Aegar, the Freezing Flame

Commander / EDH Budget Giant UR (Izzet) Wizards

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Creature (24)

• 1x Basalt Ravager
• 1x Bearer of the Heavens
• 1x Berg Strider
• 1x Bloodfray Giant
• 1x Borderland Behemoth
• 1x Brine Giant
• 1x Calamity Bearer
• 1x Crystalline Giant
• 1x Cyclone Summoner
• 1x Doomskar Titan
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Enraged Giant
• 1x Firefist Adept
• 1x Frost Trickster
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Prophetic Titan
• 1x Shatterskull Charger
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stinkdrinker Daredevil
• 1x Surtland Flinger
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Thundercloud Shaman
• 1x Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Wonder

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Land (33)

• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Shimmerdrift Vale
• 8x Snow-Covered Island
• 9x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Volatile Fjord
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Banefire
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Blaze
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Fire Giant's Fury
• 1x Flood of Recollection
• 1x Glimpse the Cosmos
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mark for Death
• 1x Pigment Storm

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Annul
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Demon Bolt
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Enthusiastic Study
• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Heat Ray
• 1x Run Amok
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Squash
• 1x Stonefury
• 1x Teach by Example
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Battle of Frost and Fire
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Giant's Grasp
• 1x Invasion of the Giants
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Spontaneous Mutation

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Avalanche Caller
• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Boldwyr Intimidator
• 2x Courtly Provocateur
• 1x Craven Hulk
• 1x Farfinder
• 1x Frost Augur
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Littjara Kinseekers
• 1x Omenspeaker
• 1x Skyraker Giant
• 1x Torchling
• 1x Umara Wizard  ^Flip
• 1x Waterfall Aerialist

Instant (6)

• 1x Admiral's Order
• 1x Anticognition
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 2x Crush Underfoot
• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Grand Melee
• 1x Invasion Plans
• 1x The Triumph of Anax

Land (1)

• 1x Cascade Bluffs

Artifact (4)

• 1x Foriysian Totem
• 1x Giant's Amulet
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Haunted Cloak

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Earthquake

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Koth of the Hammer

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Budget commander deck based around Aegar, the Freezing Flame. Aegar's ability lets us draw a card, everytime a Giant, Wizard or spell deals excess damage to a creature or planeswalker. We want to do lots of damage on opponent's creatures throughout the game, to draw cards, and eventually draw into the cards we need to deal the final bits of damage to life totals.

Strategies

Playing Giants and Wizards to block incoming attacks, and deal damage to opponent's creatures.

Use cards that care about Giants/Wizards to gain additional advantage from playing them:

Good synergy - Borderland Behemoth - Calamity Bearer - Cyclone Summoner - Firefist Adept - Squash - Wizard's Retort - Battle of Frost and Fire - Giant's Grasp - Invasion of the Giants - Reflections of Littjara

Less synergy - Littjara Kinseekers - Umara Wizard   - Riptide Laboratory

Getting through for actual damage to people's life totals:

Basalt Ravager, for , can deal damage directly to a life total. More Giants = more damage. Getting Reflections of Littjara out soon helps to put additional Giants in play.

Boldwyr Intimidator + Dragon Mantle Can get through for a lot of damage later in the game, when plenty of is available. Both card's abilities can be activated as many times as you want. Especially strong when paired with Mana Geyser, Seething Song and/or Calamity Bearer.

Cyclone Summoner is pricey at , but will clear the entire field, except for your Giants and Wizards. If Calamity Bearer is also in play, you can get a lot of direct damage through.

Banefire or Blaze (+ Mana Geyser and/or Inner Fire and/or Seething Song for additional damage.)

Less damage, but still good: Inferno Titan | Squash, Demon Bolt, Battle of Frost and Fire or Fire Prophecy + Toralf, God of Fury

Possible improvements

Fix mana curve. Less high CMC cards or more lands/rocks --> Added Inner Fire and Solemn Simulacrum. Let's see how that goes.

More non-combat damage. --> Added Stonefury and Blaze

Removed: Inga Rune-Eyes, Tormentor's Helm, Improbable Alliance, Rune of Speed, Ogre Battledriver, Craven Hulk, Skyraker Giant

Added: Stonefury, Blaze, Inner Fire, Solemn Simulacrum, Mark for Death, Frost Trickster, Waterfall Aerialist

Note and Rules Information on Aegar.

Notes and Rules Information for Aegar, the Freezing Flame (source: scryfall.com):

A creature has been dealt excess damage if one or more sources deal more damage to it than the minimum amount of damage required to be lethal damage. In most cases, this means damage greater than its toughness, but consider the damage already dealt to it that turn. (2021-02-05)

A planeswalker is dealt excess damage if it’s dealt damage greater than its current loyalty. (2021-02-05)

Even 1 damage dealt to a creature from a source with deathtouch is considered lethal damage, so any amount greater than that will cause excess damage to be dealt, even if the total amount of damage isn’t greater than the creature’s toughness. Note that a source of damage having deathtouch has no effect on damage dealt to planeswalkers. (2021-02-05)

It doesn’t matter whether a Giant, Wizard, or spell you control deals the excess damage, only that excess damage was dealt and that one of those three things dealt damage to the creature or planeswalker at some point during the turn. For example, if a 4/4 creature an opponent controls is dealt 2 damage by a spell you control and later that turn is dealt 3 damage by a spell another player controls, Aegar’s ability will trigger. (2021-02-05)

If a permanent is both a creature and a planeswalker, the minimum amount of damage to be considered lethal damage is used to determine if excess damage has been dealt. For example, if a 5/5 creature that’s also a planeswalker with three loyalty counters on it is dealt 4 damage, it’s been dealt 1 excess damage and Aegar’s ability may trigger. (2021-02-05)

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Boldwyr Intimidator + Dragon Mantle Fire Prophecy + Toralf, God of Fury
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 34 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Copy Clone, Octopus 8/8 U, Replicated Ring
Folders	Complete