Kalamax, Xerox Dinosaur

Commander / EDH RUG (Temur)

sofortine

Instant (35)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Curious Herd
• 1x Decoy Gambit
• 1x Evolution Charm
• 1x Fog
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Giant Growth
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Hunting Pack
• 1x Lead by Example
• 1x Lightning Axe
• 1x Natural Connection
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Pounce
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Savage Summoning
• 1x Slice in Twain
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru
• 1x Swell of Growth
• 1x Sylvan Bounty
• 1x Temur Charm
• 1x Titanic Growth
• 1x Tribute to the Wild
• 1x Whiplash Trap
• 1x Wildsize
• 1x Withstand Death

Land (36)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Highland Lake
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Timber Gorge
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Primal Empathy
• 1x Swarm Intelligence
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Crackling Drake
• 1x Eon Frolicker
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Lunar Mystic
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Nascent Metamorph
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Wort, the Raidmother
• 1x Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Plummet
• 1x Root Snare
• 1x Select for Inspection

Creature (5)

• 1x Djinn Illuminatus
• 1x Haldan, Avid Arcanist
• 1x Pako, Arcane Retriever
• 1x Ravenous Gigantotherium
• 1x Reckless Scholar

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Predatory Impetus

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mind's Eye

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Unsummon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Creature (1)

• 1x Young Pyromancer

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A first pass at tailoring Kalamax, the Stormsire to my tastes. I've already got a R/U Mizzix of the Izmagnus deck, so I pulled a couple of cards (e.g. Deflecting Swat) for that deck, and that informed the direction I took for Kalamax.

This deck focuses on what I see as the obvious best play with Kalamax: swing with Kalamax, then play an instant after your opponent has assigned blockers, but before damage is assigned. Kalamax will be tapped at this point ("tap to attack"), so he will copy whatever instant you play. Obvious choices are Giant Growth and Titanic Growth to (surprise!) make Kalamax hit with 6 or 8 more power, making a two-shot of an opponent very possible. The other "best" play with Kalamax is to play (and copy) instants right before your opponent assigns blockers, helping Kalamax punch through; bounce and burn spells like Whiplash Trap and Lightning Axe are ideal here.

Kalamax can copy an additional spell on each opponent's turn, so this deck runs a few big copy-friendly instants like Sylvan Bounty and Opportunity to help make use of any unspent mana during opponents' turns, and to grow Kalamax as quickly as possible.

There are several cards in the sideboard for switching commanders to Xyris, the Writhing Storm on the fly: Reckless Scholar, Fevered Visions, and Mind's Eye most notably. These would naturally replace some of the instants that are only "good" when copied like Wildsize and Crop Rotation.

Things this deck still needs:

• A bit more protection for Kalamax (e.g. Swiftfoot Boots)
• More ways to help Kalamax continue to attack in the late-game: either unblockable (currently have Aqueous Form for this), or more bounce spells like Unsummon.
• More draw-related cards in the sideboard for the Xyris swap.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 28 - 4 Rares 20 - 1 Uncommons 33 - 6 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Goblin Warrior 1/1 RG, Snake 1/1 G