One Less Heartless to Fear

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

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Creature (16)

• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Bloodlust Inciter
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Fortune Thief
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Goblin Fireslinger
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Lightning Mauler
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Rummaging Goblin
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Torch Fiend
• 1x War Elemental

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Ashling's Prerogative
• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame
• 1x Sulfuric Vortex
• 1x Witch Hunt

Land (38)

• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 34x Mountain
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Sunscorched Desert

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Browbeat
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Sizzle
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Instant (11)

• 1x Expedite
• 1x Fall of the Titans
• 1x Geistflame
• 1x Impact Resonance
• 1x Lightning Strike
• 1x Overblaze
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Smash to Smithereens
• 1x Smelt
• 1x Volcanic Fallout
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dragon's Claw
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Pentagram of the Ages
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Sideboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Caltrops
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (2)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Slumbering Dragon

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Price of Glory

Land (1)

• 1x Glacial Chasm

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Fork
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Needle Drop
• 1x Stun
• 1x Tarfire

Enchantment (4)

• 1x An-Zerrin Ruins
• 1x Curse of Marit Lage
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Smoke

Creature (1)

• 1x Young Pyromancer

Land (1)

• 1x Great Furnace

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Super value budget deck featuring our special guests: Hidetsugu and his merry band of burn spells.

Heartless Hidetsugu Has a pretty nasty ability by himself, especially if you can make it happen as early as possible. Dealing all opponents damage equal to half their life total can seriously swing a game to your advantage. Where Hidetsugu really shines however, is as a fast combo deck. The key combos are listed below.

Dictate of the Twin Gods + Heartless Hidetsugu

Dictate of the twin gods has flash, which means that as long as you have left yourself 5 mana open, you can play it at the end of your opponent's turn, and immediately turn around and play Hidetsugu on your turn, and as long as has haste from a card like Generator Servant, Lightning Mauler, Bloodlust Inciter, Ashling's Prerogative, Expedite or Hammer of Purphoros, he can immediately deal all opponents damage equal to their half their life totals twice, and as long as all life totals are even numbers (hidetsugu rounds down) you win. If an opponent has an odd life total, they will be left with 1 life, which is where cards like Geistflame and Goblin Fireslinger come in handy for clean up.

Other similar combos in this deck include Angrath's Marauders + Heartless Hidetsugu , Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu , Heartless Hidetsugu + Insult / Injury , Heartless Hidetsugu + Quest for Pure Flame , Heartless Hidetsugu + Overblaze and Heartless Hidetsugu + Quest for Pure Flame .

Another great combo is Heartless Hidetsugu + War Elemental . Hidetsugu deals half of each opponent's life total in damage while War elemental racks up an insane amount of counters. Ideally Hidetsugu will be hitting for between 15 and 20 life per opponent, and therefore war elemental could become as modest a creature as 16/16 or as crazy as 60/60 in a 4 player game at full health totals. Add Loxodon Warhammer to this combo, and you have a pretty intense threat. the more players in the game and the more lifegain decks in the game, the better this combo becomes.

Aside from the main strategy, this deck seeks to take potshots at opponents using cheap burn instants and sorceries, while benefiting doubly from them with cards like Guttersnipe, Charmbreaker Devils and Thermo-Alchemist.

Of course, this deck is very vulnerable to creature removal and board wipe. for this reason, this deck is geared toward moving quickly and giving our commander haste. I have also included Swiftfoot Boots to help with both of these problems, and if I decide to graduate this deck out of "budget status" and spend some more money on it, I will add more protection and pillowfort, as catalogued in the sideboard.

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTG41a4xhI

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Dictate of the Twin Gods + Heartless Hidetsugu Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu Heartless Hidetsugu + Insult / Injury Heartless Hidetsugu + Overblaze Angrath's Marauders + Heartless Hidetsugu Heartless Hidetsugu + Quest for Pure Flame Heartless Hidetsugu + War Elemental
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 4 Rares 17 - 6 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Morph 2/2 C