The Pain of Red Fell

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

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Creature (27)

• 1x Ash Zealot
• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator
• 1x Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh  ^Flip
• 1x Cinder Pyromancer
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Embermaw Hellion
• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Flameblade Angel
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Hellrider
• 1x Immolation Shaman
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Mondronen Shaman  ^Flip
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Scab-Clan Berserker
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Syr Carah, the Bold
• 1x Tunnel Ignus
• 1x Tunneling Geopede
• 1x Viashino Heretic
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Ancient Runes
• 1x Burning Earth
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Leyline of Combustion
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Spellshock
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Sulfuric Vortex
• 1x War's Toll

Instant (8)

• 1x Blood Frenzy
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Risk Factor
• 1x Smash to Smithereens

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Detection Tower
• 30x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Acidic Soil
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Vandalblast

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Creature (31)

• 1x Adrenaline Jockey
• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Ashmouth Dragon  ^Flip
• 1x Bonecrusher Giant
• 1x Chandra's Phoenix
• 1x Coruscation Mage
• 1x Defiler of Instinct
• 1x Eidolon of the Great Revel
• 1x Fire Servant
• 1x Furnace Punisher
• 1x Gimli, Counter of Kills
• 1x Gleeful Arsonist
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Invader Parasite
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Mindsparker
• 1x Olivia's Attendants
• 1x Pain Distributor
• 1x Realm-Scorcher Hellkite
• 1x Sardian Avenger
• 1x Scytheclaw Raptor
• 1x Spiteful Prankster
• 1x Star Athlete
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Unruly Catapult
• 1x Urabrask  ^Flip
• 1x Volatile Arsonist  ^Flip
• 1x Wrathful Red Dragon

Enchantment (30)

• 1x AEther Sting
• 1x Antagonism
• 1x Artist's Talent
• 1x Battle Strain
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Burning Sands
• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x City on Fire
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Curse of Shaken Faith
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Elemental Mastery
• 1x Enchanter's Bane
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Fiery Inscription
• 1x Flame Blitz
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Heat of Battle
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Impatience
• 1x Maddening Hex
• 1x Mechanized Warfare
• 1x Pyrostatic Pillar
• 1x Rivalry
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Spiked Corridor / Torture Pit
• 1x Tectonic Instability
• 1x The Flame of Keld
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Witch Hunt

Artifact (8)

• 1x Aligned Hedron Network
• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Blazing Sunsteel
• 1x Fiendlash
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Pyromancer's Gauntlet
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Aftershock
• 1x Explosion of Riches
• 1x Flame Fusillade
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Volcanic Wind

Instant (3)

• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Volcanic Offering
• 1x Warping Wail

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jaya, Venerated Firemage

Land (1)

• 1x War Room

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Your opponent play creatures? What about spells? Surely he's got a land or two. Why not punish him for having the nerve to do such a thing?

Red has plenty of "punisher" type effects that tax or otherwise dissuade your opponents from taking certain actions. Of course, being a little more impulsive and unsubtle than, say, blue, red accomplishes this not by asking extra mana or drawing extra cards - it does so by flinging damage at your foe's face! Spellshock hurts anyone who plays a spell. Impatience shocks anyone who doesn't play a spell. Manabarbs ups the ante by poking anyone who so much as taps a land!

Now, a death of a thousand stings sounds kind of fun in a sadistic sort of way, but in a format where everyone starts with a whopping 40 life... well, it's really going to feel like a thousand stings if you hope to kill anyone off. That's where our man of the hour Torbran comes in. Any of your red cards that damage an opponent (or their creatures or planeswalkers!) has an extra two damage slapped on. That's more like it! For something that hits for a huge chunk of damage at once (such as Searing Wind or Urza's Rage) that increase seems fairly minor. For something that gives a little poke multiple times (such as Pyromatics or Flame Jab) suddenly you're tripling your damage.

Combine Torbran with your various punishing effects, then, and you're putting your opponents in a might tight spot. Activate an ability? Take four damage! Take a swing at me, will you? Here's three damage of your own! Manabarbs and Burning Earth become truly vicious, hitting your opponents for an astounding three damage every time they tap a land. And remember - Torbran only increases the damage dealt to your opponents, so symmetrical effects like Mana Barbs and Spellshock will only zap you for the regular amount. Gotta love nepotism!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance