The Crimson Demon

Commander / EDH Burn Casual Combo Mono-Red

LordLoli

Draw (17)

• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Conspiracy Theorist
• 1x Deal Broker
• 1x Dismissive Pyromancer
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fervent Mastery
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Ox of Agonas
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Unexpected Windfall
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Haste (9)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Ashling's Prerogative
• 1x Bloodlust Inciter
• 1x Bloodsworn Steward
• 1x Goblin Motivator
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lightning Mauler
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Support (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Fanatic of Mogis
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip
• 1x War Elemental

Ramp (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Glittering Stockpile
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (33)

• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Kher Keep
• 24x Mountain
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x War Room
• 1x Witch's Clinic

Lifelink (4)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Batterbone
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer

Commander (1)

Detonation (14)

• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Desperate Gambit
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Fortune Thief
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Impact Resonance
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Overblaze
• 1x Pariah's Shield
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame

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EXPLOSION!!!

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Use Draw/Discard cards to dig through cards until we find a source of haste like Lightning Greaves, enough ramp to cast our combo (Treasonous Ogre being the most extreme), and then unload our combo. Some are easier to pull of than others. For example Dictate of the Twin Gods can be flashed in on the last opponents end step, letting us cast our Heartless Hidetsugu with minimal time for it to be cleared off the board by boring folks who don't want the game to end.

For anyone who doesn't know already, Heartless Hidetsugu detonating with an effect that doubles its damage results in anyone at an even life total dying, and anyone at an odd life total going to 1 life. Because half of an even number, rounded down, then multipied by two, is the original number; half of an odd number, rounded down, multiplied by two, is the original number minus 1.

Lifelink cards will provide a sizable life total with a successful detonation, but will imediately draw everyone's attention (if they're not already focusing you just based on your potential to nuke at any time). It can be best to hide them until you have a plan to resolve the detonation. Especially Basilisk Collar, since it only costs 1 colorless to cast. Something like Batterskull is more likely to be cast at earliest convenience.

Lifelink cards mean that even if we detonate our own life total out of existence, we don't lose the game. A lifelink-double damage detonation resolving is incredibly rare, though it is almost a guaranteed win, with the complete absorbtion of every other players life total.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.26
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Kobold 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Treasure
Folders	EDH, interesting