Fire from Olympus: Purphoros - EDH

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IQuarent first of all TYVM for all your suggestions and comments! I really appreciate it!

I was lucky enough that Matrixxx999 almost answered on all your suggestions for me and I fully agree with him.

Here's what I can add:

IQuarentsays... "Burning Earth. Redundant and over-costed. It's also a nombo with your Magus of the Moon/Blood Moon. I think almost anything would be better than this."

(3/14/2017: Blood Moons effect doesnt affect names or supertypes. It wont turn any land into a basic land or remove the legendary supertype from a legendary land, and the lands wont be named Mountain.)

I dont quite see nombo here cuz Burning Earth still punish my opponents for tapping nonbasic lands for mana, but redundantcy maybe. This deck still in testing regime Burning Earth is one of the cards that can be dropped out in the future.

Shivan Harvest - Moon & Magus as was mentioned before doesnt change land type for basic so Shivan work perfectly. Plus when first two are on the battlefield they become primary targets for removals (unlike Shivan) and mostly they just buy us some time.

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle - was in the maybeboard, I try to avoid using lands that enters the battlefield tapped, but honestly I like this card plus it's fit great in deck strategy!

Chandra, Flamecaller - not bad but I prefere not to overload my deck with planeswalkers, and Chandra, Torch of Defiance fit more to my game style.

Skullcrack & Sizzle - is too weak in EDH for one time use spells imho.

Fanatic of Mogis - nice card and can actually be good here. I need to give it a try.

Mind's Eye & Gauntlet of Power - too mana heavy artifacts and as with the case of planeswalkers and dont want to overload my deck with them. Btw Gauntlet works bad with Skullclamp.

Matrixxx999 Thx for helping out :-P

Viashino Heretic - nice creature, fit in deck strategy as well, one minus its need to tapp as activation cost. But I will consider this one.

Mindsparker - was in my maybeboard sure it will play nice against your main deck my friend ;-P

Rolling Earthquake - love it! need it! and I just dont know how I missed it! XD

July 10, 2017 6:23 p.m.

FINALLY! An EDH deck I can stand in solidarity with!

July 13, 2017 6:24 a.m.

Have you thought about running Gratuitous Violence instead of Furnace of Rath.

July 16, 2017 6:09 p.m.
July 16, 2017 6:18 p.m. Edited.

EDHTest says... #5

Hello! May I know which artist's alter is this? I'm very interested :D

July 19, 2017 5:26 a.m.

vishnarg says... #6

Please add this to the deck description??? HAIL STALIN

July 19, 2017 8:29 a.m.

EDHTest

Artist - Eric Klug (https://twitter.com/klug_alters)

July 19, 2017 5:11 p.m.

IQuarent says... #8

Chandra, Flamecaller is so good that I think you should find room for it anyway. I would recommend taking out Reforge the Soul. I can assure you the miracle never happens when you need it to, and casting it for 5 was something I almost never did in my mono-red deck until the day it was cut for something else.

I still think Scab-Clan Berserker isn't worth it. "This is great if it gets through and then also stays on the board" is far too much to ask in my opinion.

July 22, 2017 6 a.m.

pizzagod13 says... #9

0/10 on flavor doesn't play Scorched Earth

With that out of the way the deck looks nice

July 22, 2017 3:19 p.m.

pizzagod13 says... #10

Sorry for double post, but, I didn't see Firecat Blitz in the deck. It's too disgusting to not play

July 22, 2017 3:35 p.m.

KongMing says... #11

I think I'm doing it wrong - I keep getting stuck on Step 1 over and over again. @.@

July 22, 2017 4:32 p.m.

IQuarent

Chandra, Flamecaller - you are so persistent mate that I will think about adding it in, just need to buy myself one and test it out.

KongMing

I supose you broke the sequence somewhere so pity to say but you are damned to run first step over and over again! ;-P

pizzagod13

Firecat Blitz - I try to avoid using non goblin token producers cuz they doesnt work with Skirk Prospector. Plus Tempt with Vengeance is plain better it cost less, tokens doesnt remove from the game at end of turn that gives us more opportunities to sacrifice them by Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar or Shivan Harvest.

July 23, 2017 6:09 p.m.

pizzagod13 says... #13

The point of blitz isn't to make tokens. Say you have six lands and a damage doubler plus your commander. Fire cat blitz x 2, deals 8 damage. Then pay 2 red and sac six lands that's 24 more damage. That's 32 damage with only six lands to all opponents. But it's your deck so it's up 2 u.

July 23, 2017 8:04 p.m.

pizzagod13 says... #14

Again sorry for double post. What I'm trying to say is that it is meant to be a finisher not a token producer.

July 23, 2017 8:07 p.m.

Tyvm for explanation pizzagod13 so now I get your point mate! Just need to make room for Firecat Blitz and test it out.

July 23, 2017 8:26 p.m.

pizzagod13 says... #16

Firebrand Archer, Scab-Clan Berserker, don't really do much so those are what I would suggest removing.

July 23, 2017 8:36 p.m.

JediCat says... #17

Where is the most important step? Summon your tamed medved! Every russian has a tamed medved, it's a known fact!

July 26, 2017 5:41 a.m.

Lord_Khaine says... #18

Burn the table, and send them to the gulag for mother russia!

100th upvote.

July 27, 2017 8:28 a.m.

Have you tried Hellion Eruption

July 30, 2017 2:25 p.m.

I guess it doesnt synergize well with purphoros, forgot it read "sacrifice nvm

July 30, 2017 2:27 p.m.

Ash Zealot for the ever-present graveyard-central edh?

August 1, 2017 11:46 p.m.

Thx for suggestion goblinguiderevealpls

Ash Zealot - bit too situative imho, plus in my meta Rest in Peace is a frequent guest on the field.

August 1, 2017 11:55 p.m.

IQuarent says... #23

How has the deck been playing? Seems well optimized.

August 2, 2017 2:32 a.m.

Matrixxx999 says... #24

I am pleased to see how the deck evolves. Greate job! Keep it up friend!

I have some ideas, it may come in handy for You:

There are two lands I have doubts about:

I know You dont want to use lands that comes out tapped, BUT! You have Flamekin Village which I think always hit the battlefield tapped (only one elemental card Generator Servant). And its abillity to give haste for to one target creature seems to week in your deck.

Considering that You have cut Hanweir Garrison, isn't Hanweir Battlements is a little bit week land for the deck by the same reason as Flamekin Village? How about adding Boseiju, Who Shelters All or/and Cavern of Souls? These cards provide decent abillity to throw spells uncounterable. Boseiju sucks life out, but If used carefully it could be very helpful. Also Strip Mine is a good LD card for nasty lands and Command Beacon will help You to recast Your commander cheaper.

Another card that I realy think You should cut is Howling Mine. Providing additional cards to your opponents, in my opinion, is a very bad idea, especially in multiplayer. I would suggest to use: Cathartic Reunion or Faithless Looting, Druidic Satchel or at least Coercive Portal. Portal is good cuz if it is decided that you should not draw a card, then Planar Cleansing will hapend, and Purphoros, God of the Forge will remain. And in 1v1 game Coercive Portal basicaly is a Phyrexian Arena without drawback.

I'm also very curious about how the deck plays! How about a game in some of these days? :)

August 2, 2017 7:22 a.m.

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