Shamans Altar budget deck series, Zada.

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Burn Mono-Red Primer Storm

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Instant (29)

• 1x Accelerate
• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Blazing Shoal
• 1x Boiling Blood
• 1x Borrowed Hostility
• 1x Brightstone Ritual
• 1x Brute Force
• 1x Brute Strength
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chaotic Strike
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Downhill Charge
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Otherworldly Outburst
• 1x Overblaze
• 1x Panic
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Riddle of Lightning
• 1x Run Amok
• 1x Rush of Adrenaline
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Stun
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Titan's Strength

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Assault Strobe
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Burn at the Stake
• 1x Crash Through
• 1x Doublecast
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Goblin Rally
• 1x Haze of Rage
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Hordeling Outburst
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Magmatic Insight
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Renegade Tactics
• 1x Screaming Fury
• 1x Shreds of Sanity
• 1x Spark of Creativity
• 1x Twinflame

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Possibility Storm

Land (33)

• 33x Mountain

Commander (1)

Creature (11)

• 1x Beetleback Chief
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Goblin Instigator
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Artifact (2)

• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Strionic Resonator

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Crash Through
• 1x Renegade Tactics

Creature (2)

• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Kiln Fiend

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

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welcome to the 5th installment of the shamans altar. A budget deck series by yours truly.

The goal of this series is to rekindle the essence of commander (EDH, if you’re an old timer like me). Fun decks with out breaking the bank. In this series of primers I will work my way through the color pie, keeping each deck at a maximum of $50. Some decks, much like the first one, will come in cheaper. I’ll include some upgrades at the bottom for those with deeper pockets.

this deck came in at $49!

At the helm

So now that you’ve made it this far let’s begin with a mono red commander Zada, Hedron Grinder who is absolutely NUTS. I’m going to be honest with you folks, I’m not much of a red player and was slightly dreading doing this build. I chose Zada, Hedron Grinder because her ability felt very “blue” to me. I got to admit I didn’t expect to fall in love with this deck like I have. She plays like storm, hits hard like red typically does, and has tricks that remind me of some of my favorite spell slinger decks.

You win with her by pumping out creatures and tokens, then buffing the hell out of them with chained spells and draws.

She even has a sweet little infinite combo Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame/Heat Shimmer

In red... what?

token goblin guy

This deck relies heavily on making tokens to ping those sweet cantrips off of.

Dragon Fodder/Hordeling Outburst/Krenko, Mob Boss/Beetleback Chief/Chancellor of the Forge/Empty the Warrens

draw

This deck allows you to turn any targeted draw into a red Collective Unconscious

Expedite/Crimson Wisps/Accelerate/Panic get you the cards you need in your hand

buffs for days

Got tokens? Got mana? Make them massive!

Downhill Charge/Otherworldly Outburst/Balduvian Rage/Reckless Charge and Chaotic Strike

shenanigans

Damaging cantrips and the like

Riddle of Lightning/ Burn at the Stake/Impact Tremors/Borrowed Hostility/Assault Strobe

malarkey

Returns, doubles, and other fun tricks Bonus Round/Isochron Scepter/Possibility Storm/Reverberate/Chaos Warp/Strionic Resonator

over the mountain

This deck has the means to make a sh*t ton of mana and here are the producers

Seething Song/Skirk Prospector/Battle Hymn/Brightstone Ritual/Pyretic Ritual/Mana Geyser

I hope you’ve enjoyed this budget primer, next up we will be looking at a dimir commander

As always, suggestions are always welcome!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 37 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.61
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R
Folders	Shaman’s Altar budget deck series