Valduk Voltron

Commander / EDH Artifact Budget Equip Mono-Red Tokens Tokens Voltron

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Artifact (43)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Blinding Powder
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Bone Saw
• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Book of Rass
• 1x Brawler's Plate
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Golem-Skin Gauntlets
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Manriki-Gusari
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Neurok Hoversail
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Rogue's Gloves
• 1x Shuko
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x Tower of Fortunes
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Bludgeon Brawl
• 1x Bravado
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Granite Grip
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Shiv's Embrace
• 1x Tooth and Claw
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Instant (4)

• 1x Fling
• 1x Incinerate
• 1x Inescapable Blaze
• 1x Lightning Bolt

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Scrap Mastery

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 31x Mountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Wasteland

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller

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Artifact (4)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Strata Scythe

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Introduction

This is a pretty straight-forward build for Valduk, Keeper of the Flame. He pretty much asks for a Voltron build, so that's what this is. I've got a few extras to take advantage of sacrificing the tokens at the end of the turn.

This is a very basic build, and I'll be improving on it as I go. I was able to throw it together with what I already had on hand in my collection. Upgrading will be pretty easy, though, as most of the other cards I want are already budget; I just have to get them.

Suit Up!

The theme here is obvious: play out lots of equipment that are cheap to both cast and equip (for the most part), play Valduk, Keeper of the Flame no later than turn three, and then start swinging and dealing damage. What's nice about Valduk's ability is that I only have to move to the combat step to get the tokens; I don't have to attack with Valduk. So even if he doesn't have haste, I can still move to the combat step; he just can't attack. But if he's equipped, then I'll get Elementals that can attack. Since they won't stick around, I just start swinging.

Most of the equipment here offer some sort of combat bonus at the very least, so I won't be listing all of them here. There are some that offer some sort of evasion, helping to punch damage through.

Protective Equipment

• Blinding Powder
• Hammer of Nazahn
• Mask of Avacyn
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Whispersilk Cloak

Trample Equipment

• Brawler's Plate
• Haunted Cloak
• Loxodon Warhammer
• O-Naginata
• Sword of Vengeance
• Tenza, Godo's Maul
• Vorrac Battlehorns

Flying Equipment/Auras

• Neurok Hoversail
• Shiv's Embrace

Unblockable Equipment

• Trailblazer's Boots
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Rogue's Passage

Card Draw

Most of the card draw here is found through the use of artifacts and other equipment.

Card Draw/Selection

• Infiltration Lens
• Mask of Memory
• Rogue's Gloves
• Skullclamp, which takes advantage of tokens left after combat.
• Staff of Nin
• Dreamstone Hedron
• Hedron Archive
• Book of Rass
• Tower of Fortunes
• Outpost Siege
• Chandra, Flamecaller
• Desert of the Fervent
• Smoldering Crater
• Dragon Mantle

### Abusing the Tokens Alongside the Voltron theme is Valduk's token generation theme (along with Chandra, Flamecaller). Not only do I want to be aggressive with the tokens in combat, I also want to use them as resources since they go away at the end of the turn anyways. To that end, I've got some ETB effects and sac outlets that let me do things like deal damage, produce mana, or...make token that stick around.

Damage Dealers

• Goblin Bombardment
• Impact Tremors
• Outpost Siege
• Warstorm Surge

Other Utilities

• Ashnod's Altar to ramp.
• Shivan Harvest to turn an Elemental into a Wasteland.
• Tooth and Claw to make a token that sticks around.

### Combos and Synergies I did manage to purchase a copy of Mycosynth Lattice before the new Karn spiked the damn price (frickin' ridiculous). Bludgeon Brawl + Mycosynth Lattice makes Valduk a real monster, and then he makes a metric shit ton of Elementals that I can attack with, then sacrifice, or do whatever with. Yeah, Shatterstorm is bad news, but hey, when you play with fire, you might get burned. I'll take that chance! Another finisher I'm running is Fling. Great for finishing off the last player in a game. That is it for my Valduk, Keeper of the Flame deck. As always, I'd love to hear any suggestions and comments. +1's are nice, too.

Top Ranked	Achieved #41 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Bludgeon Brawl + Mycosynth Lattice
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Beast 3/1 R, Copy Clone, Elemental 3/1 R, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste
Folders	Red EDH Decks I Have, The UnCommanders, EDH, Valduk, Favorites, Voltron