PDH|Lightning Helix on a Mane

Pauper EDH* Budget Control Lifegain RW (Boros)

lonesentinel

Removal (15)

• 1x Aftershock
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Go for Blood
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Molten Frame
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Radiant's Judgment
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Rolling Thunder
• 1x Scrap
• 1x Shredded Sails
• 1x Solar Blast
• 1x Spark Spray
• 1x Swirling Sandstorm

Protection (10)

• 1x Angelsong
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Djeru's Resolve
• 1x Gods Willing
• 1x Rune of Protection: Black
• 1x Rune of Protection: Blue
• 1x Rune of Protection: Green
• 1x Rune of Protection: Red
• 1x Rune of Protection: White
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Pinger (6)

• 1x Fireslinger
• 1x Frostwielder
• 1x Prodigal Pyromancer
• 1x Viashino Fangtail
• 1x Vithian Stinger
• 1x Vulshok Sorcerer

Counter (4)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast

Other (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 12x Mountain
• 11x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Stone Quarry
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Beater (11)

• 1x Chartooth Cougar
• 1x Desert Cerodon
• 1x Dragon Breath
• 1x Granitic Titan
• 1x Imposing Vantasaur
• 1x Lava Serpent
• 1x Noble Templar
• 1x Quakefoot Cyclops
• 1x Ridge Rannet
• 1x Winged Shepherd
• 1x Yoked Plowbeast

Utility (6)

• 1x Djeru's Renunciation
• 1x Drannith Healer
• 1x Drannith Stinger
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Raking Claws
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fountain of Ichor
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye

Draw (7)

• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Survival Cache
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

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Maybeboard

Other (6)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Flame Jet
• 1x Pillar of Light
• 1x Viashino Bladescout
• 1x Violent Impact
• 1x Viridian Longbow

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Lightning helix is a broken card. It acts as removal and sustains us. Now our commander Savai Thundermane does that whenever we cycle!

This effectively turns all our cycling cards into removals AND cantrips, while still serving their alternate modes, whatever else is written on their card.

Gameplan

Control the board early/ midgame, wearing your opponent's resources down while maintaining a high life total.

Lategame, drop down a beater and slowly go face. You can continue the attrition plan by aiming pingers at face too.

Theme 1, Cycling

About a third (actually 37) of the deck has cycling, this acts as cantrip and also triggers our boss

Theme 2, pingers

If 2 damage isnt enough to kill the minions, an added few pings should do the job.

Also, the pingers can remove many utility dorks themselves.

Lategame, the pingers can go face without needing to care about blockers

Theme 3, Ramp

We pack alot of ramp in this deck, because boros needs it.

And also, triggering our commander's ability multiple times is very mana intensive, so we need all the mana we can get to support it.

Most of the rocks have secondary purposes too, be it becoming a beater Fountain of Ichor or giving card draw Commander's Sphere, Mind Stone, Bonder's Ornament, Seer's Lantern

Theme 4, Beaters

Of course, we need a way to close the game, all these cycling beaters do a trick. Because they all have cycling, there is never a case where they arent useful in the situation, cantripping early or dropping them down late.

Dragon Breath fits nicely here, since we can loot it early and it comes back to give our beaters haste. The added firebreating coupled with all the ramp means that we can close games out better.

Theme 5, Removal

Aside from removing creatures with our inbuilt lightning helix, we have a package of removal for Artifact, Enchantments, or even just big creatures in case the 2 damage isnt enough.

Theme 6, Protection

Aside from removing opponent's threats, we want to protect our own, as well as our life total. Other than typical protection instants, we put ALL 5 runes in the deck because you can always cycle them away.

Top Ranked	Achieved #50 position overall 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Folders	Pauper, Lonesentinel's PDH completed