$20 Budget Challenge Cat Commander Damage

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Budget Deathtouch Partner Unblockable Voltron

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Land (38)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 14x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Removal (8)

• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Bane of the Living
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Necromantic Selection

Break Through (7)

• 1x Sneaking Guide
• 1x Break Through the Line
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Mob Rule

Giant Growth (5)

• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Unleash Fury
• 1x Screaming Fury
• 1x Scorchwalker
• 1x Wrecking Ogre

Card Advantage (11)

• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Ramp (11)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Mana Geyser

Fire Breath (5)

• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Stonewright
• 1x Demonspine Whip
• 1x Fiery Mantle
• 1x Ghitu Firebreathing

Protection (4)

• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Gift of Doom

Commanders (2)

Fire (5)

• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Obosh, the Preypiercer
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Rage Reflection

Bodies (4)

• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Hanweir Lancer
• 1x Ogre Slumlord

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sarkhan the Masterless

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This deck was a $20 budget challenge among my friend group. After some play-testing, this is the deck I am happy with.

Originally I focused on the burn and kill aspect of Jeska, Thrice Reborn. Exactly one minute after finalizing my list for the challenge, I see Crazy Cat Lady | Jeska + Falthis EDH on the front page. I took one look and saw some ideas that were too good to pass up on, so I redid my list again.

My favorite cards from this list were Scorchwalker, Wrecking Ogre, and Sarkhan the Masterless. I had to make room for them, so I cut all my sacrifice outlets and death-trigger payoffs.

This is still very much my own deck, however. I put more focus on the unblockable components such as Key to the City, Break Through the Line, and Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner.

Mob Rule is my go-to finisher in red. You can easily take out the table with this one spell. If Falthis is out, all your friends' Commanders that you steal will each gain deathtouch and menace. This was one outlet I considered but decided against later on.

Because I have such a tight budget, I chose to spend my monetary resources in the cool spells rather than efficient ramp, which is why we run Explorer's Scope and Impulsive Pilferer. The pilferer isn't so bad though, as he provides a body to protect Jeska with and we can choose to kill him if we need the treasure.

The key piece in this deck is Shred Memory. Just look at how much value it can dig up out of this deck!

Need to remove a creature? enchantment? Transmute for Feed the Swarm.

Need to remove an artifact? Transmute Rakdos Charm.

Need to grab a buff spell? Transmute for Ghitu Firebreathing.

Need a ONE-SIDED BOARD WIPE? We got Mizzium Mortars in there too.

I had a lot of fun building and playtesting this deck. This is my first time playing with red as a primary color and it made me fall in love. I hope you can find joy in building a new type of deck for yourself.

Thanks for clicking. If you like this one please remember to vote for Suns_Champion's deck, from which I took a few key cards.

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Crazy Cat Lady | Jeska + Falthis EDH

Commander / EDH* Suns_Champion

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Treasure
Based on	BFF Falthis Jeska $20 Budget Challenge beets EDH