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$20 Budget Challenge Cat Commander Damage

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Budget Deathtouch Partner Unblockable Voltron

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This deck was a $20 budget challenge among my friend group. After some play-testing, this is the deck I am happy with.

Originally I focused on the burn and kill aspect of Jeska, Thrice Reborn. Exactly one minute after finalizing my list for the challenge, I see Crazy Cat Lady | Jeska + Falthis EDH on the front page. I took one look and saw some ideas that were too good to pass up on, so I redid my list again.

My favorite cards from this list were Scorchwalker, Wrecking Ogre, and Sarkhan the Masterless. I had to make room for them, so I cut all my sacrifice outlets and death-trigger payoffs.

This is still very much my own deck, however. I put more focus on the unblockable components such as Key to the City, Break Through the Line, and Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner.

Mob Rule is my go-to finisher in red. You can easily take out the table with this one spell. If Falthis is out, all your friends' Commanders that you steal will each gain deathtouch and menace. This was one outlet I considered but decided against later on.

Because I have such a tight budget, I chose to spend my monetary resources in the cool spells rather than efficient ramp, which is why we run Explorer's Scope and Impulsive Pilferer. The pilferer isn't so bad though, as he provides a body to protect Jeska with and we can choose to kill him if we need the treasure.

The key piece in this deck is Shred Memory. Just look at how much value it can dig up out of this deck!

Need to remove a creature? enchantment? Transmute for Feed the Swarm.

Need to remove an artifact? Transmute Rakdos Charm.

Need to grab a buff spell? Transmute for Ghitu Firebreathing.

Need a ONE-SIDED BOARD WIPE? We got Mizzium Mortars in there too.

I had a lot of fun building and playtesting this deck. This is my first time playing with red as a primary color and it made me fall in love. I hope you can find joy in building a new type of deck for yourself.

Thanks for clicking. If you like this one please remember to vote for Suns_Champion's deck, from which I took a few key cards.


Crazy Cat Lady | Jeska + Falthis EDH

Commander / EDH* Suns_Champion

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Date added 4 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

2 - 0 Mythic Rares

19 - 0 Rares

23 - 0 Uncommons

28 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.90
Tokens Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Treasure
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