Heavenly Inferno Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict
Everything in the Heavenly Inferno Commander deck: all 100 cards with current prices, what the deck is worth against the sealed price, the 15 new cards, and whether it is worth buying.
Kaalia of the Vast
Flying Whenever Kaalia attacks an opponent, you may put an Angel, Demon, or Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.
Is Heavenly Inferno worth buying?
Most Commander precons in MTG nowadays have a focus problem: There are many themes and different legendary creatures to support, and the decks are designed and sold as a bit of a jumble.
This precon, however, is from another era of Magic products and gameplay. So let’s address elephant in the room: Heavenly Inferno has a lot of bad cards. Like, 40 or so. Nowadays, Commander precons are also very powerful right out of the box, while many of this precon’s cards don’t see play anymore.
How Heavenly Inferno plays
Most Commander precons in MTG nowadays have a focus problem: There are many themes and different legendary creatures to support, and the decks are designed and sold as a bit of a jumble.
This precon, however, is from another era of Magic products and gameplay. So let’s address elephant in the room: Heavenly Inferno has a lot of bad cards. Like, 40 or so. Nowadays, Commander precons are also very powerful right out of the box, while many of this precon’s cards don’t see play anymore.
But Kaalia of the Vast is a powerful card – it’s currently #7 on EDHREC with almost 40k lists. The main idea with Kaalia is to create favorable conditions so that your commander can attack and put a powerful angel, demon, or dragon onto the battlefield. It’s just that the big targets this deck aimed to cheat into play in 2012 are worse than today’s 4- and 5-mana dragons or demons.
To improve this deck, we can focus on three main aspects of the deck: First, we’ll have to play more EDH staples. Second, we can increase the consistency of the deck by playing better angels, demons, and dragons. Third, if we want to really cheat things into play, then we’ll need better cards to put into play without paying their mana cost.
Most valuable cards in Heavenly Inferno
The 15 new cards
Kaalia of the Vast$5.49
Basandra, Battle Seraph$2.56
Mana-Charged Dragon$1.20
Archangel of Strife$0.85
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls$1.46
Avatar of Slaughter$1.74
Dread Cacodemon$3.40
Syphon Flesh$0.55
Death by Dragons$0.29
Soul Snare$0.29
Vow of Duty$0.34
Vow of Malice$3.96
Vow of Lightning$0.31
Stranglehold$7.85
Command Tower$0.99Heavenly Inferno decklist
Commander 1
- 1Kaalia of the Vast$5.49
Creatures 28
- 1Mother of Runes$11.44
- 1Boros Guildmage$0.18
- 1Orzhov Guildmage$0.28
- 1Duergar Hedge-Mage$0.66
- 1Gwyllion Hedge-Mage$0.18
- 1Anger$2.80
- 1Dragon Whelp$0.17
- 1Furnace Whelp$0.25
- 1Lightkeeper of Emeria$0.29
- 1Razorjaw Oni$0.31
- 1Voice of All$0.32
- 1Basandra, Battle Seraph$2.56
- 1Fallen Angel$0.35
- 1Serra Angel$0.25
- 1Shattered Angel$1.25
- 1Malfegor$0.78
- 1Mana-Charged Dragon$1.20
- 1Oni of Wild Places$0.31
- 1Oros, the Avenger$0.79
- 1Angel of Despair$2.00
- 1Angelic Arbiter$4.20
- 1Archangel of Strife$0.85
- 1Bladewing the Risen$2.49
- 1Tariel, Reckoner of Souls$1.46
- 1Akroma, Angel of Fury$0.54
- 1Avatar of Slaughter$1.74
- 1Reiver Demon$1.53
- 1Dread Cacodemon$3.40
Instants 12
- 1Path to Exile$2.96
- 1Bathe in Light$1.17
- 1Comet Storm$2.76
- 1Terminate$0.61
- 1Mortify$0.36
- 1Orim's Thunder$0.07
- 1Congregate$0.32
- 1Master Warcraft$0.71
- 1Return to Dust$0.26
- 1Sulfurous Blast$0.25
- 1Wrecking Ball$0.14
- 1Cleansing Beam$0.37
Sorceries 7
- 1Earthquake$0.51
- 1Diabolic Tutor$2.22
- 1Evincar's Justice$0.25
- 1Syphon Mind$0.39
- 1Syphon Flesh$0.55
- 1Akroma's Vengeance$0.46
- 1Death by Dragons$0.29
Artifacts 7
- 1Sol Ring$1.83
- 1Armillary Sphere$0.21
- 1Boros Signet$0.82
- 1Lightning Greaves$4.21
- 1Orzhov Signet$0.52
- 1Rakdos Signet$1.33
- 1Darksteel Ingot$0.26
Enchantments 7
- 1Soul Snare$0.29
- 1Vow of Duty$0.34
- 1Vow of Lightning$0.31
- 1Vow of Malice$3.96
- 1Pyrohemia$13.98
- 1Stranglehold$7.85
- 1Righteous Cause$0.52
Lands 38
- 1Akoum Refuge$0.11
- 1Barren Moor$0.30
- 1Bojuka Bog$1.45
- 1Boros Garrison$0.25
- 1Command Tower$0.99
- 1Evolving Wilds$0.26
- 1Forgotten Cave$0.12
- 1Molten Slagheap$0.18
- 8Mountain$0.00
- 1Orzhov Basilica$0.42
- 8Plains$0.00
- 1Rakdos Carnarium$0.32
- 1Rupture Spire$0.31
- 1Secluded Steppe$0.14
- 8Swamp$0.00
- 1Vivid Meadow$0.39
- 1Zoetic Cavern$0.16
Upgrading Heavenly Inferno
Our commander is Kaalia of the Vast. There’s another legendary creature in Tariel, Reckoner of Souls, but I’m not considering it as a possible commander at all. This deck doesn’t suffer from focus. Tariel is a good target for Kaalia, and it’s a clear player in the deck’s 99.
Draftsim's upgrade guide makes 24 changes to this deck. The first picks (hover for the card):
More on Heavenly Inferno and the Commander 2011 precons
- All 9 Mardu Commander Precons in Magic Ranked by Pedro Furtado (djorso) (October 17, 2026)