Norin's ETB Extravaganza

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Red Primer Red Deck Wins Tokens Value Engine

NorinTheWise

Creature (25)

• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Fiendish Duo
• 1x Flametongue Kavu
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Invader Parasite
• 1x Malignus
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Obsidian Charmaw
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Wildfire Devils
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Delina, Wild Mage
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge

Sorcery (9)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

Artifact (20)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Tempered in Solitude
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Commander (1)

Land (32)

• 20x Mountain
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x War Room
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Instant (2)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Tyrant of Discord

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Reckless Impulse

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mirror March

Land (1)

• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mimic Vat

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Recent Additions/Changes:

2/21/22: Testing Fable of the Mirror-Breaker   in place of Mimic Vat

2/21/22: Switched out 3 Mountain for Valakut Awakening  , Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance, Roadside Reliquary

1/30/22: Switched out Reverberate for Tempered in Solitude

8/2/21: Switched out Caged Sun for Delina, Wild Mage

8/2/21: Switched out Wayfarer's Bauble for Obsidian Charmaw

11/20/20: Switched out Reforge the Soul for Wheel of Misfortune

11/20/20: Switched out Wild Ricochet for Jeska's Will

See "Brewing Process" for explanation on changes.

Introduction

This is not your normal Norin chaos deck, but rather an efficient, consistent deck with Norin at the helm. This deck seeks to capitalize on Norin's strange ability and his low cost while focusing on it's main objectives: ETB effects, stealing spells, and comboing off.

Norin Synergies

The cards that specifically capitalize on Norin are as follows:

• Cloudstone Curio

• Genesis Chamber

• Honor-Worn Shaku

• Mox Amber

• Springleaf Drum

• Sword of the Animist

• Tome of Legends

• Confusion in the Ranks

• Impact Tremors

• Purphoros, God of the Forge

-Warstorm Surge

• Terror of the Peaks

-Curse of Opulence

-Jeska's Will

Main Objective

This decks main objective is to out value and disrupt opponents with repeated ETB affects. Using value engines such as Panharmonicon, Conjurer's Closet, and Flameshadow Conjuring can dramatically increase the value we get off of any given creature. We also have multiple ways of recurring creatures every turn with cards like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Splinter Twin, and Mimic Vat. With these engines on the battlefield we can abuse the powerhouse ETB effects of creatures like Imperial Recruiter, Dockside Extortionist, and my personal favorite Mindclaw Shaman.

Secondary Objective

This decks secondary objective is to piece together game ending combo pieces:

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts

Splinter Twin + Zealous Conscripts

Fiendish Duo + Rolling Earthquake

Malignus + Warstorm Surge /Malignus + Terror of the Peaks (it isn't a game ender in and of itself but combos very nicely! If you add a card like Fiendish Duo it's game over.)

Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Extortionist (create infinite mana to pump into Rolling Earthquake, continually recur Invader Parasite to destroy opponents lands, infinite damage with Impact Tremors, etc.)

Third Objective

This decks third objective is to disrupt opponents with permanent destruction, spell copying, and card stealing. Abusing the ETB of creatures like Duplicant, Flametongue Kavu, and Invader Parasite can severely set back opponents, even permanently stalling their game. There are countless ways to copy and steal spells in this deck so instead of laying them all out I want to spotlight a few specific combos:

Dualcaster Mage + Splinter Twin or Dualcaster Mage + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Blade of Selves + Wildfire Devils

Confusion in the Ranks + Norin the Wary

Mindclaw Shaman + Panharmonicon

Brewing Process

-My first version of this deck relied heavily upon artifact ramp, but since there is a lot of artifact removal in casual EDH I thought it best to ramp with lands as much as possible. I removed cards like Everflowing Chalice and Extraplanar Lens and replaced them with Sword of the Animist and Expedition Map.

-Special thanks to Profet93 for some awesome deck building suggestions. Check out his Norin deck as well. Norin Naughty Nonsense

-Wild Ricochet for Jeska's Will: This was an easy swap. Wild Ricochet was mana intensive and hardly consistent. Jeska's Will is an absolute powerhouse and with Norin being so cheap it is very easy to trigger both abilities.

-Reforge the Soul for Wheel of Misfortune: Reforge the Soul is mana intensive when not using the miracle ability, which is inconsistent. Wheel of Misfortune is easier to cast and has the added benefit of possibly dropping some life totals.

-Wayfarer's Bauble for Obsidian Charmaw: I found that this deck often had more mana than needed and was lacking on the ETB creature synergies. Obsidian Charmaw is a slept-on card! It can often be cast for just 2 mana and is thus easy to take advantage of with cards like Cloudstone Curio and Flameshadow Conjuring

-Caged Sun for Delina, Wild Mage: I knew Delina had to be in this deck as soon as she was spoiled. The ability, flavor, even the art were all just perfect for the theme. As previously stated, I found that this deck often had more mana than needed and was lacking on the ETB creature synergies. Thus, removing a high cmc mana piece was an obvious choice to streamline the deck further.

Feel free to check out the other decks in my mono-colored deck series.

• Reki-Tikki-Tavi
• I'm either crazy Aura genius!
• R.O.U.S. (Rodents of Unusual Size)
• Sakashimi, the Shrimposter

Top Ranked	Achieved #37 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #26 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Splash colors	R
Key combos	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts Splinter Twin + Zealous Conscripts Confusion in the Ranks + Norin the Wary Malignus + Warstorm Surge Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Extortionist Fiendish Duo + Rolling Earthquake Dualcaster Mage + Splinter Twin Dualcaster Mage + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Blade of Selves + Wildfire Devils Malignus + Terror of the Peaks Mindclaw Shaman + Panharmonicon
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Goblin Shaman, Gold, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Treasure
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