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Balthor the Stout
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Barbarian
Other Barbarian creatures get +1/+1.
: Another target Barbarian creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
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Poly_raptor on
Lord of the Rings: FlavouRING at any cost
4 years ago
Great. I made a list a while back that was in theme with the mines of Moria,
Demon of Death's Gate is a potential balrog too.
Balthor the Stout is another Gimli option.
livingrock on
Tun'Kai's Horde
5 years ago
Stormblood Berserker Hardened Berserker Balthor the Stout Frenzied Goblin Atarka Pummeler
zuua on
Lovisa Coldeyes RDW
5 years ago
Don't run enough barbarians for Balthor the Stout and the play group that I play with have a lot of tribal decks so Coat of Arms isn't viable and with Door of Destinies I've found that the deck seems to win with minimal creatures on the board or it's a 1v1 from a pod of 4 so the damage needed to win is minimal
McToters on
Lovisa Coldeyes RDW
5 years ago
Balthor the Stout, Sunbird's Invocation, Mana Flare, maybe Door of Destinies or Coat of Arms?
+1
isaelis on
Lovisa Coldeyes
6 years ago
Here is a list of budget cards I think you should consider:
Here are some cards that has a little more value:
Sword of Feast and Famine <- this and Aggravated Assault equals infinite combo if you can swing without being blocked
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle <- if you run this land consider Vesuva and Thespian's Stage
This seems like it would be pushed more to a beat down aggro deck, so perhaps more mana ramps like Ruby Medallion, Fire Diamond, Brighthearth Banneret <- if you are going the warrior tribal route
Another thing I noticed you are lacking is card draw, here is some suggestions:
Postmortal_Pop on Most Useless Commander?
7 years ago
I'd like to call out two of the previous posts, Lord of Tresserhorn and Zurgo Bellstriker, are actually really powerful.
In commander, lordy's additional costs are negligible at worst and helpful at best and in grixis colors it's not even hard to get commander damage the token he drops. Even ignoring the deck, he's a regenerating 10/4 for 4 mana. Zurgo, may seem weak, but in effect you never have to pay commander tax, you just dash again and play it from your hand. Pairing him with instant buffs like Titan's Strength and I've managed commander damage wins on turn 4 with little effort.
I would have to say Balthor the Stout is pretty useless, his ability only effects 31 cards in existence, of which 7 (not including himself) can't be played because they aren't mono red or came out in an un-set. He's mono red so he has no access to Xenograft like abilities. There's even a better commander in the list of cards he can effect, Kamahl, Pit Fighter, Who by the way it's even quoted on balthor's card.
DaringApprentice on
All Possible Commanders
7 years ago
These are all the Red commanders I could find that weren't in your list:
Adamaro, First to Desire, Balthor the Stout, Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit, Brothers Yamazaki, Chandler, Diaochan, Artful Beauty, Dong Zhou, the Tyrant, Fumiko the Lowblood, Hivis of the Scale, Homura, Human Ascendant, Iizuka the Ruthless, Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot, Jeska, Warrior Adept, Jiwari, the Earth Aflame, Joven, Kamahl, Pit Fighter, Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs, Kumano, Master Yamabushi, Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient, Latulla, Keldon Overseer, Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms, Ma Chao, Western Warrior, Mannichi, the Fevered Dream, Maraxus of Keld, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Rakka Mar, Rorix Bladewing, Ryusei, the Falling Star, Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked, Skyfire Kirin, Squee, Goblin Nabob, Starke of Rath, Tahngarth, Talruum Hero, Tarox Bladewing, Telim'Tor, Tuktuk the Explorer, Yuan Shao, the Indecisive, and Zurgo Bellstriker.
JacobAGrossman on
Legacy of the Dwarf
8 years ago
Great deck idea, I've always loved dwarves since odyssey. I just have two suggestions. I would definitely find a way to mainboard the 4 Lightning Bolts, because you have no interaction with the opponent's board other than their lands, and no other direct damage, just attacking. Also, I would suggest Heart Wolf instead of Balthor the Stout, because you don't seem to have any barbarians. But definite +1 for the deck, guy, well done :D
