Ghyrson Starn, The Friendless

Commander / EDH* UR (Izzet)

SirNancy

Creature (32)

• 1x Ashmouth Hound
• 1x Battle-Scarred Goblin
• 1x Blisterspit Gremlin
• 1x Brimstone Trebuchet
• 1x Chandra's Pyreling
• 1x Chandra's Spitfire
• 1x Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh  ^Flip
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Cinder Pyromancer
• 1x Djinn Illuminatus
• 1x Erebor Flamesmith
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Gimli, Counter of Kills
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Lightning-Rig Crew
• 1x Mad Ratter
• 1x Monoskelion
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Pashalik Mons
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Scorch Spitter
• 1x Spear Spewer
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Tymora's Invoker
• 1x Vithian Stinger
• 1x Vulshok Sorcerer
• 1x Weaver of Lightning
• 1x Wildfire Elemental
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Cosmic Epiphany
• 1x Cosmotronic Wave
• 1x Devils' Playground
• 1x End the Festivities
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Hazardous Blast
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Honor the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Scouring Sands
• 1x Seize the Spoils
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Traitorous Instinct
• 1x Underworld Fires

Artifact (6)

• 1x Crown of Empires
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Scepter of Empires
• 1x Throne of Empires

Instant (5)

• 1x Chandra's Fury
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Radiating Lightning
• 1x Savage Alliance
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Cavalcade of Calamity
• 1x Goblinslide
• 1x Improbable Alliance
• 1x Makeshift Munitions

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Dwarven Mine
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Highland Lake
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 16x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sunscorched Desert
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Vivid Creek

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Koth, Fire of Resistance
• 1x Ral, Caller of Storms
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

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Ghyrson Starn is a commander I've wanted to build around while I was moving into a new place, but I didn't have most of my magic cards on me. The ability to deal direct damage isn't necessarily powerful for most cards in the game, but I was enamored with the idea of some guy double-tapping my opponents every time I threw a pebble at their shoulder.

The idea of the deck is to cherry tap your opponents to death, using a multitude of smaller bodies that don't really do a TON of damage, but our buddy Ghyrson Starn is always right behind them, turning 1 damage to each opponent into 3.

This is relatively budget (more or less straight from the boxes of commons and uncommons), and this deck isn't necessarily looking for critique; I just want to put it out there as a list of the cards in the deck. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx is probably the only genuinely expensive card in this deck; swapping it out for another mana rock or a less expensive land (the last time I checked its price I thought it was like $2, just goes to show how much things can change in 10 years)

Good Synergies in the deck:

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph + Wildfire Elemental - Because Ghyrson Starn does a second hit of damage, Wildfire Elemental triggers twice, giving all creatures +2/+0 instead of +1/+0.

Blisterspit Gremlin + Wildfire Elemental

Brimstone Trebuchet + Wildfire Elemental

Erebor Flamesmith + Wildfire Elemental

Firebrand Archer + Wildfire Elemental

Kessig Flamebreather + Wildfire Elemental

Lightning-Rig Crew + Wildfire Elemental

Reckless Fireweaver + Wildfire Elemental

Spear Spewer + Wildfire Elemental

End the Festivities + Wildfire Elemental - All of these cards, in one way or another, hit every opponent for 1 damage. Since three opponents are dealt non-combat damage, Wildfire Elemental triggers three times for each instance, or six times with Ghyrson Starn.

Djinn Illuminatus + End the Festivities - {R} for 1 damage to three opponents is so nice, you gotta see it twice. Or three times. Or seven. {R} {R} {R} {R} {R} {R} {R} for 7 damage to hit everything on the board might be expensive, but it combos extremely well with Ghyrson Starn and Wildfire Elemental

Date added	5 months
Last updated	5 months
Key combos	Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph + Wildfire Elemental Blisterspit Gremlin + Wildfire Elemental Brimstone Trebuchet + Wildfire Elemental Erebor Flamesmith + Wildfire Elemental Firebrand Archer + Wildfire Elemental Kessig Flamebreather + Wildfire Elemental Lightning-Rig Crew + Wildfire Elemental Reckless Fireweaver + Wildfire Elemental Spear Spewer + Wildfire Elemental End the Festivities + Wildfire Elemental Djinn Illuminatus + End the Festivities
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 36 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Devil 1/1 R, Dwarf 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, Emblem Koth, Fire of Resistance, Faerie 1/1 U, Goblin 1/1 R, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Tentacle 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie Army 0/0 B