The Commander
Haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, add that much mana in any combination of 
and/or 
. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Guide
Gameplan
Flood the board with creatures, swing wide, and convert that combat damage potential into a huge pool of red/green mana you can dump into a second main phase. Grand Warlord Radha turns aggressive attacks into ramp, letting you cast giant X-spells, extra creatures, or game-ending payoffs after combat. You win by snowballing token armies and overrunning the table or by funneling mana into a haymaker.
Strengths
- Generates a massive mana burst every combat that ramps you ahead of the table
- Mana persists through phases, so you can hold it for a post-combat main phase
- Cheap, hasty, and aggressively costed for an attack-focused commander
- Pairs perfectly with token swarms and go-wide strategies
- Rewards attacking even with small creatures, since each attacker adds mana
Weaknesses
- Only generates mana when you actually attack, leaving you exposed to crackbacks
- Board wipes are devastating since the strategy is creature-dependent
- No built-in card advantage, so you can run out of gas
- Mana is locked to R/G, limiting flexibility for off-color answers
- Spending mana well requires good post-combat sinks or it's wasted
Key Cards
- Craterhoof Behemoth — The ideal mana sink and finisher—your post-attack mana easily casts it for a lethal alpha strike.
- Hellrider — Turns your wide attacks into direct damage, closing games while you swarm.
- Purphoros, God of the Forge — Each token you produce pings every opponent, providing reach independent of combat.
- Krenko, Mob Boss — Generates an army of attackers, multiplying Radha's mana output dramatically.
- Comet Storm — An X-burn spell that perfectly absorbs the leftover mana Radha makes after combat.
- Skullclamp — Solves Radha's biggest weakness—card draw—by cashing in expendable tokens.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient token engines (Krenko, Goblin Bombardment, Beastmaster Ascension) and reliable card draw like Skullclamp, Garruk's Uprising, and Toski to keep gas flowing. Lean into instant-speed mana sinks—X-spells and flash creatures—so Radha's mana is never wasted. Tighten the mana base with fast ramp (Sol Ring, Dockside Extortionist, Cryptolith Rite) and anthem finishers to convert your wide boards into one-turn kills.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Overrun the table with Craterhoof Behemoth or Overrun-style anthem effects
- ▸Drain life via Purphoros/Impact Tremors as tokens enter and attack
- ▸Direct damage from Hellrider triggers and large X-burn spells like Comet Storm or Fireball
- ▸Snowballing creature combat damage across multiple turns
Archetypes
- Tokens — More attackers means more mana, so wide token production directly scales Radha's ability.
- Aggro — Haste and combat-triggered ramp reward turning creatures sideways every turn.
- Big Mana / X-spells — The persistent post-combat mana pool fuels enormous X-spells and overruns.
- Stompy — Cast fat creatures, then attack to refuel and deploy even more threats.
Combos
- Grand Warlord Radha + Aggravated Assault
→ Infinite combat phases, Infinite green mana, Infinite red mana
- Grand Warlord Radha + Hellkite Charger
→ Infinite green mana, Infinite red mana, Infinite combat phases
- Grand Warlord Radha + Hellkite Charger + Savage Ventmaw
→ Infinite combat phases, Infinite green mana, Infinite red mana
- Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Grand Warlord Radha + Chromatic Orrery
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens
- Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Grand Warlord Radha + Mycosynth Lattice
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GR), by popularity.
