Norin the No Nonsense

Commander / EDH Goblins Mono-Red Tokens

Myrmecodia

Artifact (21)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tome of Legends

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Pandemonium
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Vigilante Justice
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Creature (20)

• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Moggcatcher
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Rose Room Treasurer
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Witty Roastmaster
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (36)

• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 32x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Reckless Handling
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (3)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Conspicuous Snoop
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Recruiter
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

Instant (4)

• 1x Guff Rewrites History
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Skred

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Blood Sun
• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Guild Artisan
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Tempered in Solitude

Land (3)

• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Winding Canyons

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Artifact (7)

• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Trading Post

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Brotherhood's End
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Pyroclasm

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Near-optimized Norin, originally inspired by the Gaka list but with significant updates and changes. This is not a chaos list -- We're not trying to play a 4-hour game, we're trying to win.

The deck is very difficult to disrupt and focuses on abusing ETB abilities with flicker and copy effects, dealing damage, generating value, and controlling the board as it goes. The deck wins in multiple ways, including-

• ETB/LTB pinging with enchantments like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Warstorm Surge, Pandemonium, and Impact Tremors and accelerated by cards like Conjurer's Closet and Panharmonicon
• Goblin lines through Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker hidden commander + synergy with cards like Siege-Gang Commander and other token generators
• Stax subtheme, slowing opponents with Pyrohemia, Blood Moon, Silent Arbiter, Crawlspace and Ensnaring Bridge to buy more time for ETB triggers
• Combos including:
  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts
  • Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Extortionist +
    • any cheap creature --> easy infinite treasures and infinite ETB
    • Siege-Gang Commander (8+ treasures needed on ETB) --> infinite ETB, infinite treasures, infinite goblins, infinite damage from Siege Gang activations
    • Pia and Kiran Nalaar (7+ treasures needed on ETB) --> infinite ETB, infinite treasures, infinite thopters, infinite damage from Pia and Kiran activations
    • Rose Room Treasurer in play and a cheap creature to loop —> infinite ETB, infinite treasures, infinite damage from Treasurer activations.
    • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (4+ treasures needed on ETB) --> infinite ETB. If more then infinite treasures too.

Besides $$$ cards like Wheel of Fortune or Mana Crypt, I haven't seen any list that I think is better. Please share if you have! I'm avoiding going full-stax, because if you're running mono-red stax, you might as well have a different commander. This is a Norin deck all the way.

Top Ranked	Achieved #55 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #43 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Goblins 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Red 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goblin 1/1 R, Gold, Human 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
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