Steel 'n' Style [An Unexplored K&T Archetype]

Commander / EDH* Aggro Four Color Primer

VraskaTheCursed

ManaBase (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 3x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Tutor (7)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

Stax/Grind (5)

• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

CardDraw (11)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Tireless Tracker

Protection/Counters (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Negate
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Ramp (8)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Recursion/Utility (6)

• 1x Collected Company
• 1x Collective Effort
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Sun Titan

Commander (1)

Removal/Disruption (11)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Collective Effort
• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Trygon Predator

Tokens/Aggressive (7)

• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken

ScalingThreats (5)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Undergrowth Champion

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Vendilion Clique

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Aggro - a beautiful concept.

Welcome to Steel 'n' Style, an aggressive and value-oriented EDH concoction. The premise of the deck is function without our beloved general Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis on the field. K & T is more like an emergency button - if you are looking for a group hug build of K & T, I suggest that you look elsewhere as this build is focused on dealing damage to our opponents without any remorse - we cast our general when we need a bit more gas to completely steamroll the opposition.

The plan is to play early creatures like Tireless Tracker, Chasm Skulker, Managorger Hydra, and other threats that scale over time. We supplement this with political cards like Grenzo, Havoc Raiser and Edric, Spymaster of Trest to get lots of card advantage and hopefully convince our opponents to attack each other.

We have lots of utility and recursion to make sure the job gets done. Dig Through Time, Seasons Past, Eternal Witness, and Sun Titan let us reuse our threats, tutors, and removal, while powerful walkers like Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Sarkhan Unbroken, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, and others represent threats and card advantage that will straight up win us the game if left unanswered.

There are also numerous synergies/locks that can be deadly when assembled:

Kaseto, Orochi Archmage + Grenzo, Havoc Raiser/Edric, Spymaster of Trest = repeated goad/steal cards/card draw

Mentor of the Meek/Skullclamp + Assemble the Legion = VERY DRAW, MUCH WOW

Rishkar, Peema Renegade + throne of the god pharoah = slowly burn everyone down. TGFNMB (Thank goodness for no mana burn :D)

...and many more.

Please note that to make aggro K & T more competitive, cards like Tooth and Nail, Craterhoof Behemoth, Sylvan Library, Imperial Recruiter, Path to Exile, etc. should be added. They are not here due to budget considerations and playgroup power level considerations. Some of these competitive cards are listed in the maybeboard. Cards which I am considering are listed in the sideboard.

Thanks to everyone for tuning in :) Hopefully I will be able to write a proper primer for aggro K & T, so suggestions and critiques are more than appreciated. From my experience, it's a largely unexplored and underrated build of K & T, so I hope to shed some light on a brand new strategy to not only try to convince people of the enormous political value of K & T, but also that decks can be self-sufficient and can function perfectly well without their commander in play (or eminence).

Top Ranked	Achieved #49 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 2 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Clue, Dragon 4/4 R, Emblem Arlinn Kord, Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Plant 0/1 G, Soldier 1/1 RW, Squid 1/1 U, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH, Cool EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, Cockatrice