Norin, the Punchy

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

polyrain

Artifact (18)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Boompile
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Chandra's Regulator
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Krark's Thumb
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Obsidian Battle-Axe
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Ronin Warclub
• 1x Sai of the Shinobi
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Stormrider Rig
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Tome of Legends

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x From the Ashes
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Storm's Wrath
• 1x Vandalblast

Creature (17)

• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator
• 1x Crimson Kobolds
• 1x Crookshank Kobolds
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Hamletback Goliath
• 1x Kobolds of Kher Keep
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

Land (34)

• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Dwarven Mine
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Kher Keep
• 24x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Thawing Glaciers

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Electropotence
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Leyline of Combustion
• 1x Mirror March
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Risky Move
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Risk Factor
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
• 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 1x Chandra, Fire Artisan

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Norin, the Wary is tired of the occupation of those stronger than him; and he's assembled a rag-tag group of friends to help him do hit and run tactics to see his home freed.

What is this deck?

This is a casual Mono-R ETB deck, featuring Norin the way at the helm. It is intended to gain big value from creature ETBs, either through damage or a number of other effects.

How do you win?

Every turn Norin is out and something happens, he exiles. When he reappears, he triggers any number of permanents which have ETB triggers; do direct damage with Warstorm Surge or Impact Tremors, mill your opponents a bit with Altar of the Brood, or get some value with things like Tome of Legends. Every equipment which auto equips to creatures on ETB is in this deck, such that a Norin coming down (ignoring the damage doublers this deck runs such as Angrath's Marauders, Furnace of Rath or Fiery Emancipation) can hit for even more damage than you could ever dream. Runaway Steam-Kin and Grinning Ignus also go infinite for infinite ETB triggers; providing a win condition that will surely have you hated out by your group :)

Other creatures in this deck are low to the ground to get even more value out of this; all the Kobols of Kher Keep and their friends are here, as are cheap token generators. Mono-R staples I had lying around found themselves in this deck and work pretty effectively to keep the tempo up. Use a Skullclamp on Norin or some small creatures to draw tons of cards, use some Chandra, Awakened Inferno's or her ilk to interact with the board state, or just go for the big Mycosynth Lattice + Vandalblast for gruesome effects.

As a last resort, and for some fun, this deck also runs Confusion in the Ranks as it's easily abused with Norin the Wary. Risky Move is in here for the same reason, and might just be the ticket to a victory in your future.

I've played this deck a few times now and it's quite effective at what it does, and maybe you'll have some fun with it too.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Mycosynth Lattice + Vandalblast
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dwarf 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Awakened Inferno, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	EDH Decks, Decks I like to play