MONO-R STORM feat. CHANDRA *cEDH* [Mini-Primer]

Commander / EDH Burn Combo Competitive Mono-Red Primer Storm

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★ RITUALS ★ (22)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Koth of the Hammer
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

★ COPY ★ (6)

• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Fork
• 1x Fury Storm
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Reiterate

★ FROM THE GRAVE ★ (4)

• 1x Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Past in Flames

★ FILTER ★ (10)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Jaya Ballard
• 1x Magmatic Insight
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Wild Guess

★ WHEELS ★ (9)

• 1x Bedlam Reveler
• 1x Chandra Ablaze
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

★ INTERRUPTION ★ (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Ricochet Trap
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Vandalblast

★ STORM FINISHER ★ (5)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Haze of Rage
• 1x Sentinel Tower
• 1x Volcanic Awakening

Commander (1)

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★ CARD-ADVANTAGE ★ (8)

• 1x Apex of Power
• 1x Chandra, Fire Artisan
• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

★ LANDS ★ (24)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 17x Mountain
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Temple of the False God

★ STORM-ROCKS ★ (4)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Semblance Anvil

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★ ALTERNATIVE COMMANDERS ★ (4)

• 1x Hazoret the Fervent
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge

Other (1)

• 1x Ox of Agonas

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"'Utterly' is my favorite way to destroy something."

[Mini-Primer]

MONO-R STORM feat. CHANDRA

Introduction

This deck started like 8 years ago(or longer), as Jaya Ballard, Task Mage.

After a pretty long hiatus from Magic, i decided to take the remains of my old deck and rework it.

I wanted to play a spellslinger and burn deck, but since most burnspells are useless('cause they don't scale with the 40 lifes in EDH), i went with Storm.

Another Option for Chandra would be Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion(great sugestion by Shadowmage), Neheb, the Eternal, Hazoret the Fervent or Purphoros, God of the Forgeas a commander, she's not necessary to win, but she can eat some attacks and has a few cute interactions, who else to replace Jaya Ballard? :D

You can threaten to win the game between turn 4-6, with luck turn 3 and the fastest "magicalchristmasland"-kill is turn 1.

I gotta say there are a lot more options in red nowadays.

Is this for me?

This is totally the right deck for you, if...

• ...you enjoy casting half your deck on turn 4-6 and playing the most "balls to the wall"-variant of a storm deck.
• ...you don't mind a bit of improvisation when it comes to get that stormcount.
• ...you don't mind your turns taking a while(although you should get used to play fast, don't bore the table by taking forever).

How does this work?

Cast! Cast! Cast!

Not kidding, you're slinging spells like a maniac and pray to hit the right finisher or ritual at the right time.

No Tutors! ...except Gamble (which is like just another Past in Flames or Runehorn Hellkite mostly).

The filtercards like Magmatic Insight and the cast from the top cards like Act on Impulse do great in providing you to always hit a wheel or a ritual to keep on casting, also fill your graveyard to give fodder for Mizzix's Mastery or Past in Flames.

Important to keep in mind that you don't do a landdrop, before playing something like Act on Impulse.

Also you're not playing lands that etb tapped. Waaaay to slow!

Once you've cast like the 10th spell a turn, you can burn the table or demolish their manabase, or have a ton of goblins. Another easy way to win is with commanderdamage.

Synergies & Combos

Using the cards that let you draw 2 or more with add.cost to discard a card or more and using a copy spell, will result in you not having to discard another card. So pay like 3 mana and draw 4 cards. In Terms of ressources you go usually +1 or up to +3

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh   and Paradise Mantle lets her become a very potent mana dork. Same with Dual Casting.

Play a wheel, hold up priority and pop Lion's Eye Diamond.

Lower the cost on Reiterates buyback and cast a ritual, rinse and repeat - "infinite" mana.

Rest is fairly obvious, only rocks used in the deck are the ones lowering the cost of my spells and the ones working like rituals(paying less than gaining mana). You alwas wanna go and imprint or call sorcery, with almost 30(!) in the deck.

Why not Kess, Mizzix or X?

Mainly consistency, you're not dependant on 3 or 2 colored manabase.

All red rituals work like insane.

Dropping stuff in the grave is just another resource a Ponder won't give you.

You're missing out on tutors, but that makes the deck less repetetive and less boring.

Also most common storm-combos are pretty easy countered, countering this deck is a lot more work, also a matter of speed.

I know i'm missing out on Yagmoths Win and Ad Nauseam, all the cheesy black tutors and all dem blue counters and even more tutors, but this deck can hold it's ground, in a very unique way.

Important Rulings

Copying is not casting! You just put the copy on the stack.

You can't give Wheel of Fate Flashback! Has no cost, so casting it for no cost is an illegal action. You can cast it without paying a cost by using Goblin Dark-Dwellers, Mizzix's Mastery or Electrodominance though.

Just sayin...

I run into trouble

If counters are a problem it's most likely the ones cast for free... FOW, PON aso. Keep a Fork in Hand and counter back, add Pyroblast, Ricochet Trap. Hatecards like Boil, Boiling Seas.

If your artifacts get blown up all the time, remember to use them like ritual and a boost, keep them in hand and blow them out in one swoop.

Red has all the answers at hand.

Am i missing something? Open for feedback/ suggestions/ help

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Jaya Ballard, Emblem Koth of the Hammer, Goblin 1/1 R, Treasure
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