of 22 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggAug 21, 2026 · 2–0–0 · by David García Centelles
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.