Flight of the Dwarves

Commander / EDH* Casual Crew Dwarf Midrange RW (Boros) Vehicle

C-4567

Creature (25)

• 1x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 1x Cryptothrall
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Axgard Cavalry
• 1x Blast-Furnace Hellkite
• 1x Dwarven Recruiter
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Stoic Farmer
• 1x Thopter Engineer
• 1x Veteran Motorist
• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Yes Man, Personal Securitron
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Gloin, Dwarf Emissary
• 1x Hofri Ghostforge
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• 1x Inspired Tinkering
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Season of the Bold
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Spiteful Repossession

Artifact (20)

• 1x Aerial Surveyor
• 1x Aethersphere Harvester
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cybership
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Heart of Kiran
• 1x Hoard Hauler
• 1x Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Reaver Titan
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thunderhawk Gunship
• 1x Unlicensed Hearse
• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x RMS Titanic
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

Instant (7)

• 1x Big Score
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Unexpected Windfall

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 10x Mountain
• 11x Plains
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Grotto
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Hidden Grotto
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Temple of Triumph

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Visions of Phyrexia

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Creature (7)

• 1x Canoptek Spyder
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Starnheim Courser
• 1x Ao, the Dawn Sky
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Insurrection

Instant (2)

• 2x Teferi's Protection

Artifact (3)

• 1x Aethersphere Harvester
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Smothering Tithe

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"She's the only commander to play Dwarf tribal with... I had no choice..." --Me, before Kaldheim

Current Price = $168.23 (3/31/24)

Deck Tech

Strategy:

Steadily develop a boardstate of hard-to-remove vehicles. You'll always look like the least threatening player, so quickly try to call someone out when they pop off and start swinging to "help the table"

Don't overextend your attacks because the Crew mechanic puts you at a disadvantage when blocking.

Win Condition:

It's hard to swallow, but with dwarves I promise you that you're weaker than everyone else. Let the other players soften each other up and use a combination of big, resilient board states and finisher cards to steal games out from under the durdlers.

Why Play This Deck?

Because when you DO win with dwarf vehicles you get to laugh at everyone with a shit-eating grin :)

The Greatest Pilot

Depala is by no means a complicated general, she's basically just an anthem effect, but keep the following in mind when using her triggered ability:

• Dwarf/Vehicle Density = 28/99 (not counting Depala herself), so you can expect slightly less than 1 out of 3 cards revealed by Depala to be added to your hand.

• This ratio gets smaller as you draw dwarves and vehicles out of your deck throughout the game, and decreases even faster the more you use Depala's ability.

• Basically, never depend on Depala as a "source" of card draw, just use her as an excess mana dump... So your reward for playing Dwarf Tribal is a basically-kind-of-shitty restock engine, but hey, this is Boros, take what you can get. (Sometimes it's even better to NOT pour mana into her if you're at a point in the game where a bigger board state isn't as important as drawing a finisher card that Depala would just shuffle to the bottom)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Astartes Warrior 2/2 W, Copy Clone, Cyberman, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Energy Reserve, Foretell, Insect 1/1 C w/ Flying, Powerstone, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Test Combat, Potential Deck Ideas, Dwarf Decks, Dwarf Decks