The Brion Stoutarm Paradox?

Commander / EDH*

HansonWK

Artifact (24)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Oracle's Vault
• 1x Otherworld Atlas
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Recoup
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Creature (20)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Anger
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Mad Prophet
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Squee, the Immortal
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (8)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Commander (1)

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 8x Mountain
• 10x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Enduring Renewal
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

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Why? Why the hell have you turned Brion into a combo deck.

Well I once made the brash statement that Paradox Engine was one of the best P1P1 picks in my commander cube, my POWERED commander cube. Now I'm not saying its better than power, or the psuedo power of Sol Ring, mana Crypt, Library, or Time Vault. I do, however, think it is better than most of the cards on the commander ban list. When asked to explain, I said it literally doesnt matter what commander you pick, you can make a busted combo deck. I was exagerating of course, there are some commanders you wouldn't want to use, but there are enough in the cube that you would never be in that position. But I had already said it.

...and so I was set a challenge. Build paradox engine deck in every colour, that actually uses the commander. No generic combo in that commanders color, their had to be a reason to play... well in this case Brion Stoutarm.

So this is it. My Brion Stoutarm Paradox combo deck. I kinda don't want to ruin the fun of playing this deck and realizing you can just go off by explaining all the combos, so I'll just go over a few.

The obvious ones are Kiki combos. Just draw and loot through your deck to find kiki + combo piece and try and resolve them, or sneak them out, or reanimate them, or whatever. Infinite dudes, swing, win. Easy infinite. There's Sun Titan and Angelic Renweal and a repeatable sac outlet. Or Karmic Guide + Reveilark.

But what do they have to do with Brion? Well Brion is a sac outlet that untaps with Paradox Engine. How do we abuse that? There's Grinning Ignus and Batterskull that combo with Paradox Engine and mana rocks. Grining Ingus needs another combo piece, but with Batterskull, you sac the token, return the batterskull, cast and untap, repeat. There's creatures that cast spells (Goblin Darkdwellers, Dualcaster Mage, Direfleet Daredevil) that can be sac'd and brought back with Valkyrie/Deathmantle. Even outside of a full infinite combo you can often deal enough damage with those. There's card draw with Otherworld Atlas and Oracles Vault to find your combos. If you have Paradox Engine out, you'll find a way to combo out eventually. The hard part is finding and resolving Paradox Engine.

The most important thing to remember is that the deck is... terrible. Like really really bad. But also hilarious, and fun, and it just wins some times. You do nothing for a while, loot and draw a bit then WHABAM combo city.

Try it out, give some feedback, help me repalce the terrible cards (all the white and red ones) for good cards (probably blue cards).

Date added	12 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.07
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Brion Brouillon