Jaya/Slobad hotswappable deck

Commander / EDH*

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Artifact (35)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Myr Turbine
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Creature (26)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Moonveil Dragon
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Instant (6)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fork
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Pia's Revolution
• 1x Sneak Attack

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Madblind Mountain
• 23x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dragonstorm
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra Ablaze
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

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### Current GoalI will expand on this deck further for the separate commanders at a later time but for now I am attempting to make cuts so I can get down to 100 cards. I am testing the deck as is, with approval from my playgroup, so that I may find the cards that do not work and cut them. Any suggestions to this end with reasoning as to why would help immensely.

Hot-swappable commanders?

What I mean by this is constructing this deck, and altering my play style, in a way that would allow me to run the deck with one of 2 (possibly more due to certain synergies) commanders.

Ok... But why?

Im not the first person to attempt this and I surely wont be the last. In just about every scenario its better to simply have two separate decks and just switch them around. Thusly, I will readily admit that this is probably a foolish attempt, but I like a challenge. This started as I found that I quickly grow bored of playing the same deck repeatedly. Combined with the fact that my disposable income is quickly becoming scarcer*, due to going back to school and rent increases, and I realized I needed to change the way I constantly switch between commander decks.

*This does not mean this is a budget deck. Ive spent quite a bit of money on cards to build previous EDH decks and am willing to save up for other more expensive pieces. Magic is an expensive hobby and this is my attempt to slow myself down while still finding the enjoyment in the game.

Alright, so why mono-red?

Well that has no particular reason. One of my favorite commanders I played in the past was Ashling, the Pilgrim. Being able to play aggressively while still holding back an element of board control, really appealed to me. Unfortunately Ashling is somewhat of a one-trick-pony so that wouldnt work. I ran possibility storm in that deck and absolutely loved everything about the card. It brought about everything I loved to do in EDH, disruption, randomness, and interactivity (some would argue its not interactive but there is top-deck manipulation aplenty in just about every edh deck and should this not be the case, knowing your deck well and playing cheap spells to cascade into bigger spells can be effective, Ill admit it can make for longer games and so if I possibility storm into a way to remove it I usually do). All that being said P-Storm is not in this deck due to the need to be precise when conducting the varying playstyles for the two commanders (although Id love for someone to convince me otherwise.)

So why Jaya and Slobad?

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage Show

I chose Jaya as she filled a similar role as Ashling, in so much as blowing up the board and people, while allowing more versatility in deck construction and use. Being able to draw less hate, unless theres mono-blue, and to act as a discard outlet for artifact/reanimation shenanigans made her appealing. While Ive only played the deck a hand full of times so far, she helms it, more often than not, and I have since loved playing her as the commander.

Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer Show

Slobad was a bit of a different pick. Part of the idea for this deck came from a friend that ran a semi-casual Daretti list that had a couple of wins but my favorite was the dragonstorm finish which he used with Scourge of Valkas and/or Dragon Tempest to deal, usually, enough damage to close out the game, and if not the often hasty dragons swung for the finish. I loved losing to it, let alone seeing it being played. So I asked him about his list and for advice. He heavily pushed Daretti as we often like to play similar decks, however, having already playing very similar Grenzo lists, Ive decided I want to play something different (although since Daretti is in the 99 he could probably easily helm the deck as well). Slobad seemed most appealing to me of the other mono-red artifact commanders as I like having sac-outlets and he wants to run a lot of recursion anyways because of his ability.

How the deck plays

Going back to being able to switch commanders and play styles this deck is attempting to work on two different strategies while trying to use the synergies between them. Slobad, in theory, is supposed to wipe the board (although I need to find cards similar to nevs disk) and either win through indestructible artifact creature damage or plenty-o-dragons. This, in theory anyways, should work well with Jaya as she can pitch expensive artifacts for her abilities which can be cheated into play via Daretti, trash for treasure, or the infamous Goblin Welder and if those fail, brought back to hand with scrap Trawler, Junk diver, or Myr Retriever.

This is my first time attempting to write an in-depth description for a deck. Any hints, tips, or corrections would be much appreciated

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	117
Avg. CMC	3.96
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goat 0/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	playtesters