Kelsien's and Zirda's Death by 1 or 1000 Pings

Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) Zirda, the Dawnwaker

metalmagic

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Mobilization
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Witch's Mist

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Jaya, Venerated Firemage
• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Creature (21)

• 1x Blood Cultist
• 1x Cunning Sparkmage
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Frostwielder
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Orcish Artillery
• 1x Prodigal Pyromancer
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Spikeshot Elder
• 1x Spikeshot Goblin
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Viashino Heretic
• 1x Void Beckoner
• 1x Vulshok Sorcerer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wojek Embermage

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Artifact (20)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

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This deck has all the shitty pingers you could ever want plus some you probably wouldn't want! The main goal is to give Kelsien, the Plague deathtouch and go to town, but should your pod not like that idea and keep him off the table you have a whole retinue of trigger-happy minions at your disposal to pick up the slack. If you're playing at a higher powered table, you could call this the control portion of the deck while you assemble one of a few combos to end the game yourself.

Zirda, the Dawnwaker enables Basalt Monolith and Grim Monolith to produce infinite mana, which you can use to kill the table with an X spell. I chose Comet Storm because it's a classic favorite of mine, and also Fireball because it doesn't get enough love. Choose your own X spells to fit your needs!

Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista is the combo finisher without any companion support, and each piece can be tutored up numerous ways for consistency should you decide that you are done playing with your food.

The deck is rounded out with some personal favorite cards that work well with Zirda like Dawn of Hope and Mobilization to make some cheap tokens, or Daxos the Returned who actually fits well in the deck due to Kelsien also granting experience counters and Zirda reducing his cost to make tokens. All in all, could it be more focused? Yes. Do I care? Not really, I love the list as is and don't even have it built anymore. Note: This list is at least a year old, so there might be some strictly better replacements by now.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 1 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Human 1/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink