Norin the Angry

Commander / EDH

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Artifact (32)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Voltaic Key

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Land (30)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Hammerheim
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 14x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Wasteland

Creature (9)

• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rummaging Goblin
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (6)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fork
• 1x Glorious End
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Shattering Pulse

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Pandemonium
• 1x Planar Chaos
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wild Guess

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Boil
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Reiterate

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Ruination

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In a world dominated by blue decks, Norin the wary is here to show those blue decks who they shouldn't mess with.

Welcome to my first write up on here featuring a deck that I have come to adore over this past year and a half.

First off many people see this commander and think one of two things

1. Huh?
2. Oh nice is this from that Primer? http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/217201-norin-the-wary-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose

This deck takes a lot of cards from the linked primer and many other decks that use this commander, but I have decided to take my own spin on it. This deck is mean. VERY mean. It does not care about anyone and once you start going, you are gonna get targeted. However, you have outs, and ways to start up again. Let's take a dive into the deck shall we?

Lands Show

Our land base is currently comprised of 32 lands. (31 if you count maze of ith as non-mana producing)

• 14 Snow covered mountains: They are snow covered for swag and so extraplanar lens only benefits us.
• Buried Ruin: Artifact recursion.
• Darksteel Citadel: Survives landwipes.
• Shrine of the Forsaken Gods : With all our artifacts, this helps a little.
• Homeward Path: Reset when things get hairy.
• Hammerheim : Just a funny land that has a stupid ability. Could probably swap this for a mountain and be fine
• Kher Keep: More tokens to use for many things
• Maze of Ith: It's maze of ith. Aggro can run you over since we don't run many creatures.
• Mirrorpool: Useful land that can fork things or make copies of things you want.
• Myriad Landscape: Land acceleration in red. Yes.
• Reliquary Tower: Infinite hand size. Just in case.
• Shivan Gorge : Another example of a land that is there for when you have nothing to do for a turn.
• Spinerock Knoll : I have always liked the hideaway lands. Can be a mountain instead but I have always liked using them.
• Strip Mine + Wasteland: Blow up that Gaea's Cradle.
• Temple of the False God: I never liked this land. But it is good and it will always be in your opening hand.
• Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle: Must include for mono red. Turn your mountains into Bolts.

Mana Rocks/Acceleration Show

What's an EDH deck without some good old fashioned ramp.

• Crucible of Worlds: Its broken.
• Darksteel Ingot: Survives Wipes
• Gilded Lotus: Not fast but certainly gives us a lot of colored mana to use
• Mana Crypt: Is amazing
• Mana Vault: Is not as good but still amazing
• Sol Ring: Do i have to say it?
• Springleaf Drum: Turns Norin into a colored mana rock.
• Thought Vessel: Infinite hand size, just in case.
• Thran Dynamo: Lots of mana.
• Solemn Simulacrum: Gets a land.
• Caged Sun: Mana doubler!
• Extraplanar Lens: another mana doubler!
• Mox Diamond + Chrome Mox Fast Mana

Card Draw Show

Mono red needs card draw, especially if you are trying to control the board.

• Mind's Eye: one of our main draw engines. Always keep some mana up for those extra draws.
• Sensei's Divining Top: Best card filter in the format.
• Skullclamp: Its broken. You can clamp your tokens or your commander!
• Daretti, Scrap Savant: Card filtering, artifact recursion, and a broken ultimate.
• Faithless Looting: Cheap draws with flashback
• Gamble: Entomb in red.
• Tormenting Voice: More cheap draws
• Wild Guess: Even more cheap draw spells
• Rummaging Goblin : Loot on a stick
• Solemn Simulacrum: He also draws you a card? No way!?

Wheel Effects Show

While also counting as card draws, these are the effects that will mess up your opponents gathering those combo pieces and late game bombs.

• Reforge the Soul: Wheel with a miracle cost if you get lucky
• Wheel of Fortune: Classic wheel. Is amazing
• Magus of the Wheel: Slow wheel effect or a wheel effect at instant speed
• Memory Jar : Draws you a new hand and mills everyone else? Yes please. Very useful for making opponents discard sensei's top or tutored cards.
• Teferi's Puzzle Box: Kind of a wheel effect every turn, but it is more of a hate card than anything else.

Removal/Wipes Show

Something bothering you? Blow it up...or blow everything up. You decide.

• Chaos Warp: Fun little removal spell that can backfire or be amazing. Fun fact: I have used chaos warp on my own things before and sometimes it turns out okay.
• Shattering Pulse: Reusable artifact removal
• Red Elemental Blast: A classic that will have blue players wondering what hit them
• Fork: I consider this another counterspell but you can use fork in a variety of ways. One of the most useful spells in the deck. (Reiterate is also an option here but I prefer fork because it is cheaper, and usually you won't need to use it again)
• Fiery Confluence : modal removal spell. Incredibly flexible.
• Jokulhaups: Board wipe that does not destroy enchantments!
• Obliterate: Another board wipe that doesn't destroy your enchantments, and cant be countered. Just a bit beefier and safer.
• Nevinyrral's Disk: Its a board wipe at instant speed once it gets untapped.

Hate Cards Show

The only way I could describe these cards would be hate cards. The board will groan, but you don't care.

• Trinisphere + Ensnaring Bridge: Slow down the game so you can set up
• Helm of Possession: Steal their Blightsteel Colossus.
• Meekstone: Stop big threats from untapping.
• Teferi's Puzzle Box: A combo deck's nightmare!
• Blood Moon + Magus of the Moon: Hope everyone likes red mana!
• Planar Chaos: Counter everyone's spells? Probably not. One can dream.
• Price of Glory: Go ahead, counter my spells.
• Stranglehold: No more tutors!
• War's Toll: Now they won't have mana up to counter our spells.
• Boil : Sideboard card. Very specific, but if you really hate islands go ahead.

The Meat Show

Here is where the fun begins. Welcome to synergy heaven. Better keep track of your triggers!

• Conjurer's Closet: Norin blinks a lot. This makes you blink more things!
• Genesis Chamber: Gives everyone myr tokens, but you're going to get more.
• Hero's Blade : Sleeper include. Makes Norin a 5/3. It matters. I'll explain later.
• Panharmonicon: The deck abuses ETB triggers. Now we get twice as many. (This does cause genesis chamber to make 2 tokens for other people however. Not a big deal though.)
• Confusion in the Ranks : The card everyone knows and loves with Norin. Basically steal everyone's creatures. Be smart and think carefully about this card though. It is very easy to misplay it.
• Impact Tremors: Norin deals one damage to everyone now
• Pandemonium : Norin deals 2 damage to something. (affects the whole board however. Use with caution)
• Warstorm Surge: Much safer, but more expensive, pandemonium.
• Purphoros, God of the Forge: 2 damage to everyone for each ETB. Yes please.
• Furnace of Rath: Everything deals double damage now! (affects everyone)
• Gratuitous Violence: Safer, more expensive, furnace of rath. (Note: These have different wording on them. Be careful.)

Other Stuff Show

Finally there are some cards in here that are useful but don't exactly fit in with the rest.

• Pyrohemia: Got extra red mana? Kill those infinite tokens!
• Paradox Engine: It is kind of busted.
• Sculpting Steel: Copy their Blightsteel Colossus that you stole from them to swing at two people. (I should really just put blightsteel colossus in the deck)
• Voltaic Key: Untap stuff
• Kiki-Jiki + Zealous Conscripts + Combat Celebrant: It wouldn't be mono red without them.
• Glorious End : New include from Amonkhet. For those times you have kiki/conscripts but the person before you wants to combo off. (currently playtesting. Will report back results.)
• Radiate: Ever wanted to Chaos Warp the whole board? Now you can!

And that's the decklist! Hopefully you can see now what everything does and how they interact. You will be dealing with a LOT of triggers so get ready to remember them all when you need to. I will give you an example of a generic turn that happens with this deck.

• Untap, upkeep, draw.
• Play a land
• Declare attackers: Norin the Wary. He triggers and exiles himself.
• End step: Norin comes back. Now everything triggers but you can order them since you control them.
• Equip Hero's Blade to Norin making him a 5/3.
• Warstorm Surge + Gratuitous Violence cause Norin to deal 10 damage to something or someone.
• Panharmonicon lets you do it again.
• Genesis Chamber Makes a myr token and it assigns damage twice thanks to panharmonicon.
• Genesis chamber makes another myr because of panharmonicon and it does damage again.

So as you can see it can get rather complicated especially if you have just a few enchantments out there that play nice with each other. It gets brutal and can especially lock down anyone who plays big creatures or planeswalkers.

Let me know what you think, and also how I did on this first write-up. I tried to get the formatting to work as best I could!

Thank you!

EDIT

Tried to make the deck more streamlined with some lower CMC stuff

OUT

Worn Powerstone

Umezawa's Jitte

Honor-worn Shaku

CrawlSpace

Cloudstone Curio

Chandra Ablaze

Dormant Volcano

Forgotten Cave

High Market

Mercadian Bazaar

Smoldering Crater

Bearer of the Heavens

HamletBack Goliath

Vicious Shadows

IN

Voltaic Key

Trinisphere

Ensnaring Bridge

Chrome Mox

Mox Diamond

Paradox Engine

Crucible of Worlds

Homeward Path

Wasteland

Shrine of the Forsake Gods

Radiate

Glorious End

Magus of the Moon

Combat Celebrant

Pyrohemia

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 2 Rares 20 - 4 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C
Folders	Bookmarks, EDH Wishlist, Norin upgrades