Le coq est mort... (Syrix, Carrier of the Flame)

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats BR (Rakdos) Discard Flying Phoenix Sacrifice

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Lands (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x High Market
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Sulfurous Mire
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Phoenix (10)

• 1x Detective's Phoenix
• 1x Everquill Phoenix
• 1x Firewing Phoenix
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Magma Phoenix
• 1x Phoenix Chick
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Shard Phoenix
• 1x Skyfire Phoenix
• 1x Warcry Phoenix

Payoffs (16)

• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Containment Construct
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Fuming Effigy
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Surly Badgersaur
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Outlets (12)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Murderer's Axe
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Tortured Existence

Commander (1)

Interaction (12)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Caldera Hellion
• 1x Chain Assassination
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Soul Transfer
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Terminate

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thermopod

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...and then it came back. And when it died again, it came back again. And then it died again. And when it died again, it came back again. And then it died again. And when it died again, it came back again. And then it died again. And then it...

We finally got our first legendary phoenix. And I'm burning for this! So look at all the Fawkes I play!

Burn to Ashes!

The deck is, leaving aside its heavy focus on phoenixes, leaning heavily into using all resources available to it. Lifepoints? We pay them! Library? We mill it! Cards in hand? Discard go brrr! Creatures? Let's go sac'em! When your whole juice is dying so you can be reborn, everything is a resource.

Skyfire Phoenix is a crap card from the Madness-precon. Here though, Syrix, Carrier of the Flame rules, and thus Skyfire is the MVP (most valuable phoenix). It will come back at Syrix's side each and every time we cast him, so it'll be easily recurrable sac fodder that then again enables both of Sy's triggered abilities. Additional abilities triggering off of discarding, sacing and ungraving cards play into this to form a nearlyperfect circle of life and death.

Start the Fire!

Sy is only an MV4 commander, but recasting him from the graveyard multiple times is central for the deck, so I added many MV2 mana rocks. This way, I'll be able to cast him on turn 3 more often than not, so that my engine can start pumping as early as possible. Thermopod and Skirge Familiar are great ramp cards that support the strategy.

Burn them to Ashes!

WiP

Absolutely awesome ashpile angles of attack!

Nifty tricks so far:

With Phyrexian Reclamation or Tortured Existence, any creature can let Sy trigger each turn.

Aurora Phoenix and Throes of Chaos for quite a few cascade triggers, as Throes allows Aurora to return to hand. This is obviously very mana intensive, but it's a nice little engine.

To be continued...

Infinitely infuriating Instakill!

Hypothetically, the deck has a combo kill:

Ashnod's Altar/Thermopod + Syrix, Carrier of the Flame + Skyfire Phoenix: Sacrifice Sy to get {R} or {C}{C}, then sacrifice Skyfire to trigger Sy, so you can cast him from the grave (You'll get the mana for saccing Skyfire after Syrix came back). Syrix comes back and brings with him Skyfire. You'll need to put mana into this, so it's not infinite...yet. Add in Skirge Familiar and Grim Haruspex, and this is only limited by your deck size. With Fuming Effigy, Judith, the Scourge Diva, or any other effect like this, the resulting damage will be massive.

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Syrix is a weirdly slow-burny deck for a MV4 rakdos commander with haste, pinging small points of damage one after another, but it's very flavourful. Any input to have the phoenixian ash turn into diamonds is hugely appreciated. Thanks for your time!

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Planned changes:

In:

Containment Construct

Out:

Saw in Half

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #7 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Flying 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	98
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 0/1 R, Feather, Morph 2/2 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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