Starke, The Man with a Knife

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

Wipey

Removal (15)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Capricious Efreet
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Dead / Gone
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Lava Burst
• 1x Ravaging Blaze
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Smash
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Volcanic Geyser

TargetsForStarke (10)

• 1x Creepy Doll
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Darksteel Gargoyle
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Darksteel Pendant
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Manor Gargoyle
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Stuffy Doll

Ramp (8)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

TakeYourDude (14)

• 1x Act of Aggression
• 1x Besmirch
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Harness by Force
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Scrambleverse
• 1x Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Word of Seizing
• 1x Wrangle
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (28)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cave of Temptation
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Detection Tower
• 13x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Painted Bluffs
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 5x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unstable Frontier

Defense (3)

• 1x AEther Membrane
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kher Keep

Commander (1)

AssistingStarke (12)

• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Brand
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Jandor's Saddlebags
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Puppet Strings
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

SacYourDude (9)

• 1x Culling Dais
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x High Market
• 1x Makeshift Munitions
• 1x Phyrexian Vault
• 1x Scorched Rusalka
• 1x Thermopod
• 1x Trading Post

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This is a Mono Red diplomacy deck based around threatening to stab any creature that tries to hurt you. If you have a way to untap Starke, you're able to target one of our own indestructible artifacts first, and then their artifact or creature, allowing Starke to still end up under your control in the end. Cards like Bazaar Trader and Illusionist's Bracers work to the same effect, and Homeward Path is ridiculous.

After that, there are a lot of Act of Treason effects, allowing you to use starke, let them gain control of him, and then simply take him back. Since there are so many of these effects, there are multiple sac outlets allowing you to also take their creature, swing with it, and then sacrifice it. After that, there are a few unique creatures, and some basic removal.

Not the most competitive deck, but it's lots of fun, and works far better than I expected it to :)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goat 0/1 W, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Ogre 3/3 R
Folders	Commander