A CLAWsome SHELLebration of Crab

Commander / EDH BrassLord

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The Penny Pincher is HERE! —March 23, 2021

IT CAME, IT FINALLY CAME!

I've attempted to make a CLAWsome budget friendly brew of the deck! Charix, the Penny Pincher ($40- $100) that keeps the same voltron polymorph jank gameplan! Scuttle on over sideways and SEA!

DemMeowsephs says... #1

Hey there! Voltron is indeed a load of fun (check out my Voltron deck, yes shameless plugs), and I may just have some suggestions for you that I have found in my Voltron journey!

March 1, 2021 12:21 p.m. Edited.

DemMeowsephs says... #2

Then again putting kaho and esior will mess up polymorph so

March 1, 2021 12:25 p.m.

BrassLord says... #3

@ DemMeowsephs Thank you for the suggestions! Voltron is a new way of playing for me as well! Yeah, unfortunately adding kaho and eisor would mess up the polymorph plan. Though with Thassa, God of the Sea , Kaho, Minamo Historian , and especially Esior, Wardwing Familiar I think they still have potential as Polymorph/Voltron commanders, with them having a lower converted mana cost and built in evasion, something to look at in the future! The cheap removal cards you recommended were on my radar as well, added them to the maybe board if I find myself needing better interaction!

I agree as well with the recast able unlockable effects! I run Artful Dodge in my Rielle, the Everwise deck! The Crab and our Blightsteel Colossus payoff don't typically need more than one or two attacks to eliminate a player, so it might work! With a primary gameplan to sacrifice the Crab for a polymorph, I'm a little hesitant to include too many enchantment aura effects that make our creatures unblockable, though on the other hand, it could be better in terms of tempo, getting faster crab attacks in the early game. Something to playtest in the future I think!

March 2, 2021 1:58 p.m.

KBK7101 says... #4

Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive makes the crab unblockable. Then you can use it's activated ability to deal big damage out of nowhere. It messes with the polymorph plan, though...

March 21, 2021 9:42 a.m.

BrassLord says... #5

@ KBK7101 Indeed! Before settling on the crab, I wanted to build a Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive commander deck! For sure a cool card! Slightly different flavor of voltron, but I could see it also running well as a polymorph voltron commander!

Unfortunately, with the Polymorph gameplan, I don't really have room for the cooler utility creatures, which is a bit of a drawback. I've been playing this at locals the past couple of months and I've recently even cut Nezahal, Primal Tide just to add even more consistency to big plays!

March 22, 2021 6:01 p.m.