Purphoros Burn

Commander / EDH* DukeofLizards

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Carson189 says... #1

Token production: Goblin Assault Goblin Offensive and if you can build a decent storm count Empty the Warrens

Mana: Caged Sun or Gauntlet of Power

October 1, 2013 2:26 p.m.

alternate win condition: Hellkite Tyrant + Mycosynth Lattice like a boss

October 4, 2013 2:10 p.m.

Dreffan says... #3

Myr Battlesphere Seems like its good with Purphoros out, 7 mana deal 10 to each opponent.

October 8, 2013 2:21 p.m.

carpecanum says... #4

Thopter Assembly is nice for token creation. Cloudstone Curio or Umbilicus lets you recast all your ETB effects for double tokens.

October 9, 2013 2:55 p.m.

BFG says... #5

Man this deck is sweet and Purphoros is insane. This could be a pretty sweet build in the making!

October 14, 2013 11:49 a.m.

dominicd says... #6

Hey I recommend Grinning Ignus . Once he is out, you pay 1 to bounce and cast again, dealing 2 to each opponent for just 1. You can repeat for as many red as you've got.

Also Hostility is insane in this deck. I would put a couple more boardwipes in to help him (like Molten Disaster , Earthquake , Fault Line , Inferno etc).

This deck looks lots of fun. +1

October 23, 2013 11:37 a.m.

thrownpigs says... #7

Epochrasite would provide you with recurring damage. Plus he's rather difficult to remove forever, which is always nice in commander. Myr Battlesphere pumps out a large number of tokens. Pentavus is just hilarious. Tetravus is similiar. Triskelavus is more like Pentavus. Dragonmaster Outcast can be insane in any EDH deck, if he sticks around, though he can be expensive. Emrakul's Hatcher pumps out quite a few tokens, and if you sacrifice them, they can essentially make him a 3/3 for 2 cmc. Genesis Chamber does help your opponent somewhat, but it also gives you a ton more creatures. Mogg Infestation , since your commander is indestructible, and it can be used against opponents. Monkey Cage is pretty funny, though sometimes luck based. Nuisance Engine provides tons of chump blockers. Precursor Golem is nice, usually. Skittering Invasion . Springjack Pasture .

November 1, 2013 2:36 p.m.

riddler89 says... #8

A nice combo would be Grinning Ignus and Brighthearth Banneret . Gives you infinite bounces causing infinite damage.

November 13, 2013 1:18 p.m.

dominicd says... #9

riddler89: You can't go infinite with Grinning Ignus and Brighthearth Banneret . You need colored mana to bounce the ignus.

November 15, 2013 11:33 a.m.

Dekordius says... #10

Isn't Hostility + Purphoros, God of the Forge an infinite combo that ends the game in a draw? Or am I misunderstanding something here?

December 5, 2013 1:22 p.m.

dominicd says... #11

Dekord, Purphoros's ETB trigger doesn't trigger Hostility . Hostility specifically says "spells"

December 5, 2013 2:07 p.m.

Dekordius says... #12

Alright, thanks. Nice deck, added Purphoros to my own EDH deck after taking a look at this. +1.

December 5, 2013 2:52 p.m.

Lhurgyof says... #13

Marton Stromgald is a BEAST in token decks.

December 12, 2013 11:49 a.m.

Magiclover318 says... #14

I just built a token purphoros edh deck, purphoros isn't my commander but it works well still I think.

Check it out below :) it's my first commander deck

Krenko came out to play!

December 13, 2013 11:23 a.m.

Prevailed says... #15

Mana Echoes + Umbral Mantle + Krenko, Mob Boss (not needed but this can add instant kill also) + Blasting Station

Can all be used to make Infinite Goblins and infinite colorless mana/ Instant kill(if you have 3 or more goblins out at the moment)

January 3, 2014 1:07 p.m.

carpecanum says... #16

Tempt with Vengeance is going into every deck I have Purphoros in now.

January 3, 2014 1:23 p.m.

DukeofLizards says... #17

Once I can get my hands on a Tempt with Vengeance I plan on putting it in.

January 3, 2014 3:39 p.m.

dominicd says... #18

Hey, I just thought of something interesting with War Elemental . I don't know if it warrants a slot, but it's neat anyway.

Casting War Elemental with Purphoros in play, you can stack the ETB effects so that Purphoros burns your opponents before the sac effect checks on War Elemental. Furthermore, War Elemental's own trigger gives it 2 +1/+1 counters for each of your opponents (6 counters in a 4 player game).

So yeah, a 7/7 for 3 which just keeps getting bigger (a LOT bigger) and gets your devotion to 4. I don't know, could be good.

January 9, 2014 1:04 a.m.

dominicd says... #19

And, dude, cut Mindsparker and put in Grinning Ignus . Grinning. Ignus.

January 9, 2014 1:11 a.m.

DukeofLizards says... #20

I never considered that combo with War Elemental . I must put that in this deck, you are right.

I actually replaced Mindsparker with Grinning Ignus yesterday, just failed to update it here.

January 9, 2014 3:37 p.m.

dominicd says... #21

I really want to build this deck. This looks so fun.

January 9, 2014 3:45 p.m.

DukeofLizards says... #22

Bare this in mind though, Purphoros and tokens paints a pretty big target on your head.

January 9, 2014 5:22 p.m.

dominicd says... #23

I feel like if you drop enough chumps (woo Goblin Rally ) and keep wrathing (Inferno , Earthquake , Molten Disaster , Fault Line ...), then Purphoros is going to do most of the work for you.

Yeah, I agree that Blood Moon or Citadel of Pain or Mana Barbs or Furnace of Rath are probably dick moves that are going to attract too much attention.

What is cool about this, as far as EDH decks go, is that your main plan is multiplayer burn, but you are resilient to disruption and have a few different ways of playing if plan A doesn't work out. This is just a fun, cheap, awesome deck.

By the way, if you are intent on playing this Pyretic Ritual , Seething Song , Desperate Ritual type stuff, why not Geosurge ? Personally, I think mana stones are just better, but if you're playing for speed...

January 9, 2014 5:47 p.m.

dominicd says... #24

Okay, you've got me pumped about this deck, so I did a little research. Here are some adds that I think are pretty good:

Tooth and Claw : This plays two roles. (1) Say you have 8 goblins and somebody plays Wrath of God . In response you sac to Tooth and Claw, get 4 Carnivores, sac those to Tooth and Claw, get 2 Carnivores, sac again. So, if somebody wraths you do 14 damage to everybody. (2) For cards like Feral Lightning , Firecat Blitz , Thatcher Revolt , those tokens are dying anyway, so sac them to Tooth and Claw and get another ETB and a token that sticks.

Spawning Pit : This does sort of what Tooth and Claw does, except you can wait until after the Wrath resolves (or until you untap, or whenever you want) to put your tokens on the board.

Thopter Assembly : Ow, that burns.

Mogg Infestation : Remember, Purphoros is indestructible. This card is a finisher.

Skittering Invasion : Do 10 damage to everybody and then put 5 colorless back in your mana pool.

January 9, 2014 7:08 p.m.

MagicBlake says... #25

DukeofLizards,

I am super curious whats with the random dragons mixed in? Not criticizing, they just seem out of place when you look at the deck as a whole.

February 22, 2014 6:55 p.m.

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