I Will Survive | Varchild EDH

Commander / EDH Aggro Jank Mono-Red Tokens Voltron Weenie

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Artifact (31)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Slate of Ancestry
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Land (34)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 24x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Burn at the Stake
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Blood Mist
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x War's Toll

Commander (1)

Creature (10)

• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Fumiko the Lowblood
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
• 1x Varchild's War-Riders

Instant (5)

• 1x Blades of Velis Vel
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Downhill Charge
• 1x Fatal Frenzy
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

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Sideboard

Artifact (10)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Creature (5)

• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

Instant (1)

• 1x Blazing Shoal

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Descent of the Dragons
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Madcap Skills

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Your opponents will be afraid, they'll be petrified, when they see you with Varchild at your side!

Varchild, the Politician . Give your opponents gifts, but dictate how they use them less you take them back. Watch as your opponents destroy eachother, leaving you the lone survivor.

Key Interactions: Give opponents tokens. Then either steal the tokens to get value or blow everyone up with Repercussion .

Give them tokens: Varchild herself, Tempt with Vengeance (probably never but hey, I can offer), Mogg Infestation , Varchild's War-Riders , Goblin Spymaster , Akroan Horse , Forbidden Orchard . One can get very political with this. Help out the weakest player in exchange for them helping you take down the strongest.

Make them attack(preferably someone else): War's Toll , Curse of Opulence , Disrupt Decorum , Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs , Grenzo, Havoc Raiser , Coat of Arms , Crawlspace . Triple threat of buffing the tokens, forcing them to attack, and protecting myself from the attacks.

Make them pay for your gift: My main win-con of the deck, Repercussion . Give each opponent a bunch of tokens(only fair), then drop a late-game Repercussion followed by a Chain Reaction or Blasphemous Act , killing everyone but you.

Gamble is basically just here to get Repercussion .

Steal the Survivors(sack Varchild): Goblin Bombardment , Ashnod's Altar , Dark-Dweller Oracle , Fatal Frenzy . Using these to get your tokens back at instant speed in nice. Also, once Varchild is gone, the Survivors can block, setting you up for some surprise blowout combats.

Get more tokens: Tempt with Vengeance , Valduk, Keeper of the Flame , Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs , Akroan Horse , and Trading Post . Some extra tokens to get value off of if Varchild isn't working.

Use my Survivors/Tokens: Trading Post , Slate of Ancestry , Skullclamp , Coat of Arms , Ashnod's Altar , Dark-Dweller Oracle , Grenzo, Havoc Raiser , Burn at the Stake (one-shot a fool), Descent of the Dragons & Mogg Infestation (moar tokens!), Goblin Bombardment , Outpost Siege (choosing dragons). Draw cards! Deal damage! Make more tokens! Attack! Go crazy!

Lieutenants: Valduk, Keeper of the Flame - meant to slide into the voltron theme and make tokens. Neheb, the Eternal - My favorite mono-red creature and a EDH staple, with some damage he will get me all the mana I'll ever need. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser - great for some early card advantage, exile-mill, or forcing attacks.

Other ways to win:

Give all opponents Survivors, buff them with Coat of Arms , then cast any goad effect like Disrupt Decorum . Watch most of your opponents die. Then Steal what's left by sacking Varchild and kill the surviving player.

Steal all of the Survivors by sacking Varchild, then drop Coat of Arms and swing out.

Steal all the Survivors again, but this time have Mass Hysteria out and make them all hasty dragons with Descent of the Dragons . Swing out.

Other cards and interactions I want to mention:

There is a voltron/equipment sub-theme to make Varchild bigger. Be aware of potential voltron kills, as opponents may let you hit them to get tokens, then later you can make a beefy Varchild unblockable and kill them. I've tried to pick equipment that comes down before Varchild and can equip the turn after I play her, like Blackblade Reforged . Or 4 drops that beef her, like Blood Mist .

Humble Defector + Homeward Path . My favorite red card draw combined with Path gets me a ton of cards.

Neheb, the Eternal + Aggravated Assault = infinite combat steps.

Trading Post is an amazingly versatile card that does many things at an okay price. I can create goat tokens which I can then use for blockers or sack fodder for mana or cards. I can sack my survivors to recur artifacts I've lost. I can ditch useless artifacts for more cards. Price is kinda high for some things but it can help me out in a lot of situations, behind or ahead.

Coat of Arms makes all of the survivor tokens BIG. It also incentives my opponents to B) take damage form Varchild and B) attack other players. Then I can sack Varchild to get them all and kill a table.

Slate of Ancestry will draw me a ton of cards. So will Skullclamp with some mana.

This ended up being pretty budget. I'm gonna try to keep it that way. All suggestions and comments welcome though!

Thanks for looking! Please upvote if you like the deck!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 44 - 13 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 9 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Gold, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 2/2 C, Survivor 1/1 R, Treasure
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