Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran turn your Vehicle deck into a relentless attacking force. Your commander is a cost-reducer and anthem for Vehicles, pumping them while granting vigilance and reach—making them far harder to block. But the real payoff is the combat phase generation: crew a Vehicle with Balthier and Fran during your first combat, pay {1}{R}{G}, and take another swing. This creates explosive turns where you attack twice (or more) with an evasive, growing team.

Your core gameplan revolves around synergizing cheap Vehicles with strong crew outlets and payoff cards. Cards like Depala, Pilot Exemplar and Fathom Fleet Captain turn your combat phases into card draw and tokens. Smuggler's Copter and Cultivator's Caravan are early-game staples that smooth your mana while attacking. Once you've built enough evasion and redundancy, you pivot to stomping through defenses multiple times per turn, wearing opponents down through sheer board pressure and damage.

The deck wins through combat damage, abusing multiple combat phases and Vehicle synergies. It's fast enough to threaten mid-game but has enough staying power to grind through attrition. Reach and vigilance protect you while your threats keep swinging, and the extra combat triggers feed card advantage engines that keep the pressure relentless.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.