So I die to crab commander damage?

Commander / EDH* Casual Mono-Blue Primer Voltron

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PUMP (17)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Chariot of Victory
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Piston Sledge
• 1x Sai of the Shinobi
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Stormrider Rig
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

WINCON (5)

• 1x Armory Automaton
• 1x Crookclaw Transmuter
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Merfolk Thaumaturgist
• 1x Twisted Image

TUTOR (4)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

UTILITY (2)

• 1x Fumble
• 1x Training Grounds

RAMP (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soldevi Machinist
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

PROTECTION (6)

• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

BOARDWIPE (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Whelming Wave

Commander (1)

COUNTER (8)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song

LAND (36)

• 33x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Terrain Generator

DRAW (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Crookclaw Transmuter
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Ensouled Scimitar
• 1x Magebane Armor
• 1x Merfolk Thaumaturgist
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Twisted Image

RAMP (1)

• 1x Thought Vessel

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Introduction

Who doesn't want to win games with a huge swinging Leviathan Crab in Charix, the Raging Isle! This deck is still largely being brewed and needs your help!

The general philosophy of this deck is to control the board state long enough while we populate it with equipment. Once we have enough equipment we'll be able to play our commander and start swinging for lethal. The longer we are able to wait, the more lands we'll have in play to pump Charix, the Raging Isle

Major subthemes of this deck have to include the following

• Counters
• Boardwipes
• Ramp
• Artifact reduction
• Artifact equipment needs to provide keyboard that add evasion and pump Charix, the Raging Isle

Please provide some suggestions as I'm really trying to make this casually competitive!

Categories Explained

RAMP

Ramping islands for Charix, the Raging Isle's ability and faster play is imperative to our strategy. Subtheme to ramp is Artifact reduction.

PUMP

These cards are artifacts that help to pump up the size of Charix, the Raging Isle and also give him abilities to ensure he is able to deal damage to players. The subthemes to this section are pump and keywords where the focus is low CMC artifacts and if possible auto attach on ETB or when a creature ETBs

PUMP

• Blackblade Reforged
• Grafted Wargear
• Hero's Blade
• Mirror Shield
• Piston Sledge
• Sai of the Shinobi
• Sigil of Valor
• Stormrider Rig
• Strata Scythe

KEYWORD

• Chariot of Victory
• Fireshrieker
• Haunted Cloak
• Inquisitor's Flail
• Loxodon Warhammer
• Shadowspear
• Sword of Vengeance
• Trailblazer's Boots

PROTECTION

Standard protection package with a focus on the artifact synergies

COUNTER

Counters included to slow down the progress of other players as we build board state.

BOARDWIPE

When things get out of hand these are used to level the playing field without impact to our board.

DRAW

Standard blue card draw. This section needs more work

LAND

Not much to say here, other then the land base for this deck is very simple

WINCON

The wincons in this deck are focused around our general Charix, the Raging Isle. Having the ability to switch his toughness and one shot players is the plan.

• Crookclaw Transmuter
• Merfolk Thaumaturgist
• Twisted Image

Armory Automaton: As an alternate win condition, this creature can be tutored to use all of the artifacts we have in the deck

Grafted Exoskeleton: Infect on our commander will easily be lethal.

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	voltron, EDH Ideas