[Primer] Gotta Godo My Own Way

Commander / EDH Aggro Attach Combo Competitive Equip Infinite Combo Mono-Red Primer Red Deck Wins

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Artifact (29)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Glittering Stockpile
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trinisphere

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Twinflame
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

Instant (18)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Magnetic Theft
• 1x Mine Collapse
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Pyrokinesis
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Ricochet Trap
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Thunderclap
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Creature (13)

• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Cryptic Trilobite
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Fury
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Goldhound
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Jaxis, the Troublemaker
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dwarven Ruins
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 14x Mountain
• 1x Sandstone Needle
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Urza's Saga

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

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Maybeboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Embercleave
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal

Creature (4)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Shattering Spree

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Possibility Storm

Land (1)

• 1x War Room

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The Primer (In progress)

1. Get {10}{R} mana as fast as possible.
2. Cast Godo, Bandit Warlord and use the ETB trigger to search for Helm of the Host.
3. Equip Godo with the Helm, then move to combat.
4. Get infinite Godo tokens and infinite combat steps.
5. Win the game.

Easier said then done, yes. How do we do this? Let's go over the cards in the deck:

How We Win Games

• Godo, Bandit Warlord's ETB trigger can get us ANY equipment straight to the battlefield. This is important so there is no fear of a Force of Negation or noncreature counterspell interrupting us. It's also worth noting that it is a may trigger, so if someone flashes in an Opposition Agent we can safely avoid it.
• Helm of the Host gives us a hasty nonlegendary token of the equipped creature at the beginning of each combat step. Godo's second line of text says that whenever he attacks for the first time each turn, he untaps (the Samurai portion is irrelevant here) and makes an additional combat phase. Therefore, at the beginning of that combat phase, the Helm will trigger again, creating another instance of Godo. When that token attacks, since it is a new instance of Godo, it will create another combat step. This loop repeats, giving you unlimited Godo tokens and infinite combo steps until the table is dead. It is also worth noting that unlike most red tokens, we get to keep them forever. That means that if for some reason we are unable to kill all the players, we still have an army for the next turn.
• Should the main Helm plan get disrupted, the backup plan is to win via commander damage and Godo's double combat ability. We look for and equip Hammer of Nazahn (more on this below) and Argentum Armor and begin to beat faces. Getting to destroy two permanents each combat will quickly swing the game in our favor, and having an 11/9 commander that attacks twice will also remove a player in one turn.

• Dualcaster Mage both serves as a mediocre counterspell and a backup win condition with either Twinflame or Heat Shimmer. This is a spot that I can see being flexible in certain metas though, possibly dropped in favor of another redirection spell or creature removal.

Ramp

Dockside Extortionist needs no introduction. An absurdly powerful card (Why oh why did they make it include enchantments???) that is one of the best ways we have to getting an early Godo down.

As good as Dockside is, we actually have a better ramp card available to us. Treasonous Ogre is the single best one we have, and is the usual target for our tutor effects. It's also the reason we don't run fetchlands, as we will need a total of 33 life to cast and equip Godo from scratch.

Goldhound is a poor substitute for a Llanowar Elves, but it's the best one we have. In a pinch, it can sneak in some damage when suited up, but usually it is just another ramp effect on a stick. Still a very important piece to put on the board.

Simian Spirit Guide is a classic, and for good reason. A lotus petal that can't be countered is a card I'll take any day.

After this, we have the best mana rocks in the game. Some notable inclusions are Cursed Mirror (more on this and other doubling effects later) and a new inclusion in the form of Glittering Stockpile. While we want to try to keep the mana curve as low as possible, I've found this to be a good card to threaten a recast Godo more often than we otherwise could.

Finally, we run all the rituals we can fit in the list, with the obvious best one being Jeska's Will. This is simply another way to race to an early Godo as fast as possible.

Utility

Brass Squire and Cryptic Trilobite are both ways to cheat the equip cost of the Helm. We want all the effects like this that we can get. Dire Fleet Daredevil is useful in it's ability to snag counterspells in preparation for the combo, or to get removal that we otherwise wouldn't have access to. This effect being on an ETB trigger also means that there is some extra utility with the various doubling effects already in the deck. Goblin Engineer and Goblin Welder are both useful ways to recur artifacts from our graveyard. Since our opponents will know our plan from the outset, we need to be prepared for the possibility that they remove it or another important card. It's also worth noting that Karn, the Great Creator's -2 ability can return artifacts from exile, and is the only way we have to recover a banished Helm. Imperial Recruiter is one of the best tutors we have in our deck, with the primary target being Treasonous Ogre for reasons mentioned above. However, it is able to find any of our creatures, making it an extremely versatile card. In the same vein, Gamble is the best red tutor we have, and as such we play it. The random discard is still an issue, and as such should only be used with a full hand or in emergencies. Conqueror's Flail is extremely useful in games with lots of interaction - and opponents will often hit it with removal that would otherwise hit our Helm. It is worth noting, however, that it DOES NOT stop abilities, and cards such as Boseiju, Who Endures are still a threat. Wheel of Fortune and Wheel of Misfortune are mainly used to refill our hand, but an early WoF can also be a pretty effective way to mess with our opponents (especially on the play).

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Top Ranked	Achieved #25 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Equip 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	EDH, Interesante EDH decks
Based on	Gotta Godo On A Budget x12721 EDH