Imagine Dragons | Budget Rosnakht [PRIMER]

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Creature Cheat Dragons Haste Mono-Red Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick Tokens

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Instant (22)

• 1x Accelerate
• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Barge In
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Blazing Crescendo
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Coming In Hot
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Divergent Transformations
• 1x Dreadmaw's Ire
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Fists of Flame
• 1x Infuriate
• 1x Kindled Heroism
• 1x Might of the Meek
• 1x Panic
• 1x Samut's Sprint
• 1x Storm Strike
• 1x Stun
• 1x Surge of Zeal
• 1x Titan's Strength
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Land (35)

• 1x Arena of Glory
• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Kher Keep
• 31x Mountain

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Ancestral Anger
• 1x Chaotic Transformation
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Infernal Plunge
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mishra's Command
• 1x Playful Shove
• 1x Reality Scramble
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Renegade Tactics
• 1x Rile
• 1x Spark of Creativity
• 1x Transmogrify
• 1x Witch's Mark

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Demonic Ruckus
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Emblem of the Warmind
• 1x Epiphany Storm
• 1x Mark of Fury
• 1x Rune of Speed
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Wild Wasteland

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Blast-Furnace Hellkite
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Fireflux Squad
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Artifact (3)

• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

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Enchantment (1)

• 1x Crown of Flames

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Intro

The Kobolds of Kher Keep worship the great dragon Prossh as if he were a god. They believe that their destiny is to pillage, burn, and spread terror to be reborn as a dragon.

Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh is a lean, mean, red machine that swarms the battlefield with Kobolds in this low mana cost Heroic deck. Then Transmogrify spells transform Kobolds into dragons to finish off opponents at turbo speed!

• 35 Heroic spells
• 29 Scry/Draw spells
• 7 Transmogrify spells
• 12 dragons attacking out of nowhere
• Budget: $100

How to Play

1. Play Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh on turn 1!
2. Target Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh with cheap spells like Reckless Charge to create Kobolds.
3. Attack!
4. Transmogrify Kobold tokens and cheat massive dragons into play.

How to Win

1. Combat damage.
2. Direct damage as from Dragon Tempest, Terror of the Peaks and Drakuseth, Maw of Flames.

Strengths

• Speed. Low cost spells make Kobolds quickly and finisher dragons are cheated into play faster than their mana cost.
• Rarity. This is an uncommon deck. It resembles goblin tribal but won't attract focus like Krenko and the dragons are harder to stop.
• Resilience. {R} as the commander cost allows us to skip protection spells and just recast Rosnakht when she dies.

Weaknesses

• Interactivity. This deck wants to start a board imbalance on turn 1 and commits nearly the entire deck to acting like a laser cannon of Heroic effects leaving little room for removal or other utility.
• Removal. Persistent removal and board wipes will slow the deck down. It is fast enough to rebuild multiple times but too many speed bumps can be a challenge. Pace yourself. Don't dump your hand onto the battlefield. 2 kobolds is enough to put sustained pressure on the control player.

Why play this deck

• You like having 2 dragons on the battlefield by turn 4 or 10+ dragons by turn 10.
• You enjoy transforming humble Kobolds into fierce dragons.
• You want to play an uncommon deck that is fun and has serious winning chances.

Why not play this deck

• You prefer playing creatures in traditional go-wide aggro tribal or you like all-in voltron (such as Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh).
• You don't want to play your commander in every game.
• You want ramp or card advantage in the command zone.
• You dislike tokens.

Max out the competitive meter

• Fast mana rocks like Chrome Mox, Mox Amber, etc.
• Swap dragons for more oppressive targets like Blightsteel Colossus, Magmatic Force, and Eldrazi.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Creature Cheat 3 months ago
Date added	3 months
Last updated	4 days
Exclude colors	WUBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 30 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Plot, The Monarch, Treasure, Wicked
Folders	Future Brew, Cool idee, !Commander Decks, Decks