Child of Alara (Budget EDH)

Commander / EDH* Budget Enchantment Five Color Voltron

Futuremonk

Land (38)

• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 2x Forest
• 1x Ghitu Encampment
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 2x Island
• 1x Keldon Necropolis
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nantuko Monastery
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Painted Bluffs
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Warped Landscape

Creature (20)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Anya, Merciless Angel
• 1x Cathar's Companion
• 1x Darksteel Gargoyle
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Filth
• 1x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
• 1x Manor Gargoyle
• 1x Seraph of the Suns
• 1x Tajic, Blade of the Legion
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thornling
• 1x Valor
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Explore
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Mind Extraction
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reckless Abandon
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Skulltap
• 1x Tormented Thoughts
• 1x Twisted Justice
• 1x Urban Evolution

Artifact (4)

• 1x Darksteel Axe
• 1x Darksteel Brute
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Pendant

Commander (1)

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Abduction
• 1x Bequeathal
• 1x Casting of Bones
• 1x Dying Wail
• 1x Dying Wish
• 1x Elephant Guide
• 1x False Demise
• 1x Fate Foretold
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Fruit of the First Tree
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Griffin Guide
• 1x Infernal Scarring
• 1x Murder Investigation
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Puppet Master
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Squee's Embrace
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

Instant (7)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Artillerize
• 1x Collateral Damage
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Far / Away
• 1x Fling
• 1x Grab the Reins

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Creature (5)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blinking Spirit
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Stonehoof Chieftain

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Rites of Spring
• 1x Warren Weirding

Artifact (1)

• 1x Darksteel Reactor

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Child of Alara is perfect for a budget five-color deck. It is basically a board wipe on a stick. Every time it dies, it destroys all nonland permanents.

That makes it super useful, but how many times can it die before the commander tax is too high to cast it again? Hopefully, you should rarely, if ever, have to pay any commander tax. This deck has a ton of auras, like Gift of Immortality, that bring Child of Alara back to the battlefield or, at least, your hand after it dies.

In order to maximize the value of this ability, there are a ton of cards, like Devour Flesh, that allow you to make target player sacrifice a creature. These can be used to destroy Child of Alara, but they can also be used to make an opponent sacrifice the one indestructible creature they had that survived the cataclysm.

Given that this deck can't plan on keeping many mana rocks, it only uses Darksteel Ingot for ramp. The rest are cards that will help you get more lands on the battlefield.

Speaking of lands, there are several manlands, like Faerie Conclave, in this deck to give you creatures to attack with right after destroying everything your opponents had to block.

Speaking of creatures, nearly every creature in this deck either is or can be indestructible as well. Exceptions include creatures, like Valor and Anger, that like to be in your graveyard and give extra abilities to all creatures you control when they are. Also, Epochrasite isn't indestructible either, but it will keep coming back, and the deck needed another low cmc creature.

I think that repeatedly destroying all your opponents' creatures, enchantments, and artifacts while keeping all of your own ought to be enough to give you an unstoppable advantage once this deck gets going. You should be able to attack and burn your way to victory. You could also go for the win with commander damage as well. Three hits with Darksteel Axe equipped and an opponent is done. Several of the auras will pump your commander too, while also giving you things when it dies (e.g. cards, tokens, life).

The only vulnerability I can see with this deck is that it is a little slow to get going and vulnerable to counterspells. So a fast aggro/tokens/control deck might be the biggest fear here. Otherwise, I think this deck is really strong.

Suggestions welcome!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 34 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G, Griffin 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 W