Get Dong'd

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Red Multiplayer Primer Theme/Gimmick

Como

Creature (19)

• 1x Crimson Kobolds
• 1x Crookshank Kobolds
• 1x Kobolds of Kher Keep
• 1x Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
• 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Razorkin Needlehead
• 1x Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Priest of Urabrask
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Ulamog, the Defiler

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 21x Mountain
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Instant (16)

• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x March of Reckless Joy
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Abrade
• 1x Demand Answers
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Wild Magic Surge
• 1x Zoyowa's Justice
• 1x Chaos Warp *f-etch*
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Pyrokinesis

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Crash Through
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Overmaster
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Warlord's Fury
• 1x Winds of Change
• 1x Highway Robbery
• 1x Molten Duplication
• 1x Reckless Handling
• 1x Twinflame
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Blasphemous Act

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top *list*
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Memory Jar

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Artist's Talent
• 1x Powerbalance
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Blood Moon

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A mono-red control deck that uses the opponent's creatures against them or win with different combos.

Combos

Cloudstone Curio

Birgi, God of Storytelling

Basic
Cloudstone Curio in play, Birgi, God of Storytelling   in play, and 2 of any of these cards: Kobolds of Kher Keep, Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, Crimson Kobolds, and Crookshank Kobolds.
Advanced
With any of the 2 creatures, cast one of them, Birgi, God of Storytelling   would trigger for you to gain a {R}.
Cast the other of the 2 creatures and Birgi, God of Storytelling   would trigger again. Cloudstone Curio would trigger when the other creature ETB's and target the other of the 2 creatures. Rinse and repeat until you have enough mana to win the game.

Runaway Steam-kin

Basic
Cloudstone Curio in play, Runaway Steam-Kin in play, and 2 of any of these cards: Kobolds of Kher Keep, Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, Crimson Kobolds, and Crookshank Kobolds.
Advanced
With any of the 2 creatures, cast one of them, Runaway Steam-Kin would trigger for you to gain a +1/+1 counter.
Cast the other of the 2 creatures and Runaway Steam-Kin would trigger again. Cloudstone Curio would trigger when the other creature ETB's and target the other of the 2 creatures. When Runaway Steam-Kin has 3 +1/+1 counters, remove them for {R}{R}{R}. Rinse and repeat until you have enough mana to win the game.

Dualcaster Mage

Molten Duplication

Basic
A creature in play and Molten Duplication and Dualcaster Mage in hand.
Advanced
With any creature that can be targeted on the field, cast Molten Duplication. Target that creature, holding priority. Cast Dualcaster Mage; it's effect would trigger and it would target the Molten Duplication that is still on the stack and target the Dualcaster Mage. Rinse and repeat until you have enough to win the game.

Twinflame

Basic
A creature you control in play and Twinflame and Dualcaster Mage in hand.
Advanced
With any creature that can be targeted on your field, cast Twinflame. Target the creature you control, holding priority. Cast Dualcaster Mage; it's effect would trigger and it would target Twinflame on the stack. When the effect resolves, make the copy target the Dualcaster Mage. Rinse and Repeat until you have enough to win the game.

Abusing Dong Zhou

To abuse Dong Zhou, the Tyrant, you would need to have a way to keep on recasting him. This is where the Cloudstone Curio combos come into play. With all of the ways to get the pieces into play, it would make the game plan of bouncing him back into hand easier.

Why are you running...?

Karn, the Great Creator: It's a great card and can help me stall out the game. It can also help me get back my artifact combo pieces from exile.
Rite of Flame: It helps me get into a ritual chain and it can help me push myself into that extra mana that I need.

Why aren't you running...?

Blightsteel Colossus: It can get and will get cloggy whenever I would draw it, especially with how high the CMC is. I have thought about using it, but have not gotten the time to test it out.

Things to Note while Playing Dong Zhou

There are a couple to a few keywords that work with Dong Zhou's ability. One of the keywords is beneficial to Dong Zhou while the others are either neutral or negative to Dong Zhou.
The beneficial keyword to Dong Zhou is Infect. Infect does not care about whether it is combat damage or effect damage, so you can make your opponent's infect creature hit themselves and it would give them poison damage.
One of the negative keywords for Dong Zhou is Lifelink. Like Infect, Lifelink does not care about if it is combat damage or effect damage. So, unless you have Tibalt, Rakish Instigator or something similar, the opponent would just gain the damage back.

Q&A

Why Dong Zhou?

Made this deck as a funny and stupid idea, but friends got me him for my birthday present.

Should I build Dong Zhou?

For your sanity, don't... Just don't... Otherwise, sure. He's a fun commander deck.

What are you doing with this deck?

Trying to punch your opponent with their own things. Tibalt, Rakish Instigator helps with them not gaining life with lifelink.

How do you find cards that work with the deck?

It takes hours of innovation and looking through the card database. After finding cards that would help the deck, it takes hours of matches to see if it is a good fit for the deck.

Top Ranked	Achieved #40 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #29 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Red 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 week
Exclude colors	WUBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.24
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Plot, Treasure
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