False Flag Operation

Commander / EDH* Mono-Red

Kiryk

Punishment (15)

• 1x Battle Strain
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Burning Sands
• 1x Close Quarters
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Heat Stroke
• 1x Heat of Battle
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Total War
• 1x War's Toll

Redirection (4)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Shiny Impetus

Wincon (4)

• 1x Cavalcade of Calamity
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Jaya, Venerated Firemage
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

Draw (3)

• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner

Mana (46)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Koth of the Hammer
• 1x Lavabrink Floodgates
• 33x Mountain
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Trove of Temptation

Buffs (9)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Magebane Armor
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Removal (11)

• 1x Blades of Velis Vel
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Vandalblast

Zerg Support (3)

• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Varchild's War-Riders
• 1x Voyager Staff

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Convince everyone else to join the Sith. The more you attack, the angrier they get.

Get Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor out as soon as you have a means (hexproof, indestructible) to protect her, then attack to start getting survivors on the board. Varchild's War-Raiders will do this through cumulative upkeep instead of attacking, so you run less of a risk of making yourself a target.

Cards like Curse of Opulence, Coveted Jewel, and Assault Suit encourage your opponents to attack, but since survivors or the dude in the suit can't attack you they'll have to go elsewhere. For extra fun, nearly every card that able to induce a goading effect for mono-red is in the deck, causing those creatures to act similarly to the incoming survivors.

The deck has stax pieces peppered in, Blood Moon for example seems like an auto-include in Mono-red, but most of the enchantments revolve around either punishing the opponent for refusing to attack with certain creatures (e.g Total War), or for even accepting the creatures in the first place (e.g. Rampaging Ferocidon). Damage-based wipes trigger cards like Repercussion, Dingus Staff, and Burning Sands, while cards like Defense Grid, Total War and Price of Glory help safeguard you against interaction on your turn.

When trying to sow discord, keep in mind that the opponent creates the survivors. If a player with survivors dies, so too do the survivors. With that in mind, your ideal situation is to keep your opponents just barely alive until you can kill all three at the same time.

If all else fails, you've got some equipment. You can also remove [Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor] from the field to snag all the survivors. Get in there and smash some faces.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	96
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Gold, Survivor 1/1 R, Treasure
Folders	Decks cool