In Flames - A Sense of Purphoros

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Control Flash Haste Mono-Red Red Deck Wins Stompy

CaptainToll

Creature (29)

• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bloodfire Colossus
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Ruin Grinder
• 1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Triplicate Titan
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Zodiac Dragon

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Kazuul's Cliffs  ^Flip
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 25x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass  ^Flip
• 1x Song-Mad Ruins  ^Flip
• 1x War Room

Instant (10)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Bolt Bend
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Fires of Invention
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Vessel of Volatility

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Glimpse the Impossible
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mana Geyser

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Koth of the Hammer

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Glimpse the Impossible
• 1x Sundering Eruption  ^Flip

Creature (1)

• 1x Pinnacle Monk  ^Flip

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You want to play a battlecruiser deck? A control deck? An interactive instant speed deck? A full a fatties deck? All of the above mentioned at the same time and this in a MONORED shell? Well have I got a Deck for you!

What does this Deck do?

The Deck operates on two phases. - Phase 1: get out Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded asap. Once our CMDR is online - Phase 2 has started: abuse the instant speed of Purphoros, Bronze-Bloodeds ability to either use our interactive spells/ETBs, if needed, or to setup devastating strikes in the endstep before our next turn. Since the sacrifice trigger of the ability happens at the BEGINNING of the next endstep, any creature that gets hurled by Purphoros during the endstep before our next turn will stay on the board long enough for us to attack at least once with it, if not interacted with.

Flexibility

Sometimes we get enough mana to actually cast our big bois and at those times you should not be afraid to cast them, if the table allows for it. If you have the feeling boardinteraction or countermagic is waiting for you, it might be best to wait for the right opportunity (the control player tapping out or having your own counterinteraction at hand) to drop the bois.

Card Breakdown

Speed Up

For getting to Phase 2 we want Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded out on turn 3 or 4 and to get him out that fast we have several ramp options, some usually not even considered good, but here they serve the sole purpose to curve out on said turns.

• Ancient Tomb
• Arcane Signet
• Cursed Mirror
• Dockside Extortionist
• Everflowing Chalice
• Fellwar Stone
• Jeska's Will
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Geyser
• Mind Stone
• Ruby Medallion
• Seething Song
• Sol Ring
• Thought Vessel
• Vessel of Volatility

Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Koth of the Hammer are ramp, but they do usually not help to get big P faster, therefore I do not specifically count them as such.

Interaction

• Abrade
• Bolt Bend
• Chaos Wand
• Chaos Warp
• Deflecting Swat
• Dire Fleet Daredevil
• Dualcaster Mage
• Duplicant
• Mindclaw Shaman
• Reverberate
• Shatterskull Smashing  
• Tibalt's Trickery
• Wild Ricochet

Boardwipes/Controlelements

• Balefire Dragon
• Blast Zone
• Bloodfire Colossus
• Blood Moon
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• Dire Fleet Daredevil
• Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• Dualcaster Mage
• Inferno Titan
• Magus of the Moon
• Mindclaw Shaman
• Lavabrink Floodgates
• Pyrohemia
• Reverberate
• Ryusei, the Falling Star
• Starstorm
• Steel Hellkite
• Wild Ricochet

Pain Train

• Ancient Stone Idol
• Balefire Dragon
• Cavalier of Flame
• Combustible Gearhulk
• Cursed Mirror
• Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• Etali, Primal Storm
• Fiery Emancipation
• Hellkite Tyrant
• Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• Inferno Titan
• Neheb, the Eternal
• Pyrohemia
• Ruin Grinder
• Terror of the Peaks
• Triplicate Titan
• Wurmcoil Engine

• Zodiac Dragon

Refuel

Cavalier of Flame

Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Dragon Mage

Endless Atlas

Feldon of the Third Path

Goblin Welder

Humble Defector

Jeska's Will

Knollspine Dragon

Mimic Vat

Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Ruin Grinder

Sandstone Oracle

Underworld Breach

Valakut Awakening  

Zodiac Dragon

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.09
Tokens	Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Koth of the Hammer, Golem 3/3 C w/ Flying, Golem 3/3 C w/ Trample, Golem 3/3 C w/ Vigilance, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Tapped Out - User Decks