Staxdrop! (Snowdrop Vorthos Deck)

Commander / EDH* Control Enchant Ramp RW (Boros) Stax Tokens Vigilance Voltron Vorthos Weenie

DreadKhan

Land (31)

• 1x Alpine Meadow
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Balduvian Trading Post
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 4x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 4x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 5x Snow-Covered Plains
• 4x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x War Room

Aggro (10)

• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Cartographer's Hawk
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Drumbellower
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Glory
• 1x Guardian of Faith
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Sun Titan

Land Shaver (7)

• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Balduvian Trading Post
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Anthem (6)

• 1x Blade Historian
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x True Conviction

Bounce Aura (3)

• 1x Crown of Flames
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Ghitu Firebreathing

Combo (3)

• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Guilty Conscience
• 1x Pariah

Graveyard Hate (1)

• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Ramp (18)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Cartographer's Hawk
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Reckless Endeavor
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip

Wipe (9)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Reckless Endeavor
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Righteous Fury
• 1x The Eternal Wanderer
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Tutor (8)

• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Three Dreams
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Buff (5)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Crown of Flames
• 1x Ghitu Firebreathing
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Two-Handed Axe

Stax (5)

• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Static Orb

Blocker (1)

• 1x Brash Taunter

Commander (1)

Interaction (13)

• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Balduvian Trading Post
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Devoted Caretaker
• 1x Devout Witness
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Guilty Conscience
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Vandalblast

Draw (8)

• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x War Room
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Wedding Ring

Tokens (7)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x The Eternal Wanderer
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip

Protection (5)

• 1x Glory
• 1x Guardian of Faith
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mother of Runes

Recursion (3)

• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Draw (4)

• 1x Firemane Commando
• 1x Leave / Chance
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Scrying Sheets

Anthem (1)

• 1x Crown of Doom

Ramp (1)

• 1x Stoic Farmer

Tutor (1)

• 1x Recruiter of the Guard

Wipe (1)

• 1x Chain Reaction

Aggro (3)

• 1x Firemane Commando
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Stoic Farmer

Protection (3)

• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Leave / Chance
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Interaction (3)

• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Orim's Thunder

Land (2)

• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Scrying Sheets

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I was inspired to build this in part by watching Snowdrop, which was a very strange but ultimately very enjoyable show. Locking down opponent's creatures = taking hostages, the wipes/removal are solving one's problems via coffee/trip bombs/placed high explosives. This deck is a bit experimental in that it runs a mix of catchup ramp and ways to shrink my land count together, as well as a relatively low land count. These cards usually come in tapped, so they slow the deck down, but it's awesome to turn on your Cartographer's Hawk type stuff. With the land count reducers, this deck might be somewhat viable vs metas that aren't ramping lands but still run a decent number of lands. My own land count might be too low, and I intend to fiddle with it a fair bit more.

The deck has some pump effects in it that are designed to work around my lockdown and wipes, to make them asymmetrical, and thus far more powerful. The magic number is 3, but with Vigilance I can get around this limitation, so I do have a few cards that can be locked down by my own effects. This is primarily a Voltron deck, I can make A+C hard/impossible to block, and run plenty of things to pump them, combined with fun stuff like Double Strike and the almost perfectly designed Inquisitor's Flail, which is very good with First Strike and Vigilance.

If I think it's necessary, this deck has a 2 card combo in Brash Taunter + Guilty Conscience , with Brash Taunter + Pariah also being in the deck and also being very good to set up. The deck can win via Voltron, which it prefers to, but if someone else is running a better combo than you expected you can just do either of those. The deck has a very hard time protecting it's enchantments though, so hopefully you can damage Taunter that turn with Conscience to win on the spot. I'm strongly considering tossing in some cards that can fetch out Brash Taunter, I've already got ways to find enchantments, I also might look at Enlightened Tutor, this deck really wants the option of finding an Artifact.

The deck tries to set up a situation where I can repeatedly cast an Aura on A+C, letting me draw cards potentially as well as buffing my team, and I run a small selection of budget tutoring cards to dig these auras out. This deck is generally on the faster side when it comes to eliminating it's first threat (if it's actually working right), but you can expect to need some Stax effects to gain advantage if the game goes longer.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	4 weeks
Key combos	Brash Taunter + Guilty Conscience Brash Taunter + Pariah
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Samurai 2/2 W w/ Double strike, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Folders	Uncategorized