Stangg, Echo Warrior - Double Vision (v1.0)

Commander / EDH* RG (Gruul) Tokens Voltron

KBK7101

Lands (34)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 8x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Wooded Ridgeline
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip

Removal (10)

• 1x Bushwhack
• 1x Prizefight
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Warbriar Blessing
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cartouche of Strength
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fade into Antiquity
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Krosan Grip

Equipment (6)

• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Power Suit
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Scepter of Celebration

Haste (5)

• 1x Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• 1x Rune of Speed
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Invigorating Hot Spring
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Recovery (3)

• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Retrieve

Voltron Targets (2)

• 1x Champion of the Flame
• 1x Valduk, Keeper of the Flame *f-pre*

Auras (21)

• 1x Audacity
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Giant Spectacle
• 1x Madcap Skills
• 1x Rune of Might
• 1x Rune of Speed
• 1x Setessan Training
• 1x Talons of Wildwood
• 1x Warbriar Blessing
• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Cartouche of Strength
• 1x Most Wanted
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Fruit of the First Tree
• 1x Mantle of the Wolf
• 1x One with the Kami
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Wurmweaver Coil
• 1x Colossification

Evasion (15)

• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Audacity
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Giant Spectacle
• 1x Madcap Skills
• 1x Rune of Might
• 1x Setessan Training
• 1x Talons of Wildwood
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Cartouche of Strength
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Scepter of Celebration

Tokens (7)

• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Scepter of Celebration
• 1x Valduk, Keeper of the Flame *f-pre*
• 1x Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
• 1x Mantle of the Wolf
• 1x One with the Kami
• 1x Wurmweaver Coil

Protection (5)

• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Silkguard
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Power Suit
• 1x Bear Umbra

Tokens Backup Plan (3)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Greater Good

Board Wipe (1)

• 1x Chain Reaction

Commander (1)

Card Draw (15)

• 1x Audacity
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Rune of Might
• 1x Rune of Speed
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Setessan Training
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Enchantress's Presence *f-etch*
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Fruit of the First Tree
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

Ramp/Reduction (15)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Bushwhack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Nessian Wanderer
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Most Wanted
• 1x Bear Umbra

Synergy (6)

• 1x Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• 1x Nessian Wanderer
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Forgeborn Oreads
• 1x One with the Kami
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth

Finishers (4)

• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Thran Power Suit
• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Colossification

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Potential Second Revision (8)

• 1x Bequeathal
• 1x Boots of Speed
• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Fists of Ironwood
• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Storm Herald
• 1x Nylea's Colossus

Alternate Finishers (2)

• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede

Card Draw (1)

• 1x Momentous Fall

Tutors (1)

• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

BRO/BRC (1)

• 1x Draconic Destiny

Equipment (1)

• 1x Golem-Skin Gauntlets

Voltron Targets (1)

• 1x Kosei, Penitent Warlord

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Updated - 12/28/22

Another work in progress deck from the Legends Retold cards from Dominaria United, this time featuring the character Stangg, reimagined as Stangg, Echo Warrior. Stangg, Echo Warrior is a really cool card because he makes a Stangg Twin token when he attacks, but that token gets token copies of whatever the original Stangg had on him at the time. Auras with lots of ETB and death triggers are really, really strong here. Fruit of the First Tree, One with the Kami, Rune of Might etc.

Built in paper from stuff I happened to have on hand and a large portion of the {RG} Neon Dynasty precon, this deck is split between aura and equipment themes and I'd really like to focus it a bit and would love feedback on how to improve it.

Finally, please do not recommend any Universes Beyond cards. They will not be considered for the deck, no matter how good they may be.

LORE

Sadly, there isn't much in the way of backstory for Stangg. He's a human warrior from Dominaria's Time of Legends, which is a centuries long span of time from between the fall of the Thran empire and the birth of Urza. He has the ability to make an echo clone/copy of himself in battle. That's it, really.

COMMANDER

Originally printed in the Legends expansion as Stangg and then reprinted with new art (and an official Stangg Twin token!) in Masters 25 (Stangg), Stangg, Echo Warrior is one of Dominaria United's "Legends Retold" cards, where they took the original characters from the Legends set and reinterpreted them for the modern game. Echo Warrior is a massive upgrade for Stangg as he no longer only makes a Stangg Twin token, he makes a Twin AND copies of each aura and equipment attached to him every time he attacks. This means that any auras or equipment that care about entering the battlefield or leaving the battlefield have incredible synergy with this commander. Fruit of the First Tree, Rune of Speed and Rune of Might, Mantle of the Wolf, Warbriar Blessing and other similar cards are all very, very strong when attached to Stangg. Much like any other commander that cares about multiple themes (such as Tetsuo, Imperial Champion or Chishiro, the Shattered Blade), you need to find the proper balance between the themes or to lean into one rather than the other. In the case of this deck, I've opted to go with mainly enchantments but with a few equipment that I thought were too good to pass up.

Another thing to mention about this commander is that the Stangg Twin token that he creates is a LEGENDARY token. This means that any sort of Parallel Lives/Doubling Season effect isn't as strong as it would normally because the second Twin will die when upon ETB. There are ways to get around the legend rule (Mirror Gallery) but I think that's a bit overkill, in my opinion, so I'm not looking to go in that direction with this deck.

Overall, this deck mainly runs like this -

Ramp some Play Stangg, Echo Warrior Enchant him with stuff like Rune of Might, Mantle of the Wolf and Most Wanted Attack and draw a card from the Rune End of turn, the tokens all disappear, leaving you two Wolf tokens from the Mantle and two treasure tokens from Most Wanted Synergize with typical enchantress pieces Repeat until the table is dead

CREATURES

Being a voltron deck, this deck doesn't run a whole lot of creatures.

Sanctum Weaver and Goblin Anarchomancer are for ramp.

Champion of the Flame, Setessan Champion and Valduk, Keeper of the Flame are our alternate voltron targets if Stangg isn't available for whatever reason. Valduk can create a lot of tokens and Setessan Champion is an enchantress type creature that can draw us lots of cards while buffing itself with +1/+1 counters.

Speaking of tokens, Chishiro, the Shattered Blade is another token generator that works really well with Stangg. Because the Stangg Twin token comes in with token copies of auras, any Constellation effects, like Chishiro's (and a bunch of other cards), are really strong in this deck. Nessian Wanderer, Forgeborn Oreads and Eidolon of Blossoms all fall into this same category, only they can help make sure you hit land drops, deal damage and draw cards instead of making tokens.

Eternal Witness is just here to recur some lost aura that hit the graveyard at one point or another. Is there something better for this slot? Possibly, but I'm not sure what at the moment.

Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei is mainly just a cheap way to give creatures haste. He also has the bonus of being able to make some tokens, albeit for a pretty steep cost. A possible cut for later revisions.

AURAS & EQUIPMENT

The core of this deck. As I mentioned earlier, Stangg works really well with any auras that have enter the battlefield and/or leaves the battlefield/dies triggers. I've also included a handful of the Umbra auras because they double as protection for both Stangg and the Twin. This deck leans heavily into the aura side of things but also has a handful of equipment as well. Could easily be built the other way around, though!

Sticky Fingers, Audacity, Rancor, Giant Spectacle, Madcap Skills and Talons of Wildwood are all auras that are both easy to cast and provide us with relevant keywords for Stangg, the Twin or any of the other voltron targets. Sticky Fingers gets a special mention here as it provides us THREE effects for a single {R}, menace, a card draw death trigger and a treasure token if it connects with damage. This card is great!

Rune of Might, Rune of Speed, Setessan Training, and Fruit of the First Tree are the card draw effects. The Runes and Training are all great but Fruit of the First Tree is an absolute all-star in a Stangg deck. It can dissuade opponents from using removal on Stangg because of massive card draw effect and can draw us four plus cards whenever the Twin dies. Fruit is easily one of the best cards you can include in this deck.

Warbriar Blessing and Cartouche of Strength are both aura-based removal. Is incredibly good at removal chump blockers when used on Stangg since the Twin will enter with a copy of it and then fight something else. A really cheap and easy 2-for-1.

Ancestral Mask, Colossification and Wurmweaver Coil are all BIG damage buffs. Toss any of these on Stangg as he's enchanted with Fruit of the First Tree and let the table recoil in fear as you draw half your deck!

Most Wanted is a great death trigger ramp aura. Pattern of Rebirth, too.

Snake Umbra and Bear Umbra are three Umbra auras that fit in really well here. They help to protect Stangg, (and the Twin as well) and have relevant effects on top of that.

Mantle of the Wolf and One with the Kami are both great at making tokens, which wasn't initially going to be a main theme for the deck, but cards like these make it a nice bonus. Like Fruit of the First Tree, One With the Kami is easily one of the best cards Stangg can have.

As for equipment, this deck currently runs six. Commander's Plate is one of the strongest cards from Commander Legends and something that fits in perfectly here as it both protects Stangg and the Twin from white, blue and black, three colors that excel in removal. Helm of the Gods fills a similar role to Ancestral Mask as it pumps up the creature it's equipped to by a LOT depending on your board state. Thran Power Suit does the same and also offers some protection as well. Swiftfoot Boots is an obvious inclusion because hexproof and haste are always relevant (Lightning Greaves is not something in consideration for the deck as it provides shroud instead of hexproof). Trailblazer's Boots basically makes the equipped creature unblockable. Scepter of Celebration can make a lot of tokens very quickly. Throw this on Stangg and make DOUBLE the tokens!

NON-AURA ENCHANTMENTS

Evolutionary Leap and Greater Good are great ways to get additional use out of a Stangg Twin token before it dies. Whether it be helping you find more creatures (which this deck doesn't have a whole lot of) or by drawing cards, and sort of instant speed sacrifice effect is really strong here.

Season of Growth, Elemental Bond, Enchantress's Presence and Garruk's Uprising are more ways to draw cards. Pretty straightforward.

Invigorating Hot Spring and Rhythm of the Wild both help give our stuff haste. Since Stangg's trigger is an attack trigger, the more ways we have to give him haste the better.

INSTANTS & SORCERIES

Not really much to say here. Lots of removal and some ramp. Pretty self explanatory. Special mention goes to Silkguard as it can be cast for just {G} and sort of acts like a budget Heroic Intervention, in a way. (Why is that card so expensive?!)

Rishkar's Expertise is something that I might cut later. Sure, Stangg gets decently big with all the auras we throw on him, but I think the steady card draw effects from our enchantments make this... a bit overkill?

NON-EQUIPMENT ARTIFACTS

Just some stuff for ramp. Not a whole lot, though, because our average MV comes in under 3.0.

Altar of Dementia is another card like Evolutionary Leap and Greater Good. Another great way to get the most out of the Stangg Twin tokens.

LANDS

Nothing crazy here. Most all of the usual {RG} lands are here. Kessig Wolf Run, Rogue's Passage and Skarrg, the Rage Pits offer up some additional utility that works great with Voltron strategies.

On a side note, really happy with the basic land art for this deck. This Forest is one of my favorites and the single basic Mountain might actually be my new favorite. It's so beautiful!

KEY CARDS/STAPLES

While Stangg offers himself up to plenty of ways to build him, finding the right balance between auras and equipment may be a bit tough. I definitely think he needs to lean more towards one way or the other and not try to do both at the same time. Either way, here are some cards that I think should be staples in any Stangg, Echo Warrior deck:

• Auras that have useful enters and/or leaves the battlefield effects like Cartouche of Strength, Warbriar Blessing, Fruit of the First Tree, One with the Kami and Most Wanted. Auras that draw cards this way, like Rune of Speed and Rune of Might, Setessan Tactics and Audacity are extremely powerful as well.

• Auras and/or equipment that offer some sort of protection (because this deck leans heavily on Stangg being alive) like Swiftfoot Boots, Commander's Plate and any cards that offer Totem Armor like Bear Umbra and Snake Umbra.

• Typical Enchantment synergy with stuff like Setessan Champion, Eidolon of Blossoms and Chishiro, the Shattered Blade.

• Cards that work with both auras and equipment like Thran Power Armor Champion of the Flame and Valduk, Keeper of the Flame.

GAMES PLAYED

Nothing quite yet! Will be updated once it sees play.

SUPPLIES

Proxies - \\\

Sleeves - Dragon Shield Matte (Emerald)

Deck Box - Ultimate Pro 150+ 2-Piece (Clear)

Playmat - Ultra Pro - Double Masters: Exploration (Alternate Art)

OTHER DECKS IN THIS CYCLE

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Also kind of debating Sivitri, Dragon Master and Tetsuo, Imperial Champion to round out this cycle of legends retold decks.

And with that, this primer is complete! Please leave any recommendations below!

Thanks!!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Citizen 1/1 GW, Copy Clone, Dragon Spirit 5/5 R, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 R, Stangg Twin, Treasure, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 6/6 G
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