Budget Etali (<$50)

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

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Artifact (19)

• 1x Chandra's Regulator
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Heart of Ramos
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Oracle's Vault
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Ring of Valkas
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Fervor
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip

Creature (18)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Flameblast Dragon
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Lightning Mauler
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Orcish Librarian
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
• 1x Sandstone Oracle

Instant (6)

• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Shunt
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Land (35)

• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 30x Mountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sequestered Stash

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Irencrag Feat
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Volcanic Vision
• 1x Wildfire

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Fire Artisan

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Maybeboard

Artifact (11)

• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lantern of Insight
• 1x Lens of Clarity
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Slagstorm
• 1x Wild Guess
• 1x World at War

Creature (4)

• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Sin Prodder

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Ricochet Trap
• 1x Seething Song

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bedlam

Land (1)

• 1x Flamekin Village

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Welcome to my Etali, Primal Storm deck!

I recently built an Etali deck based off of cards I had lying around the house and have slowly been upgrading it over time. The more I built on it I realized that a lot of the key cards in the deck were pretty cheap! So even though my current build is still budget friendly by many people's standards (<$200), I thought I'd challenge myself to create a version that was as cheap as possible. My goal is to eventually get it under $20, but I figured I'd start with a $40 cap.

This deck focuses on one thing and one thing only: playing your opponent's deck. In that fashion it functions similar to a Sen Triplets , Lazav, Dimir Mastermind , or Sakashima the Impostor deck, but it's not normally a playstyle you find in mono-red. With our commander and cards like Stolen Strategy , Mindclaw Shaman , Chaos Wand , Mob Rule , and Molten Primordial ; we use our opponents' win conditions against them.

To achieve this goal, we want to get Etali out on the battlefield swinging as soon as possible before our opponents are able to put up their defenses. Since Etali is a 6/6, it is entirely possible to knock a player out with commander damage but that isn't our goal with this deck. We want to get Etali out quickly so that our opponents don't have a chance to hold up mana for counterspells or removal.

To get Etali online as quick as we can, we need a lot of ramp and a lot of cards that can give haste. Even though we only need one effect to give Etali haste, we want to guarantee that Etali has haste at the soonest opportunity possible. Ideally we want to get Etali down and swinging by turn 3 or turn 4. In that sense, Otepec Huntmaster is the PERFECT card for this deck; reducing the casting cost and giving Etali haste all in the same card.

Of course in order to keep this deck budget there were some tough cuts that needed to be made. If you're looking for some cheaper upgrades that would make this deck function a lot smoother, I've included some really strong cards in the maybeboard.

Please leave any comments/questions below! Always interested in hearing your thoughts.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	35 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C
Folders	Under 100 budget decks to try