House of Fire

Commander / EDH Burn Group Slug Jank RG (Gruul) Theme/Gimmick

Futuremonk

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Ramunap Ruins
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip

Utility (10)

• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Gruul Charm
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Multiply Damage (7)

• 1x Quest for Pure Flame
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Angrath's Marauders

Non-Ping Removal (4)

• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd

Deathtouch (3)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Lace with Moonglove

Target Hexproof (3)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Shadowspear

Graveyard Hate (2)

• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper

Ping (29)

• 1x Ramunap Ruins
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Scattershot Archer
• 1x Spear Spewer
• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Fireslinger
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Sardian Avenger
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid
• 1x Breaking Point
• 1x Cunning Sparkmage
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
• 1x Lobber Crew
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Nettle Drone
• 1x Overabundance
• 1x Risk Factor
• 1x Vulshok Sorcerer
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Ping All (10)

• 1x Ramunap Ruins
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Spear Spewer
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid
• 1x Lobber Crew
• 1x Nettle Drone
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu

Trigger Ping (9)

• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Sardian Avenger
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Overabundance
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Board Wipe (4)

• 1x Gruul Charm
• 1x Breaking Point
• 1x Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
• 1x Calming Verse

Untap (4)

• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Awakening
• 1x Seedborn Muse

Trample (3)

• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip

Team Haste (2)

• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Commander (1)

Draw (19)

• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Lace with Moonglove
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Risk Factor
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Viridian Revel
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Endbringer

Ramp (10)

• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Radha, Heir to Keld
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Overabundance
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip

Ping Any (8)

• 1x Fireslinger
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Cunning Sparkmage
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
• 1x Vulshok Sorcerer
• 1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
• 1x Endbringer

Payoff (6)

• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame
• 1x Chandra's Spitfire
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x War Elemental
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator

Life Gain (3)

• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Shadowspear

Enrage (2)

• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

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Maybeboard

Ping (10)

• 1x Dizzying Gaze
• 1x Eidolon of the Great Revel
• 1x Heat of Battle
• 1x Pyrostatic Pillar
• 1x Tunnel Ignus
• 1x Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh  ^Flip
• 1x Spellshock
• 1x Leyline of Combustion
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Utility (5)

• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Neko-Te
• 1x Viashino Heretic
• 1x Upwelling
• 1x Green Dragon

Enrage (1)

• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons

Steal (1)

• 1x Scythe of the Wretched

Draw (2)

• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x Light Up the Stage

Multiply Damage (2)

• 1x Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1x Fiery Emancipation

Exile (1)

• 1x Sword of Kaldra

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We finally have a Gruul pinger commander: Klothys, God of Destiny, and this is my janky deck for her.

Pinger tribal! Pretty straightforward strategy: Live by the pinger, die by the pinger. Pew! Pew! Pew!

Actually, I've been looking at other pinger lists, and I think they tend to neglect a whole class of pingers: pingers that damage each opponent. It might seem small -- and the fact that they can't ping creatures may seem like a big drawback -- but these pingers are just as essential as the classic "any target" Tims.

Take Zhur-Taa Druid, aka Alice Cooper, for example. If you enchant him with Keen Sense or Snake Umbra, one ping draws you 3 cards in a 4-player game! And if you are able to untap him each turn (I have 4-ish ways in the deck), you can do 4 damage to each opponent each turn cycle. If he is also enchanted with Keen Sense or Snake Umbra, you can draw 12 cards!! Now, imagine that you also have a damage-doubler in play. That's 8 damage to each opponent!!! And this deck has 5-ish ways to double damage, plus Quest for Pure Flame, a single-use enchantment. This deck can do crazy amounts of damage out of nowhere just from its Alice Cooper pingers.

Also, Chandra's Incinerator is insanely good in this deck, turning all the "Ping All" effects into removal.

Trust me on this. I'm confident this deck can run away with games. Sure, there are fewer cute effects like stealing your opponents' creatures or bouncing them or single-target tapping and untapping. But for my money, the Alice Coopers are well worth the trade-off. At the very least, if you are looking to make a Tim deck, throw a few Alice Coopers in and see what you think. Or give this list a try: It's not-quite budget but still pretty cheap.

If you have any thoughts on my Alice Cooper thesis, let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading. Suggestions welcome!

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Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.99
Tokens	Dragon Spirit 5/4 RG
Folders	Cuul Gruul, BudgetEDH, Commander Ideas, Found, The List, Decks