Piru Bomb Baby - A Fallout Tribute

Commander / EDH* Burn Group Slug Indestructible Land Destruction Lifegain RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice Theme/Gimmick

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Land (39)

• 1x Abandoned Outpost
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Bottomless Vault
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contested War Zone
• 1x Drossforge Bridge
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Furycalm Snarl
• 1x Goldmire Bridge
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Memorial to War
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rustvale Bridge
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wastes

Adamantium Skeleton (8)

• 1x Aegis Angel
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Lancers en-Kor
• 1x That Which Was Taken
• 1x Unbreakable Formation

Ricochet (7)

• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Fiendlash
• 1x Mogg Maniac
• 1x Spitemare
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Truefire Captain

Denizens of the Wasteland (6)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Ill-Tempered Loner  ^Flip
• 1x Murder Investigation
• 1x Ruin Raider
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Thrilling Encore

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (6)

• 1x Abnormal Endurance
• 1x Agility
• 1x Brute Strength
• 1x Shattered Perception
• 1x Stroke of Luck
• 1x Test of Endurance

Safety in the Vault (5)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Sheltering Light

Cap Collector (3)

• 1x Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Noble's Purse

Commander (1)

Robots (7)

• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Creepy Doll
• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia

Explosives (6)

• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Explosive Singularity
• 1x Legions to Ashes
• 1x Molten Blast
• 1x Pyrrhic Blast
• 1x Scorching Missile

Radstorms (5)

• 1x Blot Out the Sky
• 1x Caustic Rain
• 1x Molten Rain
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Ghouls and Rad Creatures (4)

• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Sepulcher Ghoul
• 1x Vesper Ghoul
• 1x Wasteland Scorpion

War Never Changes (3)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x World at War

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Other Non-Theme Considerations (27)

• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Arco-Flagellant
• 1x Crater Hellion
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x High Market
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood
• 1x Nesting Grounds
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scouring Sands
• 1x Selfless Glyphweaver  ^Flip
• 1x Selfless Savior
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip

Non-Theme Using the Lifegain (4)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Nykthos Paragon
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Can only have 100 cards (24)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Bituminous Blast
• 1x Darksteel Gargoyle
• 1x Deathbellow Raider
• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Dust to Dust
• 1x Erratic Explosion
• 1x Galvanic Blast
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Incite War
• 1x Lust for War
• 1x Magic Missile
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Rain of Embers
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Reverent Hoplite
• 1x Rocket Launcher
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Spoils of War
• 1x Steam Blast
• 1x Sulfurous Blast

Non-Theme Draw and Fetch (6)

• 1x Aura Blast
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Non-Theme Mana (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Prosperous Partnership
• 1x Rivaz of the Claw
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Non-Theme Recursion (11)

• 1x Breath of Life
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Rise to Glory
• 1x Squee's Embrace
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Zombify

Non-Theme Removal and Control (7)

• 1x Arrest
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Despark
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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"The world will look up and shout, 'Save us!' and I'll whisper... 'Tunnel Snakes Rule'."

Work in progress for a thematic deck as an homage to the Fallout games - my favorite video games of all time. Suggestions welcome!

Leaning towards theme over function/competitiveness in this first iteration. I may also post a version with a more coherent strategy if I can sort it out. As is hopefully evident here, the vast majority of the list is made of cards whose name or theme fits the Fallout games. Hitting several callbacks to the Fallout series as indicated by the custom categories presented here, centered around Piru, the Volatile imagined as an atom bomb for the board.

Despite the heavy theme, there is a semblance of a game plan here. Cause chaos and build board state of indestructible and "ricochet" creatures in anticipation of the inevitable bomb: Piru, the Volatile. The lifegain alone from hitting your own indestructible creatures should be a huge swing in your favor, and use Brash Taunter and other ricochet creatures to hurt your opponents. Myr "robots" and treasure token "cap" collecting will make casting Piru more consistent than just waiting for 8 lands, and some alternate (yet still thematic) win cons as a side strategy. Incidentally, there is an unexpected vein of land destruction in the theme of Fallout, so if you wanted to lose friends or remove problematic lands then that's a threat you can bring to the table

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Construct 1/1 C, Day, Inkling 2/1 WB, Night, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W
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