Purphoros Spins His Wheels

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive Mono-Red Red Deck Wins

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Creature (31)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Martyr of Ashes
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Terror of Mount Velus
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon

Artifact (20)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Voyager Staff

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Irencrag Feat
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Wildfire

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza

Commander (1)

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 20x Mountain
• 1x Sequestered Stash

Instant (4)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Ignorant Bliss
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Underworld Breach

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Alright, let's just get this out of the way right out of the gate. I'm sorry, I don't own a Wheel of Fortune.

A) I spent all my cash on foil Ignorant Bliss.

B) Stop making fun of my deck! You're not my real dad!

C) Who cares - there are now enough wheel effects in Mono-R to resurrect Dale Earnhart.

What are we gonna do with all those wheels? Take them off the rails!!

Driving Lessons

Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded has two incredible lines of text:

Indestructible - Your general cannot be easily removed, making the main strategy of this deck very consistent.

: Sneak Attack - The main engine of this hot rod. The ability to drop (almost) anything at instant speed is a phenomenal advantage, if you can break it.

The Wheels On The Jank Bus

Purphoros's main drawback is the rising cost of gas. He costs 5, which is nothing to shake a stick at, and his ability costs 3. Use it once or twice, and your creatures are dead and gone in your graveyard. For this, we need an engine that can keep our hand full and the mountain mana flowing.

Wheels like Wheel of Fate, Memory Jar, and creature triggers like Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion serve two purposes:

1. Wheels wheel us into fast mana rocks, slow mana rocks, rituals, mana-doubling effects, and other ways to bypass mana costs like Sneak Attack. Wheeling and ramping will help you outrace your opponents.

2. Wheels repeatedly refresh our sneak attack options while filling our graveyard for Goblin Welder, Daretti, Scrap Savant, Feldon of the Third Path, and Scrap Mastery. Remember: Wheels may give your opponents cards, but if your deck is designed to break that parity, you're winning!

You can also cast Ignorant Bliss in response to one of your own wheels, and at end of turn you'll get to keep all of your cards.

Once your graveyard is nice and full, use Underworld Breach to cast all your favorite mana rocks and bombs. Yawgmoth is spinning in his grave!

Since we run several repeatable wheel triggers and recurrable wheel artifacts, there's a solid chance that you can accidentally mill yourself. We have an Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre as a shuffle effect, with the upside of a 10/10 Annihilator 4 if you happen to get the mana to hardcast it - not hard to do in this deck.

Ilharg, the Boar God Is My Copilot

The creatures in this deck are chosen for several characteristics:

A) They provide card advantage or wheel effects: Cavalier of Flame, Knollspine Dragon, Imperial Recruiter, Combustible Gearhulk

B) They kill or steal stuff: Duplicant, Living Inferno, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, Balefire Dragon

C) They provide mana advantage: Hellkite Tyrant, Dockside Extortionist, Golden Guardian  , Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Nitrous Oxide, Combos, and Special Tricks

Purphoros's ability has a major drawback, but if you can get around it, you're doing one of the most powerful things in Magic's history: Cheating.

To dodge the sacrifice trigger at end of turn, use any of the following:Voyager Staff, Sundial of the Infinite, Cloudstone Curio, Erratic Portal. There are other cards I'm not running like Synod Sanctum and Helvault that work too.

You can also combo out using two-card combos that are easy to tutor:

Dockside Extortionist + Cloudstone Curio + Any other creature. If Dockside makes 5 treasures, you're in business - you can chain the ETB of any creature you want an infinite number of times using Purphoros to cheat it in. If Dockside makes more than 5 treasures, you also generate infinite mana!

Tutor this combo with your Goblin Engineer, an Inventors' Fair, and/or Imperial Recruiter. Or just wheel into it!

Other cool synergies and combos include:

Possibility Storm - disrupt your opponents and use Purphoros to bypass it!

Indomitable Creativity - turn your small creatures and mana rocks into a random band of merry Gearhulks and Dragons!

Loop Cavalier of Flame with Cloudstone Curio to quickly burn out the table as you fill your GY with lands!

In response to a boardwipe or cyclonic rift, just toss out Worldgorger Dragon and all your stuff will be protected. Also a great way to reuse ETB effects or end the turn with all your mana untapped. Just make sure your opponents are tapped out!

Thanks for looking at my deck! If you're interested in other wheel-based decklists, check out my infamous Fullmetal Narset deck for more 20-minute turns!

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Treasure
Folders	Purphorod snak attac, Red Decks