The Red Army Rises

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Goblins Mono-Red Multiplayer

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Creature (20)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Goblin Chieftain
• 1x Goblin Instigator
• 1x Goblin King
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Krark, the Thumbless
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Legion Loyalist
• 1x Moggcatcher
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rakka Mar
• 1x Rapacious One
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Tilonalli's Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Land (35)

• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 28x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Instant (16)

• 1x Accelerate
• 1x Aleatory
• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Blazing Shoal
• 1x Brightstone Ritual
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Enrage
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Invigorated Rampage
• 1x Otherworldly Outburst
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Stun
• 1x Titan's Strength

Artifact (9)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Elemental Mastery
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Assault Strobe
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Goblin War Party
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Hordeling Outburst
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Renegade Tactics
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Twinflame
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

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☭This deck is so explosive, you should call it the Commie-kaze!☭

Comrades! Grab your pitchforks, sickles, and hammers and join Zada in the Red Revolution, while she grinds the opposition into dust!

This deck is a deck for the working class! Zada's redistribution of spell effects puts the power into the hands of the working class.

Zada embraces that Marxist glory of spreading around the riches to her whole army. One spell for Zada means one spell for everyone!

Playstyle

Basically, the aim is to get Zada out early, swarm the board with your red menace, and start pumping out your propaganda (e.g. cheap red instants, sorceries, and cantrips).

This deck tries to amass as many small goblins as possible to unite the proletariat, then buff them through anthems, and spread the message of anger using the general's ability. To enhance the communist theme, many effects are used which enhance the power of the army as a whole ( Shared Animosity, Goblin Chieftain, etc.)

Purphoros is a nice new addition. Who better as the God of Communism than the dude with a big red hammer dishing out hate beside a swarm of goblins? He serves as a wincon with incremental token generation, or all at once when paired with Mogg Infestation/ Descent of the Dragons/ Krenko.

Drawbacks/ Workarounds

Firstly, this deck sucks hard against cheap board wipes. A poorly timed wipe (for you) will spell certain doom. Try not to overextend, and keep a token generator in your hand in case something goes wrong. Luckily, you should usually have a big strong grip of cards courtesy of your cantrips, AKA from robbing the bourgeoisie. Otherworldly Outburst is great when Zada is out as an Instant speed reaction to a wipe.

Secondly, This deck is very linear, and therefore predictable. That makes it easy to play right into drawback number one. Since this deck isn't so strong in the late game (revolutions can lose some steam), the best bet is to just put a faster clock on the game. Some combos are in the deck that keep enemies on their toes (Like Dualcaster + Twinflame/Heat Shimmer)

Thirdly, one has to be aware of a few rules interactions. Namely, Zada's ability does not count as casting. So anything with Storm, Young Pyro, Guttersnipe, etc do not count the extra copies. Also important, even if the spell targeting Zada gets countered, you still get copies for your other creatures. Chaos Warp has an interesting reaction: You get many copies of the spell, but once you reveal a non-permanent you have to leave it on top of the library and all subsequent copies see that card and no longer put peranents on the board. Boo.

Fun Stuff

-Spawning Breath x10 into an Enrage/Balduvian Rage
-Strionic Resonator + Zada
-Running 10 cantrips in a red deck. Suck it Blue!
-Cantrip on Isochron Scepter
-Nuking the opposition with Purphoros
-Pitching Blasphemous Act to Blazing Shoal
-Punish the ologarchy's manabase with Price of Progress (Can you say Isochron Scepter?)
-Stacking Shared Animosity triggers with multiple combats
-Fiery Gambit coin flip bonanza
-Dualcaster + Twinflame + any other (Non-Zada) creature

Recent Changes

Still Not Budget Enough?

Cut Shared Animosity, Past in Flames, Isochron Scepter, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, Kiki-Jiki, Loyalist, and replace these with some more fun red instants and cheap goblins. Boom, saved like $40. Viva la Revolution!

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.51
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Elemental 3/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Ogre 3/3 R
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