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Commander? Why Would I Need One of Them?
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Commander

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Khârn the Betrayer

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.

Creature
Khârn the Betrayer (40k) 79

Commander

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Direct Removal

Qty: 5 Price: $15.11
Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (fdn) 188
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (blc) 114
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (pip) 189
Untimely Malfunction

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.

Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (otc) 183

Direct Removal

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Pump

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Electrostatic Infantry

Trample Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Electrostatic Infantry (dmu) 122

Pump

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Burn

Qty: 13 Price: $12.41
Ashling, Flame Dancer

You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, discard a card, then draw a card. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, Ashling deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control. If it's the third time, add {R}{R}{R}{R}.

Creature
Ashling, Flame Dancer (mh3) 115
Cinder Pyromancer

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. Whenever you cast a red spell, you may untap this creature.

Creature
Cinder Pyromancer (eve) 50
Coruscation Mage

Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Coruscation Mage (blb) 131
Fanatic of Mogis

When this creature enters, it deals damage to each opponent equal to your devotion to red. (Each {R} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)

Creature
Fanatic of Mogis (plst) THS-121
Fiery Inscription

When this enchantment enters, the Ring tempts you. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this enchantment deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Fiery Inscription (ltr) 126
Fire Servant

If a red instant or sorcery spell you control would deal damage, it deals double that damage instead.

Creature
Fire Servant (m11) 137
Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Guttersnipe (otc) 169
Incinerate

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

Instant
Incinerate (jvc) 51
Kessig Flamebreather

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Kessig Flamebreather (vow) 164
Pyromancer's Gauntlet

If a red instant or sorcery spell you control or a red planeswalker you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 2 to that permanent or player instead.

Artifact
Pyromancer's Gauntlet (m14) 214
Rockslide Sorcerer

Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Rockslide Sorcerer (znr) 154
Sulfuric Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player. If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

Enchantment
Sulfuric Vortex (dmr) 144
Thermo-Alchemist

Defender {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, untap this creature.

Creature
Thermo-Alchemist (scd) 162

Burn

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Draw

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Demand Answers

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 122
Dragon's Rage Channeler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.

Creature
Dragon's Rage Channeler (mh2) 121
Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Draw a card.

Instant
Flick a Coin (woe) 128
Glimpse the Impossible

Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if any of those cards remain exiled, put them into your graveyard, then create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token for each card put into your graveyard this way. Those tokens have "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Sorcery
Glimpse the Impossible (mh3) 124
Grab the Prize

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. If the discarded card wasn't a land card, Grab the Prize deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Sorcery
Grab the Prize (dsk) 138
Harnesser of Storms

Whenever you cast a noncreature or Otter spell, you may exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Harnesser of Storms (blb) 137
Light Up the Stage

Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Sorcery
Light Up the Stage (dsc) 166
Reckless Impulse

Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Sorcery
Reckless Impulse (vow) 174
Renegade Tactics

Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Renegade Tactics (j25) 590
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (fdn) 210
Tormenting Voice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Tormenting Voice (j22) 615
Wrenn's Resolve

Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Sorcery
Wrenn's Resolve (mom) 173

Draw

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Ramp

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Koth, Fire of Resistance

+2: Search your library for a basic Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. −3: Koth deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a Mountain you control enters, this emblem deals 4 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Koth, Fire of Resistance (one) 138
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (m3c) 305
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (fdn) 257
Storm-Kiln Artist

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (otc) 181

Ramp

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Copy

Qty: 6 Price: $11.74
Crackling Spellslinger

Flash When this creature enters, if you cast it, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn has storm. (When you cast that spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Creature
Crackling Spellslinger (otc) 25
Display of Power

This spell can't be copied. Copy any number of target instant and/or sorcery spells. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Instant
Display of Power (ltr) 119
Dualcaster Mage

Flash When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Dualcaster Mage (c21) 165
Harmonic Prodigy

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) If an ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Harmonic Prodigy (mh2) 132
Krark, the Thumbless

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return that spell to its owner's hand. If you win the flip, copy that spell, and you may choose new targets for the copy. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Krark, the Thumbless (cmr) 189
Leyline of Resonance

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single creature you control, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Leyline of Resonance (dsk) 379

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Finishers

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Comet Storm

Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.

Instant
Comet Storm (cmr) 411
Crackle with Power

Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.

Sorcery
Crackle with Power (otp) 22
Electrodominance

Electrodominance deals X damage to any target. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Electrodominance (otp) 23
Jaya's Immolating Inferno

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets.

Sorcery
Jaya's Immolating Inferno (dom) 133

Finishers

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Recursion

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Efreet Flamepainter

Double strike Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Efreet Flamepainter (stx) 98

Recursion

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Damage Spells

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Boltwave

Boltwave deals 3 damage to each opponent.

Sorcery
Boltwave (fdn) 79
End the Festivities

End the Festivities deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature and planeswalker they control.

Sorcery
End the Festivities (vow) 155
Fiery Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Fiery Confluence deals 1 damage to each creature. • Fiery Confluence deals 2 damage to each opponent. • Destroy target artifact.

Sorcery
Fiery Confluence (cmm) 222
Fiery Temper

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target. Madness {R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Fiery Temper (c19) 142
Flame Rift

Flame Rift deals 4 damage to each player.

Sorcery
Flame Rift (mh2) 278
Flame Slash

Flame Slash deals 4 damage to target creature.

Sorcery
Flame Slash (cn2) 157
Grapeshot

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Sorcery
Grapeshot (dmr) 125
Gut Shot

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target.

Instant
Gut Shot (mm2) 117
Lava Dart

Lava Dart deals 1 damage to any target. Flashback—Sacrifice a Mountain. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Lava Dart (mh1) 134
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Lightning Strike

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Strike (dmu) 137
Magma Jet

Magma Jet deals 2 damage to any target. Scry 2.

Instant
Magma Jet (jmp) 346
Shock

Shock deals 2 damage to any target.

Instant
Shock (j25) 598
Sudden Shock

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Sudden Shock deals 2 damage to any target.

Instant
Sudden Shock (tsr) 194
Tectonic Hazard

Tectonic Hazard deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature they control.

Sorcery
Tectonic Hazard (lci) 169

Damage Spells

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $13.54
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (blb) 376
Spinerock Knoll

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.

Land
Spinerock Knoll (dsc) 300

Land

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Tokens

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Young Pyromancer

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.

Creature
Young Pyromancer (j25) 618

Tokens

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Actually Good as Commander

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Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control that targets only a single creature deals damage to that creature, Imodane deals that much damage to each opponent.

Creature
Imodane, the Pyrohammer (woe) 137
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Creature
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (eld) 147

Actually Good as Commander

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Maybeboard

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Black Vise

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Black Vise (me3) 191
Booby Trap

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent and a card name other than a basic land card name. The chosen player reveals each card they draw. When the chosen player draws a card with the chosen name, sacrifice this artifact. If you do, this artifact deals 10 damage to that player.

Artifact
Booby Trap (9ed) 289
Cursed Rack

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Artifact
Cursed Rack (me1) 155
Ebony Owl Netsuke

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has seven or more cards in hand, this artifact deals 4 damage to that player.

Artifact
Ebony Owl Netsuke (sok) 154
Geth's Grimoire

Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may draw a card.

Artifact
Geth's Grimoire (dst) 123
Giggling Skitterspike

Indestructible Whenever this creature attacks, blocks, or becomes the target of a spell, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent. {5}: Monstrosity 5. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

Creature Artifact
Giggling Skitterspike (dsc) 39
Gleeful Arsonist

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage equal to its power to that player. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Gleeful Arsonist (dsc) 27
Iron Maiden

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Iron Maiden (ulg) 127
Misers' Cage

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has five or more cards in hand, this artifact deals 2 damage to that player.

Artifact
Misers' Cage (mir) 311
Razorkin Needlehead

This creature has first strike during your turn. Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.

Creature
Razorkin Needlehead (dsk) 153
Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 486
Skullcage

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this artifact deals 2 damage to that player unless they have exactly three or exactly four cards in hand.

Artifact
Skullcage (arc) 115
Stuffy Doll

Indestructible As this creature enters, choose a player. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to the chosen player. {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to itself.

Creature Artifact
Stuffy Doll (clb) 875
Viseling

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this creature deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Creature Artifact
Viseling (c13) 269
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

Whenever an opponent draws their first card each turn, if it's not their turn, you create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." Whenever one or more Devils you control attack one or more players, you and those players each draw a card, then discard a card at random.

Creature
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider (ncc) 278

Maybeboard

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This is the fourth deck in my \"semi-budget\" deckbuilding challange where I build a deck of each color trying to keep it under $100 USD. For this one I decided to try something fun, I make a deck for a commander then sub the commander out for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Khârn the Betrayer"}},{"insert":". I do this for one reason, because its funny. Obviously you'd have a better deck if you made the commander "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Torbran, Thane of Red Fell"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashling, Flame Dancer"}},{"insert":" but I wanted a deck that doesn't use the commander for its plan at all. EXCEPT....\n\nThis deck could use the commander.\n\nKharn is the ideal target for spells that only target creatures, and in the side board I have some wonderful payoffs for people drawing cards. The problem is they're a little pricey, also not the main point of the deck. So if you want a more Kharn focussed deck those'll work great. Better in Jeskai, gives me an idea for a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zinnia, Valley's Voice"}},{"insert":" deck.\n\nThis deck has a simple gameplan, play damaging spells. Thats it. You just play spells, sap your opponents for life, boom they die.\n"}]}
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