MTG Salvation

Hey all!


I am looking to/have built a second commander deck, my first deck a G/B Savra control. I wanted something very different from that and from the other decks in my playgroup, a lot of combo and control. Krenko, Baby Jace, Nekusar, Maren, Tasigur, yada yada. Pretty standard, maybe not %100 optimized but all pretty good, pretty competitive builds. We play a lot of gunslinger, sorta like mafia, hidden roles, different players have different win cons ect. A lot of our games have been going slow and durdley and I've been getting bored of that. So I decided I wanted to make something fast and aggressive that turns creatures side ways and kick U decks in the shins while they spin tops, draw cards, and scry through their decks.

I haven't played a ton of R/G or aggro in general but that seems like that what I want to play. I initially was thinking Mina and Denn, wildborn, and I've built this up and played a few games, mostly gone well but I haven't gotten any big multiplayer games. Prefaces aside, I am not sure if should be running Mina and Denn as the commander or Ruric Thar, the unbowed, Radha, heir to keld, or even Borborygmos Enraged.

I really wanna try to be as quick and aggressive as possible while still having some contingency plans for board wipes and running out of steam. Right now I've got Valakut, the molten pinnacle, Treacherous terrain Molten Disaster.


So I am wondering if anyone has any experience running a deck like this, playing an aggro deck in EDH multiplayer as well as some card choices or maybe just sort of tier lists for aggro cards in G/R, as well as commanders choices ect. It feels a little unfocused at the moment.

This is what I've got at the moment but I'd really like it to be a little more aggro focus with maybe gratuitous violence, seize the day? I dunno. Advise appreciated!

I would try Stonebrow, Krosan Hero with mass trample, and multiple combat steps (his ability doesn't fall off until end of turn, so his +2/+2 stacks for each combat).

It might be a little easier on the eyes if it's using the deck tags:



Mina and Denn have the chance to be seriously good. Maybe Splendid Reclamation for Valakut and Molten Vortex for Loam

If you're looking for lategame potential, you could always just go for the Earthquakes and Banefires of the world.


Maze of Ith + Argothian Elder + Helix Pinnacle for style

Thanks! I dunno how I missed the deck tags. That's kind of the plan as of now, I've got Treacherous terrain, Molten disaster, and Clan's defiance as some insurance.



I like stonebrow for sure, I had him in the 99 originally but I ended up cutting him. I'd definitely consider putting him back in I like the idea of stacking up his ability through multiple combat phases. I am thinking of adding Aggravated assault as well maybe sword of east and famine if I am feeling rich. I do like the land interactions from Mina and Denn though, and I feel like that helps give you a little steam for late game even if you get board wiped a couple times. I added Fungal reaches too so I can stack up a huuuuge X spell to the dome or Molten disaster and zap everyone hopefully keeping myself alive



That's a pretty cute combo with the elder ;p

Hey all,


So I've played a few more games with a list pretty similar to the above one and got spanked pretty hard. Still by a Roon, UWG blink deck, which sucked. I just left like I would get really close to finishing them off then they'd avenger of zendikar and blink and then hit two or three land drops and scoop or some other way of making tons of huge tokens or some other kinda way to generate a ton of CA while I am stuck trying to top deck a burn or something. I still haven't gotten a good multiplayer game in so I haven't gotten to see what that looks like.

I picked up a few more cards too. I think I wanna go with a little bit more burn, that hits everyone and then try to add in some more ways to generate some CA while keeping the pressure on.

I am still torn on what commander to take. I kinda want to try Radha, heir to keld, just establish a board presence and start applying some pressure quickly then hold out, play some politics and then go for an explosive kill. Ruric Thar, also seems good, ramp up land him then start the hateraid. I worry a more threatening general like Thar will just get removed immediately though and I also don't specifically want to build around him and do the combo style build but I like the lists I've seen with like Mana Barbs ect, that just pressure the board for everything. I like Borborygmos enraged too but, again, I don't want to build a dedicated combo deck and I worry he'll just hated out immediately on hitting the field.

I really like Burning-tree Shaman, Scab-clan Berserker, and Charging Cinderhorn. That can zap all those nasty U players. I like the idea of Mana Barbs too, stuff like that that can start chipping away at everyone with me having to commit my whole board state and risk getting wiped to earlier or stall out. Definitely want to include both Thar and Borborygmos in the deck but I still kind of feel like Mina and Denn, maybe Radha is the best way to go. I like the late game potential of Mina and Denn though, bouncing lands and getting continued Valakut procs for some reach.




Leaning towards something more like this if I keep Mina and Denn, would probably have to switch it up some for Radha.





Looking at the list now it actually looks like, I am really heavy on 4 drops, which actually makes me feel like maybe switching to Radha would be a good call to hit those big impact spells on turn 3 always.

I've also just picked up Sarkhan Vol, Domri rade, Lurking predators, Burning-tree shaman, Kumano, Master Yamabushi, Verdant confluence and Shamanic revelation. I also really wanna get a Rishkar's expertise. I am also considering Furnace of Rath, Incendiary command,Insurrection, Caller of the claw, Chain reaction, Tilling treefolk, Inferno Titain, Flametounge kavu, Mana Barbs, Price of progress, Sulfiric vortex, Kazuul, tyrant of the cliffs, Zealous conscripts, Stranglehold, Cyclops gladiator.

Why not Xenagos, God of Revels?

He's not traditional aggro in the sense that he doesn't "go wide," but that's a good thing. The problem with traditional aggro in EDH is that you have six times more health to chew through. Not impossible, but it's an uphill battle for sure. What Xenagos brings to the table is a potent "go tall" strategy.

See, Xenagos doesn't particularly care about board wipes. You're in green so you ramp using lands. Xenagos himself is indestructible. And your big dumb creature is easily replaced and if they're having to wrath to get rid of a single creature they're on their last foot anyway.

Of course, instant speed spot removal is decent against Xenagos, but again, 1 for 1 removal isn't great if you can just cast another single fatty and ride it to victory.

Yeah! I definitely thought about it and it may in the end be best way to turn stuff sideways and win games that way but when I was looking through cards it just felt a little too boring. I think there's a little too little timmy in me to enjoy just whacking people with a double sized dragon, I want to have a bit more card interactions or something.



I just tinkered a bit and think is what I am trying now.

Radha, heir to keld as the commander