Pir and Toothy - Reimagined

Commander / EDH*

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Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 10x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 13x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Hate (10)

• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Slice in Twain

Utility (7)

• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Mu Yanling
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Turnabout

Mana (11)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Explore
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero

Dreams (10)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Jace's Ingenuity
• 1x Opt
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Protection (7)

• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Scatter Arc
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Spells (6)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Sentinel Tower
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Commanders (2)

Cards (8)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Urban Evolution
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Counters (4)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling

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Other (1)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution

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Pir and Toothy helm up a different take on a commander deck. These two are mega super rad, and since plucking a foil pair from a pack, a brew is in order.

Pir and Toothy

Pir calls for us to place counters on all of our permanents, which has a lot of power when built around with all the various counters-based permanents (including Planeswalkers) out there; but Atraxa already exists, and Pir may fit better in the 99 there if we were going with that angle.
Toothy calls for us to draw cards, and provides value when he "... leaves the battlefield, ..." We get value out of drawing cards and controlling when he leaves the battlefield. Oh, and since we're playing magic, we'll be drawing cards, and Toothy will get YUGE.

Strategy

Together, Pir and Toothy are our primary win-condition: hit Blackjack with a Pir-grown Toothy. To get there, we'll want to put counters on Toothy, mostly by drawing lots of cards. We can gain strategic value by doing so at instant speed, and incremental value with cantrips bolted onto other effects.
Our strategy has some glaring weaknesses, though, starting with all the normal Voltron holes (ie, we need other ways to win when our commander's get shut down). Since we're looking at instant-speed card draw, we can look at activated abilities and spells - and Simic Spellslinging sounds purdy different. As a centerpiece of our core strategy, Toothy has neither innate evasion or protection. We'll need both, which may be a lot of strategic needs to fill.
Altogether, Pir and Toothy are reimagined (pun intended!) as a Simic Voltron Spellslinger deck!?!?

Playtesting

1. Round 1. Win! vs Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, Queen Marchesa, and Jodah, Archmage Eternal. Marchesa used Master Warcraft to kill Jhoira with Toothy with 1 shot, then Toothy ran through the rest. Props to Consecrated Sphinx.
2. Round 2. Lose, vs Ghalta, Primal Hunger. Cantrips elevated Toothy to 20 commander damage in surprise plays, but Ghalta's army of undercosted, overpowered tramplers was too much to deal with. Consider adding more defenses.
3. Round 3. Win! vs Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign, Kestia, the Cultivator, and Lord Windgrace. Toothy ate Kestia, fueled by Pir and a variety of cantrips, and after a board wipe, he came back with a Consecrated Sphinx, protected by Inspiring Call for a solid win. Tons of card draw, and definitely want more infinite hand size.
4. Round 4. Win! vs Saheeli, the Gifted. A narrow victory over a fiery opponent, slinging Comet Storm's and Combustible Gearhulk's. Hadana's Climb   and a series of cantrips sank a massive hit at a critical moment for a win. Props to Curse of the Swine for eliminating Metalworker and Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain in one shot.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Construct */* C, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Squid 1/1 U