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Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:00 pm
by pokken
I'd like to think of a deck to play my
Gauntlet of Might in. I have experimented with a few red decks and they all pale in comparison to mono red Golos, so it's really hard to stick with it.
Anyone got a good idea for a deck that doesn't need to play so much artifact ramp, that can play enough mountains to benefit from Gauntlet and the other mana doublers, and isn't just a one trick pony? How do you...do stuff?
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:22 pm
by Dragoon
I don't have any idea off the top of my head but it might be worth it to look into mono-red decks focusing on
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, maybe?
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:28 pm
by pokken
Might work but it's just such a struggle to get mono red to get any extra land drops lol
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It's basically...
and not much else
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:04 am
by Crazy Monkey
I think monored with heavy land and color requirements make sense.
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell punisher/burn with punishment effects like
Manabarbs and
Pyrohemia is where I run mine. It is a fairly limited scope deck, so I'm not sure it's the deck you're looking for.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:24 am
by pokken
Crazy Monkey wrote: ↑2 years ago
I think monored with heavy land and color requirements make sense.
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell punisher/burn with punishment effects like
Manabarbs and
Pyrohemia is where I run mine. It is a fairly limited scope deck, so I'm not sure it's the deck you're looking for.
It's very frustrating how bad the torbran decks are when he's dead to me, so I'm not super hot on that. Good thoughts though.
I wish there were a red commander that just...drew me a bunch of cards in a nice clean way, that wasn't super vulnerable to removal, didn't need a massive buildaround, and didn't really want a ton of mana rocks to ramp out fast like
Etali, Primal Storm.
If
Knollspine Dragon was a commander?
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Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:46 am
by Sinis
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
Anyone got a good idea for a deck that doesn't need to play so much artifact ramp, that can play enough mountains to benefit from Gauntlet and the other mana doublers, and isn't just a one trick pony? How do you...do stuff?
I mean, it's probably good in
any mono-red pile. I played it in
Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded. That might be a one-trick pony, though.
I guess I would try
Lathliss, Dragon Queen tribal dragons. Dragons really need a lot of mana, and failing everything else, Lathliss herself is a mana dump. If not that,
Kumano, Master Yamabushi is decent removal if you have a ton of mana. Obligatory "You'll need as many analogues as possible" statement:
Caged Sun,
Gauntlet of Power,
Extraplanar Lens (I'm sure you, pokken, know this, but for anyone else reading....)
I think the truth of the matter is, it's only one or two mana shy of being something like
Mana Reflection or
Mirari's Wake. It's not actually that amazing (though, I mean, I really really like my copy?). My point being, we don't really build decks around Mirari's Wake (and only sometimes do we put particular cards like
Cascading Cataracts to interact with Mana Reflection). They're more of a throw-in.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:02 am
by pokken
So the nice thing about the gauntlet/sun/gauntlet set is that they are also anthems, so I think going smaller and wider might be useful? The problem is then you want to be able to use that mana.
I wonder if
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider might be worth thinking about? Or maybe
Rionya, Fire Dancer? Or
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor or
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame type stuff?
Not sure how to start building those things tbh lol
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Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:13 am
by Serenade
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:55 am
by pokken
That sounds just about perfect tbh. Good idea!
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:06 am
by Treamayne
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
Anyone got a good idea for a deck that doesn't need to play so much artifact ramp, that can play enough mountains to benefit from Gauntlet and the other mana doublers, and isn't just a one trick pony? How do you...do stuff?
I've been happy running
Gauntlet of Might in my
Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence battlecry/goad deck on MTGO (not always the keywords - though they are represented - but effects to scale by number of attackers and to send attacks elsewhere). Dash creatures also do well to avoid board wipes, but keep the deck flowing. The deck has also run
Márton Stromgald in the command zone occasionally, but he is much harder to protect. Still in the 99 though.
Ghirapur Orrery has been an all-star (when it sticks a turn or two) as much for the extra land drop as for the draw-three when hellbent. It can also synergize well with
Bottled Cloister, if you are willing to keep instant-speed interaction as activated abilities rather than cards in hand. Red also has a surprising number of curses that add to these themes.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:34 am
by Sinis
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
So the nice thing about the gauntlet/sun/gauntlet set is that they are also anthems, so I think going smaller and wider might be useful? The problem is then you want to be able to use that mana.
So, how about
Pashalik Mons? It can go wide and is a mana dump (with bonus damage on top). Plus
Battle Cry Goblin,
Cavalier of Flame,
Moonveil Dragon and maybe others, I suppose?
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:47 am
by DirkGently
Inferno of the Star Mounts?
My fav mono-red is
Zirilan of the Claw of course, where I run my gauntlet. Big mana can make a big difference when swinging with
Dragon Tyrant,
Hellkite Charger, etc.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:10 pm
by duducrash
A bit weird, but there is a bunch of red cards that create creatures at combat or when attack
Legion Warboss Goblin Rabblemaster Hanweir Garrison Goblin Traprunner ,
Flamerush Rider Battle Cry Goblin Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin Delina, Wild Mage Kari Zev, Skyship Raider and
Tilonalli's Summoner the Myriad effect . Or Overall value
Captain Lannery Storm I know mono red is the place to be, but
Isshin, Two Heavens as One can helm the deck and you shift towards red and still have access to the doubling effect, token doublers in
Anointed Procession .
edit: Kari Zev token is legendary lol
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:37 pm
by PrimevalCommander
Mono red
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom warriors! Goes wide. Rewards combat. And you don't seem to have a problem with ignoring 5c activation abilities. Good with
Hellkite Charger
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:53 pm
by Lifeless
The deck I use my Gauntlet in is
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser's Goading Goblins. It's pretty self explanatory - get in with Grenzo and some other small gobbos, use your ramp to steal their stuff and make more gobbos. You can also include the other usual suspect combo pieces for R and\or Krenko nonsense to improve you late game.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:12 pm
by pokken
Lifeless wrote: ↑2 years ago
The deck I use my Gauntlet in is
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser's Goading Goblins. It's pretty self explanatory - get in with Grenzo and some other small gobbos, use your ramp to steal their stuff and make more gobbos. You can also include the other usual suspect combo pieces for R and\or Krenko nonsense to improve you late game.
I tried a Grenzo deck at some point but I was too reluctant to add all the cheap goblins and it didn't work out. Maybe worth revisiting at some point, though I think I might like Subira's generic card draw more, assuming I can find enough ways to abuse the graveyard with it.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
The only hero worthy of the gauntlet is
Kumano, Master Yamabushi. Throw on some deathtouch and set the board ablaze!
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:14 pm
by materpillar
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
I'd like to think of a deck to play my
Gauntlet of Might in. I have experimented with a few red decks and they all pale in comparison to mono red Golos, so it's really hard to stick with it.
Anyone got a good idea for a deck that doesn't need to play so much artifact ramp, that can play enough mountains to benefit from Gauntlet and the other mana doublers, and isn't just a one trick pony? How do you...do stuff?
I mean… golos is gonna golos. That's a pretty bad stick to measure by commanders by.
I think
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage fits your bill fairly well. You can build a fairly controlling list around her. She doesn't really do stuff herself but helps keep other peoples annoying utility commanders off the battlefield. That stalls out the game and let's you hit a lot of natural land drops. Then you can stick some mana doublers to go big and
Comet Storm some folks. Jaya also likes a lot of mana herself. Being able to drop her, equip some lifelink equipment, give her haste and then
Inferno the board is really solid against creature based decks.
I had a bit of a
Squee, Goblin Nabob secret commander (finding him with various goblin tutors) to use a wide array of rummages as card advantage. I also played a ton of stack interaction with
Red Elemental Blast and
Reverberate effects.
You can throw together a fairly solid mono-R control draw-go list.
Also,
Pyrohemia is a card.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:32 am
by vandertroll
I run it in my
Syr Carah, the Bold burn/slinger deck because I don't have the expensive fast mana. I'd say it works quite well, it helps the commander to go off faster.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:07 am
by 3drinks
Coming from Kari Zev, I moved into Rograkh + (Kediss at the time) since the kobold offers what you want from Kari, and even comes with a buddy too, but now it costs less mana. I suspect Jeska PW is the kobold's BFF with it's ability to triple damage (though Kediss making your kobold into a big
Hydra Omnivore is surely worth exploring?
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
That sounds just about perfect tbh. Good idea!
Worth noting, gauntlet is actively bad in Subira as it turns most of the draw engine off. Learn from my mistakes, don't combine these cards.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:24 pm
by rogerandover
pokken wrote: ↑2 years ago
I wish there were a red commander that just...drew me a bunch of cards in a nice clean way, that wasn't super vulnerable to removal, didn't need a massive buildaround, and didn't really want a ton of mana rocks to ramp out fast like
Etali, Primal Storm.
Enter stage: everyones favorite dockhand
Squee, Goblin Nabob.
Squee's definitely not vulnerable to removal - you actual want him in the bin. Maybe the draw-aspect isn't as clean as you like but reds ability to loot makes Squee into pure card advantage, and recent years has given alot of recursion from the grave, so
Goblin Lore and
Control of the Court is perfectly playable aswell.
I'm not sure if you need to buildaround with Squee but my deck is all about stylish kills, maybe a
Lightning Bolt will ricochet a bunch of times while it builds up and suddenly kills someone.
Anyway, it's my favorite deck, even though it's a bit straight forward. But the surprise people get when I blow the whole world up, never gets tiresome.
Re: Gauntlet of Might deck
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:57 pm
by Crazy Monkey
I just wanted to revisit this thread with another (bad) idea that hybridized this topic, and monored golos, with the ongoing thread on
Ruination.
Mono-mountain
Osgir, the Reconstructor using
From the Ashes and mana rocks to power up
Goblin Charbelcher(s) would use the gauntlet(s) well as a medium power level deck. It's been stuck in my head for a bit, and I might have to build it.