Borbortron Enraged

Commander / EDH* Aggro Budget Multiplayer RG (Gruul) Voltron

ekaczmar

Instant (7)

• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Gruul Charm
• 1x Lightning Axe
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Psychotic Fury
• 1x Sprouting Vines
• 1x Stonewood Invocation

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Explore
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Life from the Loam

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Boar Umbra
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Font of Fertility
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Gruul War Chant
• 1x Primal Visitation
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Trollhide
• 1x Wild Defiance

Artifact (6)

• 1x Hedron Matrix
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Ring of Valkas
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Creature (25)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Burning-Tree Shaman
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Civic Wayfinder
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Orcish Lumberjack
• 1x Pyrewild Shaman
• 1x Quirion Explorer
• 1x Radha, Heir to Keld
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Viashino Racketeer
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wrecking Ogre
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Land (42)

• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Dwarven Hold
• 21x Forest
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Havenwood Battleground
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon

Commander (1)

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Creature (4)

• 1x Burning-Tree Shaman
• 1x Civic Wayfinder
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Sylvan Primordial

Land (1)

• 1x Dwarven Hold

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My first attempt at a voltron deck, so any suggestions are welcome!

I didn't want to attempt to build a deck with a strategy I've never tried before and work out a 3-color mana base at the same time, but I don't like playing mono-green, white, or red all that much, so I decided to make a 2-colored deck. I chose red/green for a few reasons; mainly because I like Xenagos, God of Revels' ability, I have some gruul cards sitting around gathering dust, and it's my favorite color combination for enchantments.

I chose Borborygmos Enraged as my commander because out of the Gruul commanders he has my favorite ability and appears (to me at least) to be the easiest to build a voltron deck around. Since it's my first Volton deck, I'm not all that sure what should go into the deck beyond the commander and the aura spells. Since Borborygmos has a very high converted mana cost of 8, I put a bunch of mana ramp in here. Most of the creatures are mana ramp, because I figure since I'm trying to win through commander damage and not life loss I don't need a whole lot of high-power creatures. Burning-Tree Shaman, Carven Caryatid, Stoneshaker Shaman, & Sylvan Primordial are supposed to protect me while I build up mana to cast Borborygmos. Loaming Shaman does the same thing but he also buys me friends to help me for a few turns. Vigor, Archetype of Endurance, & the umbras are used to protect Borborygmos while also making him stronger. Other cards I use to protect my commander are Trollhide, Alpha Authority, Swiftfoot Boots, Wild Defiance, & Stonewood Invocation. Yeva, Nature's Herald & Xenagos, God of Revels are there to just make Borborygmos or any other creature I so happen to have/need stronger. If there is a card in this deck that I haven't mentioned or covered yet, it's in here because it's situationally good and I don't know what to replace it with.

If you have any advice or suggestions please feel free to share them! Since this is my first attempt at a voltron deck there is definitely room for improvement when it comes to deck design. Just know that I only have a limited budget when it comes to purchasing cards so recommending cards that cost $30 or more won't help as much, though I do like thinking about what I could do if I could have any cards I wanted. Thanks for checking this out and for any feedback you give!!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Domri Rade, Satyr 2/2 GR