Release of Lore

Commander / EDH Casual Jank RBW (Mardu) Spellslinger Storm

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Creature (22)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Clever Lumimancer
• 1x Conspiracy Theorist
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Extus, Oriq Overlord  ^Flip
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Leonin Lightscribe
• 1x Marshland Bloodcaster
• 1x Necropolis Fiend
• 1x Quintorius, Field Historian
• 1x Radiant Scrollwielder
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Velomachus Lorehold
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Wildfire Devils

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Fireblast
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Reaping the Graves
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Wing Shards

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jaya Ballard
• 1x Professor Onyx

Land (36)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Furycalm Snarl
• 1x Hall of Oracles
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 7x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Study Hall
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x The Biblioplex
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Creative Technique
• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Reconstruct History
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Unconventional Tactics

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Valakut Exploration

Commanders (2)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bosium Strip
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Creature (2)

• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Monastery Mentor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Thousand-Year Storm

Instant (1)

• 1x Fall of the Titans

Land (1)

• 1x Silent Clearing

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Throes of Chaos

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I think strixhaven and the EDH 2021 releases have some of the most exciting cards and mechanics out of recent mtg. With the Lorehold cards getting a focus on playing out of the graveyard and the new magecraft ability (cast OR copy!?), I wanted to make a spell-slinger deck that would leverage recursion.

It's a fun idea, but one of the more frustrating builds I've tried to put together. There are a lot of cards that got cut in making this. I probably need to go back through them and give some another chance. But, for now, I have a storm deck that's equal parts instants+sorceries and creatures, led by the obvious choices for a non-creature spell deck, Tormod and Bruse....Okay, it's a janky deck, but I promise it's full of fun surprises.

Access to the graveyard with cards like Bosium Strip, Wildfire Devils, Jaya Ballard, Conspiracy Theorist, and Radiant Scrollwielder helps give options when storming off, while cards like Velomachus Lorehold, Etali, Primal Storm, and Sunbird's Invocation can lead to getting some spells off for free to help boost total spell count.

Other cards like Phyrexian Reclamation, Charmbreaker Devils, Emeria Shepherd, and Reconstruct History can also help pull from the graveyard to trigger Tormod.

These effects feed together and can be boosted by copy abilities like those from Mirrorpool, Increasing Vengeance, Bonus Round, and Primal Wellspring  , as well as getting more tokens off from Anointed Procession. The tokens can be used with Plumb the Forbidden and Ashnod's Altar to access and play more goodies.

Costs of storming off can be managed with cards like Birgi, God of Storytelling  , Marshland Bloodcaster, and Storm-Kiln Artist.

Other neat combos include Tormod, the Desecrator + Unconventional Tactics and Fireblast + Sunbird's Invocation .

Frankly, this is a dirty, janky deck and calling it a spell-slinger might be a bit generous. It can win just as easily with creature damage thanks to cards like Shizo, Death's Storehouse , Leonin Lightscribe, and others - commander damage can also be a wincon, which I didn't plan for. Regardless, it's fun to play!

Again, I had a rough couple weeks working through this build. Huge shout-out to santuli for all the advice (if you want to see some REAL janky fun, take a look at School of Hard Rocks). The tempo isn't quite were I want this deck to be at (even for jank). Takes a bit for it to get its legs under it, so any suggestions for cuts to help streamline things or cards that you think would have more utility are super welcome! Thanks for stopping by!

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #7 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Jank 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 months
Key combos	Tormod, the Desecrator + Unconventional Tactics Fireblast + Sunbird's Invocation
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Avatar 3/6 BR, Copy Clone, Emblem Jaya Ballard, Goblin 1/1 R, Pest 1/1 BG, Spirit 3/2 RW, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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