Generally, it's got a lot of the typical mono-red tricks (big X burn spells, etc.), but the odds are the only way I'm REALLY going to get there with him is general damage. The equipment's designed to maximize that, and there's a few cute tricks in there like Angel's Trumpet that help as well. There's also a subtheme with the Warstorm Surge type enchantments (combo well with Dragon's Roost and the bigger guys in the deck, as well as the phoenix creatures which I can get to come back).
Maraxus, I find, is an interesting general. The turn he drops, he's probably going to be small, but if you get to untap with him he has the potential to swing for lots and lots of damage. For that reason, obvs, you want to play your spells after you swing with him.
Feel free to make any recommendations to make my silly general hit like a bawss. This isn't a budget list, per se, but try to keep recommendations reasonable. IE, I'd love Gauntlet of Might in this, but it's a little too expensive. Also, I know I should be running things like Sensei's Divining Top and Mind's Eye in this, but they're in other decks, and I'm much more willing to shell out cash for cool cards specific to the deck and strategy than just random EDH good stuff, especially considering how many decks I'd need Tops for. x.x
HUMONGOUS-BIG: THE MARAXUS OF KELD STORY
1 Anarchist
1 Arcbound Reclaimer
1 Balefire Dragon
1 Brass Squire
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
1 Duplicant
1 Goblin Welder
1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
1 Hostility
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Myr Retriever
1 Rapacious One
1 Shard Phoenix
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Skaargan Firebird
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Angel's Trumpet
1 Caged Sun
1 Crystal Ball
1 Druidic Satchel
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Mimic Vat
1 Sol Ring
1 Champion’s Helm
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Sword of Vengeance
1 Tenza, Godo’s Maul
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Dragon Roost
1 Electropotence
1 Pandemonium
1 Repercussion
1 Vicious Shadows
1 Warstorm Surge
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Karn Released
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Aftershock
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Chaos Warp
1 Comet Storm
1 Devil’s Play
1 Gamble
1 Goblin Offensive
1 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Incendiary Command
1 Insurrection
1 Into the Core
1 Molten Disaster
1 Reiterate
1 Shattering Pulse
1 Starstorm
1 Wheel of Fate
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Wild Ricochet
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1 Spinerock Knoll
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Scrying Sheets
31 Snow-Covered Mountain
Generally, it's got a lot of the typical mono-red tricks (big X burn spells, etc.), but the odds are the only way I'm REALLY going to get there with him is general damage. The equipment's designed to maximize that, and there's a few cute tricks in there like Angel's Trumpet that help as well. There's also a subtheme with the Warstorm Surge type enchantments (combo well with Dragon's Roost and the bigger guys in the deck, as well as the phoenix creatures which I can get to come back).
Maraxus, I find, is an interesting general. The turn he drops, he's probably going to be small, but if you get to untap with him he has the potential to swing for lots and lots of damage. For that reason, obvs, you want to play your spells after you swing with him.
Feel free to make any recommendations to make my silly general hit like a bawss. This isn't a budget list, per se, but try to keep recommendations reasonable. IE, I'd love Gauntlet of Might in this, but it's a little too expensive. Also, I know I should be running things like Sensei's Divining Top and Mind's Eye in this, but they're in other decks, and I'm much more willing to shell out cash for cool cards specific to the deck and strategy than just random EDH good stuff, especially considering how many decks I'd need Tops for. x.x
But yeah, cheers everyone!
Humongous Big - R - Maraxus of Keld
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