Dargo and Tormod Aristocrat/Storm cEDH

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats BR (Rakdos) Combo Competitive Storm

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Artifact (22)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Urza's Bauble

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jeska, Thrice Reborn

Land (33)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 5x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 8x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (6)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Tortured Existence

Commanders (2)

Creature (17)

• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Flamekin Herald
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1x Thermopod
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mana Crypt

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Grapeshot

Land (1)

• 1x Shadowblood Ridge

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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Sac, make tokens, make Mana, repeat

This is part 1 of my combo commander series based on different partner pairings of Dargo, the Shipwrecker

Ideally you will have Tormod, the Desecrator on the field before trying to begin the death loop, but other cards like Anax, Hardened in the Forge and Genesis Chamber are here as backup token generators for your sac outlets.

This entire combo is possible due to the relatively recent changes in rules around commander death. Since they technically go to the graveyard before they can be sent to the command zone, Tormod sees them leave the graveyard and produces a zombie token.

Ideal line of play is to use Phyrexian Altar/Thermopod to sacrifice Dargo, the Shipwrecker while Tormod, the Desecrator, or another token producer is on the field. Dargo gives you a commander discount, as opposed to tax, based on the number of permanents sacrificed in the same turn. Abuse this to sacrifice and cast Dargo for , hopefully provided by the altar, and build up a storm count/ping your enemies with aristocrats. Repeat until you win.

Runaway Steam-Kin is here to help provide red mana for times where we don't have access to Phyrexian altar. It can still help be an engine to allow for multiple recasts in a turn.

Combos

Phyrexian Altar/Thermopod + Dargo, the Shipwrecker + Tormod, the Desecrator/Anax, Hardened in the Forge/Genesis Chamber/Desecrated Tomb = Dargo Loop

Sac outlet + Pitiless Plunderer + Dargo, the Shipwrecker = Dargo Loop

Tortured Existence + 1 creature card in hand and at least one in the grave + Tormod, the Desecrator/Desecrated Tomb = Loopable token creation (add K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth or Phyrexian Altar for maximum abuse)

Tormod, the Desecrator + Nether Traitor (can be in graveyard) + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar/K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth = sacrifice loop to produce tokens

Wincons

Storm count with Aetherflux Reservoir, Grapeshot, Bitter Ordeal

Dargo loop, play Jeska, Thrice Reborn -x for the win

Dargo loop + Impact Tremors/Bontu's Monument

Dargo loop + Lightning-Rig Crew

Dargo loop + Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat/Bastion of Remembrance

Dargo loop + Flamekin Herald = Cascade to play your deck

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 3 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Storm 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Bat 1/1 B, Copy Clone, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Dargo Combo Series, edh