Etali - Big Red

Commander / EDH* Mono-Red Red Deck Wins

Yoshisaurus

Artifact (23)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (8)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fate

Creature (23)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (1)

• 1x Chaos Warp

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 27x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Bedlam
• 1x Dragon Breath
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

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Sorcery (7)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Ignite Memories
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x World at War

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Sneak Attack

Creature (7)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Orcish Librarian
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Instant (1)

• 1x Savage Beating

Artifact (6)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Land (1)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

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Disclaimer: Definitely a work in progress. See below for explanations on some card choices:

So there are several things going on with this deck, but at its core this deck is the essence of red: chaotic and lots of fun. Here are the various pieces of our game plan:

Why this deck exists - Cast Triggers

I made this deck because of Etali of course, but also because I wanted to try these cards. They all work really well with eachother and provide a great value engine:

Possibility Storm - 1) Screw over our opponents (especially combo/control players) 2) Doesn't affect Etali's triggers at all, 3) double casting triggers for Paradox Engine, 4) We don't care since our deck is full of bombs anyways, and 5) You still get the cast trigger off of the original spell!

Sunbird's Invocation - just read it. Unfortunately does not hit of Etali, but we'll be casting plenty of spells from our hand too, worry not.

Paradox Engine - Ramp! Also goes semi-infinite with Strionic Resonator

We also have other cards with great cast triggers: Artisan of Kozilek, Emrakul, the Promised End, Oblivion Sower,Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Ramp

Rocks: Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Fire Diamond, Fellwar Stone, Thran Dynamo, Gilded Lotus, Mind Stone. Obviously good with Paradox Engine

Getting lands also has the secondary effect of thinning our deck to more consistently hit Etali triggers: Myriad Landscape, Solemn Simulacrum - works great with our artifact/copy themes. Sword of the Animist - ramps, shuffles our library, thins our deck, and synergizes with attacking? Perfect!

Others:

• Oblivion Sower - hitting lands off Etali is now a good thing!

• Ruby Medallion

• Caged Sun

• Neheb, the Eternal - also happens to go infinite with Aggravated Assault

• Otepec Huntmaster (cuttable, feels too narrow)

Card Advantage

Looting: Faithless Looting, Geier Reach Sanitarium, Cathartic Reunion, Tormenting Voice, Daretti, Scrap Savant. Key to the City pulls double duty by pseudo-looting and providing unblockable goodness.

Wheels: Memory Jar, Reforge the Soul, Wheel of Fate. The last work particularly well with Sunbird's Invocation

Recursion: Artisan of Kozilek & Goblin Welder - both cuttable but synergize decently with the casting trigger / artifacts we have.

Other:

• Combustible Gearhulk

• Grenzo, Havoc Raiser fits the theme well, espescially with the ramp/evasion we're packing. Might cut if he's not effective.

• Sensei's Divining Top helps us setup triggers.

Removal

Pretty much the best red can do unless I want to enter the realm of land destruction. I've got the classics as well as having some of the big baddies pulling double duty.

Spot Removal: Ghost Quarter, Chaos Warp, Vandalblast, Duplicant, Inferno Titan, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Wrath: Blasphemous Act, All Is Dust, Balefire Dragon

Haste

Hanweir Battlements

Swiftfoot Boots

Anger and Dragon Breath - perfect discard fodder

Fervor / Hammer of Purphoros

Generator Servant / Otepec Huntmaster

Ogre Battledriver

Urabrask the Hidden

Attack Support

The main concern with Etali is that he needs to attack for his trigger to resolve. Of course we'd prefer that he'd survive the swing, so here are some solutions:

Maze of Ith and the flip side of Thaumatic Compass take him out of combat so no harm is done.

Unblockable: Rogue's Passage, Bedlam, Key to the City, Whispersilk Cloak

Darksteel Plate means you don't have to worry swinging with Etali.

Since we're very combat focused, many of our creatures benefit from attacking or dealing combat damage, whether by ramping, dealing damage, annihilating, taking extra combat steps etc.

Again!

Extra combat steps; more damage + more etali triggers = profit (also these can go infinite for any number of reasons)

• Aggravated Assault

• Combat Celebrant

• Hellkite Charger

• Scourge of the Throne

Copy that:

• Feldon of the Third Path

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker - Great value card. Also combos infinitely combos with either Zealous Conscripts and Combat Celebrant if that's your thing.

• Mirage Mirror

• Strionic Resonator - more triggers!

• Utvara Hellkite - the one card combo! Can close games on it's own, especially when copied and with multiple combat phases.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.10
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 6/6 R, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C
Folders	EDH Brewery