Generating multiple hasty token copies of high-impact creatures based on the number of instant and sorcery spells cast in a single turn makes Mono-Red Storm one of the most explosive aggressive engines in Commander. On Moxfield’s high-power and synergy charts, Rionya, Fire Dancer from Commander 2021 stands out as the premier Mono-Red () commander for spell-storming, creature-duplication loops, and infinite combat phases.
As a 3/4 Human Wizard legend costing five mana (), Rionya triggers at the beginning of combat on your turn: create 1 + X tokens that are copies of target nonlegendary creature you control, where X is the number of instant and sorcery spells you’ve cast this turn. Those tokens gain haste and are exiled at the beginning of the next end step. Even with zero spells cast (X = 0), Rionya makes one free copy of any creature every turn. Pairing Rionya with cheap cantrips and untap creatures like Combat Celebrant or damage scaling threats like Terror of the Peaks produces immediate deterministic game-ending turns.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Rionya list, detailing how to chain low-cost red spells, clone value creatures, and trigger infinite extra combat steps.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Rionya requires low-cost red artifact ramp, 1-mana instant/sorcery cantrips, impact ETB creatures, and extra combat loop enablers.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Deploy fast artifact acceleration like Sol Ring, Mana Vault, and Ruby Medallion to prepare for an early Rionya deploy.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Cast Rionya () alongside value creatures like Dockside Extortionist, Harmonic Prodigy, or Imperial Recruiter to begin duplicating board state.
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Late Game (Turns 4+): Cast 2–3 cheap cantrips (Crimson Wisps, Expedite), trigger Rionya to create 3–4 copies of Combat Celebrant or Port Razer, and initiate infinite combat steps to wipe out all opponents simultaneously.
2. Moxfield Highlights: Red Storm & Infinite Combat Loops
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Rionya by stacking 1-mana instant and sorcery spells alongside nonlegendary win-condition creatures.
Combat Celebrant / Port Razer
Infinite combat loop engines. Copying Combat Celebrant with Rionya produces a token copy with haste. Exerting the token copy during combat untaps all creatures and gives an extra combat step, triggering Rionya again at the beginning of the next combat to create even more copies infinitely.
Terror of the Peaks / Fanatic of Mogis
Direct damage win conditions. Creating multiple hasty copies of Terror of the Peaks triggers exponential ETB damage triggers that incinerate opponent life totals before combat damage is even declared.
Harmonic Prodigy
Trigger doubler. Because Rionya is a Wizard, Harmonic Prodigy doubles Rionya’s combat trigger, producing double the amount of hasty token copies every turn cycle.
Jeska’s Will / Birgi, God of Storytelling
Storm mana enablers. Jeska’s Will generates mass red mana and exiles spells to cast, easily bumping Rionya’s spell count $X$ to 3 or higher.
3. Copy & Paste Rionya, Fire Dancer 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Signet
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Birgi, God of Storytelling
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Chaos Warp
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Combat Celebrant
1 Command Tower
1 Crimson Wisps
1 Deflecting Swat
1 Dualcaster Mage
1 Expedite
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Faithless Looting
1 Fanatic of Mogis
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fiery Islet
1 Finale of Promise
1 Gamble
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Grapeshot
1 Guttersnipe
1 Harmonic Prodigy
1 Humble Defector
1 Imperial Recruiter
1 Jeska's Will
1 Jeweled Lotus
1 Key to the City
1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mind Stone
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Amber
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Overmaster
1 Past in Flames
1 Polluted Delta
1 Port Razer
1 Professional Face-Breaker
1 Pyroblast
1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1 Reckless Impulse
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Renegade Tactics
1 Rite of Flame
1 Ruby Medallion
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Seething Song
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Stranglehold
1 Strike It Rich
1 Storm-Kiln Artist
1 Sunscorched Desert
1 Sylvan Library
1 Taiga
1 Talisman of Impulse
1 Terror of the Peaks
1 Thought Vessel
1 Tibalt's Trickery
1 Treasonous Ogre
1 Twinflame
1 Underworld Breach
1 Urza's Saga
1 Valakut Awakening
1 Vandalblast
1 Veil of Summer
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Wheel of Misfortune
1 Wild Magic Surge
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Worldly Tutor
1 You Find Some Mountain Dungeons
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Summary: Dance through the Flames
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Rionya, Fire Dancer because she converts low-cost instant and sorcery cantrips into an army of hasty, high-impact creature copies directly out of the Command Zone. By pairing spell storming with infinite combat pieces like Combat Celebrant, you take infinite turns and incinerate the table in a single combat phase. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, ignite the storm, and dominate your next Commander pod.
