Purphoros, Shock Master

Commander / EDH Aggro Burn Combo Mono-Red Red Deck Wins Tokens

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Creature (18)

• 1x Beetleback Chief
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Goblin Marshal
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Norin the Wary
• 1x Precursor Golem
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Tuktuk the Explorer
• 1x Young Pyromancer
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher

Land (38)

• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Kher Keep
• 32x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Vesuva

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Elemental Mastery
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Goblin Warrens
• 1x Goblinslide
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame
• 1x Sulfuric Vortex
• 1x Tooth and Claw

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Might
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Snake Basket
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit

Instant (2)

• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Brightstone Ritual

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Descent of the Dragons
• 1x Devastating Summons
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Firecat Blitz
• 1x Goblin Offensive
• 1x Goblin Rally
• 1x Goblin Scouts
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Hordeling Outburst
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Kuldotha Rebirth
• 1x Mana Seism
• 1x Mogg Alarm
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Molten Birth
• 1x Skittering Invasion
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Thatcher Revolt
• 1x Twinflame

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Flamerush Rider
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Lightning Berserker
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bitter Feud

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Glitterfang
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Rakka Mar
• 1x Skirk Fire Marshal
• 1x Thopter Squadron

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Koth of the Hammer

Land (1)

• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Monkey Cage
• 1x Surveyor's Scope

Instant (1)

• 1x Final Fortune

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Feral Lightning
• 1x Hellion Eruption
• 1x Last Chance
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Thieves' Auction

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Purphoros, God of the Forge.

Design Philosophy:

From my experience Mono-Red struggles in EDH, especially late game, my solution is to devote this deck entirely to aggression and not dilute it with "answer" cards. Essentially it is a damage race, so expect everyone to gang up and try to stop you. Fortunately, Purphoros is incredibly hard to deal with, because very few spells exile non-creatures.

The Plan:

1. Cast Purphoros
2. Make tokens that "Shock" my opponents
3. Use tokens for blocking and sacrifice combos

What You Can Expect:

Assuming someone doesn't have an answer, this deck ALWAYS deals lethal damage by turn 8, usually on turn 6, and as early as turn 3 with a god hand (in a multiplayer game without attacking). In the past I ran more accel, such as sorceries and mana rocks, to make it win faster but it was less consistent; occasionally flooding out on accel and land. This is plenty fast for my current play group, in fact, probably too competitive.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 32 - 4 Rares 19 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	1/1 R Token Creature Elemental Cat, 1/1 R Token Creature Goblin Scout, 2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Beast 3/1 R, Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Elemental */* R, Goblin 1/1 R, Golem 3/3 C, Human 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Tuktuk the Returned
Folders	EDH Deck ideas, EDH, Hiatus - Zendikar