Norin Naughty Nonsense

Commander / EDH* Mono-Red

Profet93

Artifact (22)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gauntlet of Might
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tome of Legends

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Creature (21)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Flametongue Kavu
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Goblin Settler
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Manic Vandal
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Starke of Rath
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 29x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Warstorm Surge

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Sideboard

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Aftershock
• 1x Anarchy
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Shatterstorm
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Twinflame

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Invader Parasite
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Wildfire Devils

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Heat Stroke
• 1x Stolen Strategy

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Twinflame

Land (2)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Artifact (4)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (2)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Radiate

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Future Edits

DOUBLE CHECK DECK - MAKE NEW COPY DECK LIST

Remove Reverberate/Experimental Frenzy for Terror of the Peaks - Synergy

Remove Mox Amber for Wayfarer's Bauble - Better ramp that doesn't have anti-synergy

Remove Starke of Rath for Lightning Bolt - Test change, potential synergy

Lightning Bolt, Skred, Mimic Vat

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Introduction

I've always wanted a cheap and fun commander deck that causes heads to turn. Red has always been my worst color in magic to both pilot and play against. As such, all comments and suggestions are appreciated. The deck attempts to utilize Norin and other ETB creatures to fuel shenanigans. Your Turn 1 play will almost always be Norin. I've kept the deck mostly basics due to the 3 mana doublers. Our goal is to use one of the 3 mana doublers as well as our draw engines to ensure that once we get going, it gets hard to stop. And once it stops, it doesn't take too much to get going again. The deck is focused/optimized as the only expensive piece I am only missing is Mana Crypt. On a 1-10 scale, the power level is a 10.

Explanation of Return Norin to Commandzone with His Trigger

NORMALLY, that 'go get him back' trigger will be looking for Norin in the Exile zone, since that's where he normally goes. But if Norin goes to a different public zone without touching exile (for example, if you replace 'go to exile' with 'go to Command Zone' because he's your Commander), then the "go get him back" trigger will be informed of that choice, and will 'know' to look for Norin in that public zone.

Infinite Combos

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts = GG

Notable Synergies

Norin the Wary + Genesis Chamber = Tokens Army of Myrder (Murder!)

Genesis Chamber + Dockside Extortionist = Lots of Mana

Norin the Wary + Honor-Worn Shaku + Mind's Eye = Draw a card everyone else's turn

Honor-Worn Shaku + Purphoros, God of the Forge/Chandra, Torch of Defiance/Ugin, the Spirit Dragon = Ramp

Norin the Wary + Sword of the Animist = Rampant growth

Norin the Wary + Tome of Legends = Draw

Norin the Wary + Curse of Opulence = Ramp

Norin the Wary + Confusion in the Ranks = Take 1 creature per turn.

• Don't forget, confusion in the ranks triggers on it'self as an enchantment!

Norin the Wary + Impact Tremors/Purphoros, God of the Forge/Warstorm Surge = Damage each turn.

Feldon of the Third Path + Burnished Hart + Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle = 2x Lightning Bolts + Skyshroud Claim

Goblin Welder + Solemn Simulacrum/Treasure = Value

Siege-Gang Commander + Impact Tremors/Purphoros, God of the Forge/Warstorm Surge = Lots of Damage

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Any ETB Creature = Value

Notable Exclusions

Blood Moon - No mass nonbasic land hate

Mass MLD - See above

Gamble - Too risky, I always lose with these type of cards as there is almost never a card I don't want

Fork/Reverberate - Don't have many targets and don't want to rely on opponents. It has been helpful before, but I would rather focus on my own synergy rather than maybe getting something good off of an opponent.

Torbran, Thane of Red Fell - Winmore. If I have damage outlets, he puts in work. Otherwise, he is subpar

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx/Fanatic of Mogis - I rarely have enough devotion to make this work

Pandemonium - Will almost always benefit the opponent more than I

Grip of Chaos/Planar Chaos/Possibility Storm - This is not a chaos deck. The only chaos aspect we have helps us achieve our goals

Warp World - Has backfired on multiple occasions, ETB triggers are hard to keep track of, just a whole lot of mess.

Kher Keep - Deck is mostly basics for the mana doublers. Unless I have skullclamp or a Purphurous, this doesn't do much.

Mirror March - Too random and costly

Faithless Looting - I need card advantage, not virtual card advantage

Reforge the Soul - Unless I get it for it's miracle cost, it is too expensive. Even for it's miracle cost, I need to determine between losing my hand or a cheap wheel. Lastly, refilling my opponents hands is not a good thing

Treasure Nabber - Can be extremely powerful in the right meta. But most people would play around it

Goblin Engineer - People kill the engineer prior to me recurring the artifact

Pia and Kiran Nalaar - Too costly and not impactful enough

Combustible Gearhulk - Too costly and people just make me mill, I never get to draw

Deck Strengths

1. Resilient in the late game due to all of the card draw and "exile cast until turn" cards
2. Mana doublers and rocks allow for ramp
3. Norin is extremely difficult to get rid of an interact with, T1 Norin is always good
4. Can storm off late game with mana doublers and draw spells

Deck Weaknesses

1. Red's inherent lack of card draw is still a problem at times despite all of the card advantage we have
2. Wheels refill opponents hands, be very careful!
3. Little enchantment removal
4. Very little tutors to ensure consistency
5. Can be outraced by decks with a lower Avg CMC and by mana dorks

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Red 5 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 1 Mythic Rares 41 - 6 Rares 18 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Goblin 1/1 R, Gold, Myr 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Norin upgrades, Sweet Brews from Other Folks