Varchild's Raiders

Commander / EDH*

McAwesome1337

Artifact (26)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Mob Rule

Creature (25)

• 1x Avalanche Riders
• 1x Beetleback Chief
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Conquering Manticore
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Fumiko the Lowblood
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hellrider
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (1)

• 1x Chaos Warp

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 28x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Terrain Generator

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Experimental Frenzy
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Outpost Siege

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The deck has two overall proactive plans which are to gear up our commander Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor and abuse powerful ETbs. Some of the best cards we have that contribute to this game plan are Assault Suit , Blackblade Reforged , and Bloodforged Battle-Axe . Our other main plan is to recur creatures with valueable ETB effects like Inferno Titan , Duplicant , and Myr Battlesphere that will get us ahead on board or let us swing with our opponents creatures. In addition we have cards that let us double dip on our ETBs with the help of Feldon of the Third Path , Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker , and Mimic Vat .

Since red has problems removing big creatures instead we would rather steal our opponents creatures with Zealous Conscripts , Conquering Manticore , and Molten Primordial to sacrifice them for effect with free sac outlets. On top of sacrificing our opponents creatures for value, our commander likes to be sacced because she is cheap and creates a huge board of Survivors.

Lastly since we create Survivors for our opponents we have cards that will provide an incentive to attack each other with damage doublers like Furnace of Rath . If they refuse our generous offers we have cards that force them to kill each other like Fumiko the Lowblood .

My biggest problem with the deck is that our curve is a little high but i feel that it is relatively normal for EDH. Thankfully, our commander is 3cmc so this alleviates the problem somewhat, because we will have a play at the latest by turn 3. On top of that we have normal mono-red problems like access to card draw and poor ramp, but we do synergize really well with Skullclamp since we create a lot of fodder with it. We also run relatively little removal but that is my deck building style in EDH because i feel like in a multiplayer game there better colors for dealing with problems and so I would rather create problems than solve them.

I would really appreciate any suggestions for the deck to help improve it or cards that synergize with the themes that I outlined above. Thank you for your time.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.76
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Ogre 3/3 R, Survivor 1/1 R