Neon Light Speed [Primer]

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Dragons Group Slug Haste Multiplayer Primer Tokens UBR (Grixis)

Crow_Umbra

Land (35)

• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 2x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 3x Mountain
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Seize the Spotlight

Creature (28)

• 1x Legion Loyalist
• 1x Reinforced Ronin
• 1x Shivan Devastator
• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
• 1x Maestros Diabolist
• 1x Moria Scavenger
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Shatterskull Charger
• 1x Archwing Dragon
• 1x Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1x Death-Greeter's Champion
• 1x Delina, Wild Mage
• 1x Elturel Survivors
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Bloodthirster
• 1x The Master, Multiplied

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Daring Piracy
• 1x Rising of the Day
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Alchemist's Retrieval
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Wild Magic Surge
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fire Covenant

Artifact (10)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Cursed Mirror

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Creature (53)

• 1x Glitterfang
• 1x Phoenix Chick
• 1x Rabbit Battery
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Tin Street Dodger
• 1x Ardoz, Cobbler of War
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Genasi Enforcers
• 1x Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• 1x Hellspark Elemental
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Arni Metalbrow
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Devilish Valet
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Goddric, Cloaked Reveler
• 1x Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Lightning Skelemental
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Satoru Umezawa
• 1x Squee, Dubious Monarch
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
• 1x Anger
• 1x Barbed Shocker
• 1x Decadent Dragon
• 1x Flamerush Rider
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 1x Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Sycorax Commander
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Ganax, Astral Hunter
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Karlach, Fury of Avernus
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Rankle and Torbran
• 1x Sontaran General
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Inferno of the Star Mounts
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Realm-Scorcher Hellkite
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Feywild Visitor
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Crucible of Fire
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x The Apprentice's Folly
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Song of Totentanz
• 1x Gruesome Realization
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Syphon Mind

Land (1)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

Instant (12)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Run for Your Life
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome

Artifact (9)

• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Urabrask's Forge
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Blood Clock
• 1x Maskwood Nexus

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Do you have a need for speed? Do you have a need to slam face with Dragons? Goro-Goro and Satoru form an unlikely and cool alliance between Goblin Samurai, Human Ninja, and Spirit Dragons, the ultimate trinity of Cool Creature Types™️. Their game-plan is simple and straightforward:

1. Cast them out of the Command Zone
2. Turn some Hastey Guys™️, or Dudes That Enter Tapped and Attacking™️ sideways
3. Make 5/5 Flying Spirit Dragon tokens after your fast bois connect with faces.
4. Continue to swing for faces with your growing army of fast bois and Spirit Dragons until the table is dead. Simple as.

Goro-Goro and Satoru provide an exciting and aggressive alternative to the Spellslinging Evil Wizard™️ archetype that Grixis has kind of made for itself at this point.

For this build I opted to focus on a slight Dragon subtheme, and decided to not go the Ninjutsu route. There are great GGS builds that utilize Ninjas to excellent effect, but I chose not to utilize them due to having a couple of Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow and Satoru Umezawa decks in my meta. I've played against Ninjutsu decks plenty, and the play pattern isn't for me.

Remember to go fast, we're on a Time Limit

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Based on my Moxfield version of the deck.

Anthems & Tech for the strat

For this iteration of Goro-Goro and Satoru, I wanted to focus primarily on creatures that meet the following criteria:

1. Already have built in Haste and evasion of some kind.
2. Can return themselves to hand at end of turn without additional support from other permanents
3. Can create tapped and attacking tokens when they attack, or tokens that are copies of other creatures around the board

My meta plays fairly aggressively, so I wanted my creatures to be able to hit hard on their initial hits and beyond. I recognize that Ninjutsu provides an element of surprise & additional value that can be hard to predict, but its creatures are mostly on the smaller side, and reliant on smaller evasive creatures for the Ninjutsu set up.

Cheat-in effects

Helpful for getting evasive bodies out at the higher end of the curve as needed.

• Sneak Attack
• Ilharg, the Raze-Boar

Hastey & Dashing Guys

I lumped the creatures with Dash in with those that have Haste, since they can attack & return to hand for multiple uses.

• Legion Loyalist - Naturally has Haste, and provides relevant keywords for getting through clogged boards, or evade wide token boards altogether. The last effect is most relevant for my meta, due to higher prevalence of token strats.

• Shivan Devastator - Haste & flying with the ability to scale.

• Gingerbrute - This will be cast for {2} the majority of the time, so it can utilize its evasion. May get replaced with Gurmag Swiftwing.

• Loyal Apprentice - As long as GGS are out, she will make an evasive & hasty token.

• Captain Lannery Storm - Haste & Treasure production.

• Cursed Mirror - Can copy the scariest thing on the board & has haste.

• Daring Piracy - 1/1 with Menace & Haste is kind of silly.

• Death-Greeter's Champion - A Dash body with double strike that can repeatedly Backup 1 and grant something else double strike.

• Flamewake Phoenix - Another evasive body with haste. Flamewake has a decent likelihood of being recurred since the deck wants to make 5/5 Spirit dragons, and has about 11 creatures with power 4 or greater.

• Shatterskull Charger - Don't have to play for Kicker unless necessary to have a bulkier body on board.

• Archwing Dragon - Pseudo dash on a big body with haste & evasion.

• Flamerush Rider

• Rankle, Master of Pranks

• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

• Goldspan Dragon

• Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury

• Rankle and Torbran

• Urabrask the Hidden

Anthems

Haste Effects

• Dragon Tempest - Most relevant for the big bodied flyers that don't have Haste. Primarily used for the pinging effect. Might get replaced if it proves to be too narrow

• Lightning Greaves

• Swiftfoot Boots

• Rising of the Day

• Ogre Battledriver - Also useful for the additional power boost.

• Urabrask the Hidden

Other anthem effects

• Legion Loyalist - As previously mentioned, useful for aggro keywords for Alpha Strikes.

• Berserkers' Onslaught - Each instance of double strike combat damage with GGS out will net 2 Dragon Spirit tokens, and if spread out across all opponents, could potentially net as many as 6 dragons in one turn. Definitely puts the rest of the table on a clock in the right conditions.

• Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury - A board of swinging dragon spirit tokens can provide a scaling power boost.

Additional Win-Cons

Since the deck wants to create Dragon tokens via connecting with Fast Guys, the following provide some additional speed to whittling down life totals:

ETB Damage pingers:

• Impact Tremors

• Purphoros, God of the Forge

• Terror of the Peaks

Combo Potential

Combo explanation

Breath of Fury + Goro-Goro and Satoru provides an infinite combo potential. Provided that Breath of Fury can enchant an evasive creature with Haste, it can then be moved to each new Dragon Spirit token that is created by GG&S upon combat damage. This works best if a haste anthem like Rising of the Day, Dragon Tempest, or Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer are also on the battlefield. Without a Haste anthem, at the very least GG&S can also be used to anthem up your team until end of turn.

The combo works most ideally with:

• Breath of Fury + Loyal Apprentice

• Breath of Fury + Daring Piracy

Ramp

Rocks

• Sol Ring

• Arcane Signet

• Fellwar Stone

• Talisman of Creativity

• Talisman of Dominance

• Talisman of Indulgence

• Cursed Mirror

Treasure Production

• Captain Lannery Storm

• Professional Face-Breaker

• Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

• Grim Hireling

• Goldspan Dragon

• Rankle and Torbran

Ritual Effects

• Jeska's Will

Draw

Effects on Lands/Cycling

• Canyon Slough
• Desolate Lighthouse
• Fetid Pools
• Xander's Lounge

Impulse Draw

• Jeska's Will
• Professional Face-Breaker
• Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

All other effects

• Mystic Remora
• Plumb the Forbidden
• Reinforced Ronin
• Painful Truths
• Paradoxical Outcome
• Rankle, Master of Pranks
• Reconnaissance Mission
• Syphon Mind
• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Removal & Interaction

Removal

• Blasphemous Act - Frequently is 1 mana in my meta
• Cyclonic Rift
• Dragon Tempest - Can ping damage equal to the number of Dragons I control.
• Feed the Swarm
• Reality Shift
• Wild Magic Surge
• Chaos Warp
• Grim Hireling - Turn those Treasures into removal.
• Rankle, Master of Pranks
• Rankle and Torbran
• Terror of the Peaks - Imagine making a 5/5 Dragon Spirit token or three each combat, and pinging that damage around with Terror of the Peaks.

Counterspells & Protection effects

• Deflecting Swat
• Miscast
• Swan Song
• Counterspell
• Lightning Greaves
• Mana Drain
• Negate
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Paradoxical Outcome

Resource interaction

• Syphon Mind
• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• Urabrask the Hidden

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 9 months ago
Date added	9 months
Last updated	1 month
Key combos	Breath of Fury + Loyal Apprentice Breath of Fury + Daring Piracy Breath of Fury + Goro-Goro and Satoru
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.78
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Devil 1/1 R, Dragon Spirit 5/5 R, Manifest 2/2 C, Orc Army, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
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