Zada Storm all-in EDH

Commander / EDH Combo Mono-Red Storm

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"Creatures" (15)

• 1x Crimson Kobolds
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Goblin Instigator
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Hordeling Outburst
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Kuldotha Rebirth
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Mogg Alarm
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Ramp (9)

• 1x Hedron Crawler
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum

Disruption (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Torch Fiend
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Rituals (13)

• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Brightstone Ritual
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Infernal Plunge
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Lands (30)

• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dwarven Ruins
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 22x Mountain
• 1x Sandstone Needle
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Dig (7)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Shreds of Sanity
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Winds of Change

Commander (1)

Storm turn stuff (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Twinflame

Cantrips and pseudo-cantrips (8)

• 1x Accelerate
• 1x Boiling Blood
• 1x Chaotic Strike
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Renegade Tactics
• 1x Spark of Creativity
• 1x Stun

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You play your Zada, you play your dudes, you go crazy.
This deck is a storm deck, so mostly you solve puzzles and try to combo off by drawing your whole deck. It usually happens between turns 4 and 6, with the very occasional turn 2 or turn 3 win, and about 10% of the time you just sit there like a doofus until turn 10 staring at mountains.
Synergies:
Skirk Prospector + any cost reduction makes most of the goblins in the deck mana-positive.
Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer or Twinflame goes infinite. So, feel free to gamble for one when you have the other.
Gamble for Past in Flames is foolproof.
Imperial Recruiter can be artifact removal, mana generation, two bodies for three mana, a blood moon, or a combo piece depending on what you need. He can also wheel, but it takes a turn.
Aetherflux Reservoir is a bueno card.
Dualcaster Mage can combo with Twinflame even if he's already resolved on the battlefield, as long as you also have Zada. Zada's copies will resolve one at a time, so simply make the dualcaster mage copy first, then copy twinflame and combo off as usual.
If you have a Possibility Storm down while you're working on your storm turn, and you need to cast aetherflux reservoir, do not lose hope! Simply cast it, stick it on the bottom of your deck, and then cast every artifact you draw while you storm off. Eventually, you'll wheel back around into it in a circular fashion. This can take a really long time, but your opponents can't stop you, because their countermagic will just get shuffled away anyway. All they can really do is scoop in protest. This is known as a "victory by conscientious objection".

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Testing Reverberate over Red Elemental Blast because it can also counter spells on our storm turn, and it makes some of our rituals better (not just a copy, but also more mana-positive, ex. seething song). It can only draw 1 extra card if you copy a cantrip, but copying a Cathartic Reunion etc is still profitable. Also, if our opponents are drawing lots of cards or time warping, we can get in on the action. Essentially, it is more versatile for only one mana more, and still does fine at it's job as prot blue.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 32 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.06
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C