Etali, Primal Chaos *Retired* (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

Etali, Primal Chaos Retired

Commander / EDH Artifact Chaos Eldrazi Haste Mono-Red Red Deck Wins

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Creature (28)

Enchantment (6)

Land (33)

Sorcery (7)

Instant (5)

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Deck has been retired. Converted into Isshin, Dual Wielding the Heavens [Combat Primer], which still has Etali in it causing Chaos.

The storm rages and the earth breaks.

Etali, Primal Storm is a powerful Elder Dinosaur who looks to cheat out massive threats and overwhelm our opponents.

The general strategy is to ramp out early into Etali, Primal Storm, then protect him and attack as much as possible to flip cards off the tops of our opponents decks.

Ramp

Since we are in Mono-Red, we don't have access to the Cultivate or Nature's Lore ramp spells that might be available to other commanders (Unless Etali, Primal Storm flips one from our opponents), we have to have a good suite of Mana rocks and other good sources of Mana.

Mana Rocks

Colored - Arcane Signet, Coldsteel Heart, Fire Diamond
Colorless - Mana Crypt, Mind Stone, Sol Ring, Thought Vessel

Creatures

Farfinder/Pilgrim's Eye - On ETB, they find us a basic land. Good for ramping and for reducing the overall number of lands in the deck that we might get off Etali, Primal Storm's ability.
Dockside Extortionist (C19 - Such a good card for Red! On ETB, we gain Treasure token equal to the number of artifacts our opponent have. Try to play it before our Hellkite Tyrant steals our opponents artifacts.
Palladium Myr - A Sol Ring on a body. Could be replaced with something else, but for now it's good, repeatable ramp.

Other Spells

Curse of Opulence - A fun political card, it can be used to put a target on an opponents back, or if we are the threat at the table, we can put it on ourselves to get extra ramp.
Extraplanar Lens - By Imprinting a Mountain under it, we can double the production of any Mountain on the field. While normally used with Snow-Covered Mountain, I really liked the artwork for the Mountain, so I used as many as I had.
Irencrag Feat - A powerful ramp card or a bonus card from Etali, Primal Storm that can help us cast a powerful card post combat.
Jeska's Will - Without Etali, Primal Storm, we can either ramp a lot or look at the top three cards and cast them this turn. Ideally we'd have Etali, Primal Storm in play so we can do both.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx - A great land in mono-colored decks, this can help us generate lots of mana if we need to recast Etali, Primal Storm later in the game or if we just want to hard cast one of our Eldrazi Titans.
Ruby Medallion - A great cost reduction for all our Red spells.

Haste-Enablers

The big downside to Etali, Primal Storm is that he doesn't have Haste, meaning we need him to survive a rotation before we can attack and start flipping cards. However, to get around that, we've loaded the deck with Haste-Enablers, some that affect all our creatures and some that give a single-target Haste.

AoE Haste-Enablers

Anger - Needs to be in the graveyard to give us Haste.
Fervor - Gives all our creatures Haste.
Crashing Drawbridge - A good blocker that we can to give all our creatures Haste until end of turn.
Hammer of Purphoros - Gives all our creatures Haste, plus we can pay and to sac a land and create a 3/3 Golem. Good surprise blocker if we need it.
Urabrask the Hidden - The Red aligned Praetor of New Phyrexia both gives our creatures Haste while causing our opponents creatures to enter the battlefield tapped.

Single target Haste-Enablers

Bloodsworn Steward - Only affects our commander creatures, but gives Etali, Primal Storm and nice +2/+2 bonus, which will help it survive when he attacks.
Bloodthorn Taunter - Only affects creatures with Power 5 or greater, but has Haste itself, so you could play it then Etali, Primal Storm.
Flamekin Village - For and , we can give a creature Haste until end of turn.
Footfall Crater - Enchants a land to and give a creature Haste and Trample. And if we don't need it, we can Cycle it away.
Hanweir Battlements *f-pre* - For and , we can give a creature Haste until end of turn. Also provides a colorless land that could be used if hardcasting the Eldrazi Titans who require to cast.
Lightning Greaves/Swiftfoot Boots - These equipment's provide both Haste and good protection, which is needed as Etali, Primal Storm will likely be targeted frequently.

Multiple Combat Steps and Attack Triggers

To really maximize Etali, Primal Storm's ability, being able to either attack multiple times in a row or have his on attack ability trigger multiple times.

Aggravated Assault - For , we untap our creatures and get another combat phase. Good if we got an influx of mana off flipping into a Jeska's Will or Dockside Extortionist (C19.
Combat Celebrant - A one time Aggravated Assault that requires us to Exert it. If it survives until it can untap, the we can repeat the process.
Helm of the Host - Why settle for one Etali, Primal Storm when we could have a whole field of them? Best way to maximize Etali, Primal Storm's abilities by maximizing the number of Etali, Primal Storm to steal cards from our opponents.
Moraug, Fury of Akoum - A Landfall-based Aggravated Assault that also pumps our creatures for each time we've attacked this turn.
Relentless Assault - A sorcery version of Aggravated Assault.
Scourge of the Throne - If we attack the player with the most life, we can trigger Dethrone, giving us another combat step after the current one, although this effect can only happen on the first attack phase.
Seize the Day - We can only untap 1 creature with this spell, but since we mainly want Etali, Primal Storm to steal cards, it isn't too much of a downside. Plus, we can Flashback to do it again on a later turn.
Strionic Resonator - For , we can copy the triggered ability of Etali, Primal Storm to double up on what we flip over.
World at War - Costs a bit more than Relentless Assault, but has Rebound, so we will be casting it from exile the following turn for free.

Major Threats

While half the fun is flipping cards off your opponents decks to use against them, we've also loaded up the deck with several powerful threats of our own.

Avatar of Slaughter - Gives ALL creatures Double Strike and makes ALL creatures have to attack. A bit chaotic, but if we've stolen enough of our opponents creatures, then we could overwhelm them with Double Strike damage.
Blightsteel Colossus - A massive threat, capable of 1-Hit KOing an opponent if they get through with the Infect Damage.
Desolation Twin - On ETB, it creates another 10/10 Token copy of itself.
Embercleave - Our opponents might not expect an Equipment to be flipped. Since Etali, Primal Storm's ability happens before combat, and Embercleave attaches to a creature when it ETBs, we can flip it, equip it to Etali, Primal Storm, and swing in for 14 commander damage.
Emrakul, the Promised End - One of our Eldrazi Titans and the only unbanned version of Emrakul. We can control an opponents turn and make it harder for them to block Etali, Primal Storm on future turns.
Hellkite Tyrant - An Alternate Win-Con. When this dragon deals combat damage to an opponent, we steal all their artifacts, and if we have 20 or more artifacts on our next upkeep, we win the game.
Inferno Titan - On ETB and Attack, it deals 3 damage divided amongst up to 3 targets. Good for getting rid of mana dorks and other utility creatures our opponents might have.
Magmatic Force - On EACH upkeep, we can deal 3 damage to ANY target. In a 4 person pod, this can deal 9 damage before it even gets back to your turn.
Kozilek, the Great Distortion - The more recent iteration of the second Eldrazi titan. While you only get the hand refilling perk if you cast Kozilek, the Great Distortion, we can still potentially discard cards to counter spells.
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon - We can deal 3 damage to any target, or wipe the board of colored threats. If we have a few of our Eldrazi Titans in play, they will be untouched by Ugin, the Spirit Dragon pseudo board wipe.
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger - The more recent iteration of the third Eldrazi Titan. Has a good cast trigger of exiling two permanents that we don't get to use if flipped by Etali, Primal Storm, but exiling 20 cards from the defenders library on attack can end games.
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre - The original version of the third Eldrazi Titan. Also has a good cast trigger of destroying a target permanent, but has Annihilator 4 and is Indestructable. Plus, if it gets milled, we can shuffle our graveyard back into our library and potentially cast or flip into it again.

I really like Etali, Primal Storm as a commander because he scales well with your opponents. If you're playing against strong decks, there are more powerful cards to steal and use, while against lower power decks, you can primarily rely on what in your own deck while treating the cards stolen from your opponent as bonus. This allows for many games to feel more unique.

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Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.30
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Gold, Treasure
Folders	My Deck Creations
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