Saskia, the Group Slugger

Commander / EDH* BRGW Jank

DemonicOfAngels

Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Spiteful Shadows
• 1x Sterling Grove

Creature (18)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Coalhauler Swine
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Mogg Maniac
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Spitemare
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Truefire Captain
• 1x Wall of Souls

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Star of Extinction

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Gideon's Sacrifice
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Pariah's Shield
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Tymna the Weaver

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Vindicate

Instant (7)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Despark
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Artifact (3)

• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x The Great Henge

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Introduction

Who doesn't like to watch the world burn? Saskia the Unyielding, that's who. She likes to watch all other kingdoms burn, while her's stays vibrant. This is a style of deck I have been wanting to build for a while, but wasn't inspired until M21 brought us Brash Taunter. I then realized that there is a critical mass of that type of effect.

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Welcome to the Thunderdome!

The premise of this deck is to get at least one (1) creature on the board like Brash Taunter. The criteria the creature must have includes a line of text like: "Whenever [THIS] is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent" and indestructibility or regeneration. This alone will be enough to deter attacks, but throw an effect like Pariah on it and watch your opponents squirm.

C-C-C-Combo!

There are several combos built into the deck. The combos are usually three cards, as is the minimum number for my playgroup. The first one I discovered (way back when original Ravnica came out) was Coalhauler Swine + Pariah's Shield + Blessing of Leeches and then either take damage or deal damage to the swine and infinitely regenerate it as your opponents boil around you. The combo pieces can be broken up into three categories: Damage Bouncers, Protection, and Pariah.

Damage Bouncers

Boros Reckoner
Brash Taunter
Coalhauler Swine
Mogg Maniac
Spiteful Sliver
Spitemare
Stuffy Doll*
Truefire Captain
Wall of Souls

Protection

Dauntless Escort
Soul of New Phyrexia
Darksteel Plate
Boros Charm
Flawless Maneuver
Heroic Intervention
Gift of Doom
Indestructibility
Shielded by Faith

Pariah

Pariah
Pariah's Shield
Gideon's Sacrifice

Additionally, you can turn any of your Damage Bouncers into Coalhauler Swine by adding Spiteful Shadows to it. So, a card like Mogg Maniac can kill all of your opponents with Spiteful Shadows, Indestructibility, and Pariah on it.
The deck includes two mass damage spells with Blasphemous Act and Star of Extinction. The mana base also includes several painlands to make it easier to take damage.
Stuffy Doll only works to kill one player.

The Road to Victory

The path to victory is not a straight line, and you must have other cards to support your travel.

Ramp

Arcane Signet
Boros Signet
Chromatic Lantern
Golgari Signet
Gruul Signet
Sol Ring
Birds of Paradise
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
Faeburrow Elder
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Cultivate
Farseek
Kodama's Reach
Nature's Lore
Rampant Growth
Skyshroud Claim

Fetching

Stoneforge Mystic
Demonic Tutor
Open the Armory
Congregation at Dawn
Eladamri's Call
Enlightened Tutor
Shared Summons
Vampiric Tutor
Sterling Grove

Removal

Ruinous Ultimatum
Anguished Unmaking
Assassin's Trophy Deadly Rollick
Swords to Plowshares
Utter End

Tricks

Helm of the Host
Sower of Discord
Fiery Emancipation
Gift of Immortality
Journey to Eternity  

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To Sum it Up

This deck was in no way meant to be competitive. If anyone has any ideas for things I should include, feel free to make suggestions. Oh! and the maybe board were cards I ended up cutting from my initial pile.
Anyway, thanks for reading through my ramblings!

tl;dr: Play hard to kill cards that say "No,YOU!"

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C