<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.chasestoneart.com/">Chase Stone</a></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While I try to avoid revisiting creature types, as there are plenty out there and I want to give them all their due, Heroes and Dragons have both been revisited. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dragons were the first type reviewed, and then they were revisited after the Theme Deck Throwdown, albeit with fewer colors. Today, we’re going to triple down on a creature type, although in a completely different way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you guessed it? It’s Dragons…again!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s amazing how versatile creature types can be, especially when the roster is stacked. We’ve seen Dragons as a five-color good stuff deck, a ramp deck, and yet this build is going to be completely different. It’s even going to be the same monocolor as the Throwdown winner!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we last reviewed Dragons, we looked primarily at them as the apex of evolution, the top of the curve, the payoff to our buildup. But what if we looked at Dragons as inevitable bringers of destruction? Dragons are far more than just big fliers; they make their presence known and they can be resilient, too.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Ur-Dragon"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lathliss, Dragon Queen"></div></div>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dragon History</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dragons have been around since the beginning of <em>Magic’s</em> history, typically as the gigantic flying embodiments of power. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They’re not quite like HBO's <em>House of the Dragon </em>level medieval nuclear weapons, but they are incredibly strong and adept at beating players down from the air. There’s more to them than that, however.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dragons also breathe fire, and their very presence on the battlefield fundamentally changes the course of the conflict. That’s the kind of Dragons we’re going to build around today. These giant, scaly monsters are going to make their presence known and show just how difficult to keep down Dragons can be.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But how do we show Dragons’ resilience? And how does that relate to their ability to strike fear into foes?</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Feldon of the Third Path"></div></div>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The most obvious aspect to notice about <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is that he is not a Dragon. With all of the legendary Dragons out there, why would we choose a commander that isn’t a Dragon? He doesn’t even reference Dragons, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zirilan of the Claw" href="#" target="_blank">Zirilan of the Claw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Feldon does do is something red has been getting occasional support for over the years: weird forms of reanimation. Reanimation is usually black’s deal, and, while there are colorless ways to reanimate, which we are absolutely using, Feldon goes about it in a different way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Feldon makes copies of creatures in our grave, only they’re artifacts, have haste, and go away at the end of the turn.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So we need our Dragons to make an impact.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Key Cards for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Dragons we’re using all have enters-the-battlefield (ETB) effects. Being big isn’t enough; we want our Dragons to come out, make their presence known, and then go back to the grave. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being able to return over and over is where we get the resilience, and building up ETBs makes sure our Dragons announce themselves loudly each time.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bogardan Hellkite"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Red Dragon"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bogardan Hellkite" href="#" target="_blank">Bogardan Hellkite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a classic big-bang-shot Dragon, one of the win conditions of the legendary Gassy Knoll <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dragonstorm" href="#" target="_blank">Dragonstorm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck. When it enters, it deals damage to any number of targets, which is really powerful to copy with Feldon. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember: Feldon doesn’t immediately remove the creature it copies, so you can copy the same creature over and over.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hunted Dragon"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Skyline Despot"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When building a relatively linear deck, I like to include cards that increase the deck’s “play” (ability to present unique scenarios, making them fun to pick up). <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hunted Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Hunted Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a fun political tool and was even included in <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dragonstorm" href="#" target="_blank">Dragonstorm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> decks back in the day. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Skyline Despot" href="#" target="_blank">Skyline Despot</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> adds the Monarch to the game, which is always a fun time, with extra cards and reasons for combat-encouraging action.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Faithless Looting"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thrill of Possibility"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The other heavily-featured effect in the deck is cheap red looting/rummaging effects. These cards let us dig through the deck, loading the grave up for reanimation shenanigans. Those reanimation spells are rare to find in mono-red, but we can find them with our card velocity.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Search for Survivors"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We need these additional reanimation spells to accommodate not having our commander out, which is a concern when we are loading our Dragons in a public place, our graveyard, and our commander requires a turn cycle to activate. </span></p>
<p>Much of what we do is forecasted, so having God-Pharaoh's Gift eternalizing our Dragons or Search for Survivors making our opponents choose what we get back gives us additional outs.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Geier Reach Sanitarium"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Arena of Glory"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sanitarium is a fun additional source of looting, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arena of Glory" href="#" target="_blank">Arena of Glory</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can help offset Feldon’s frailty by giving him haste, enabling our shenanigans early.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But how do we close the game out?</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Does This <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Commander Deck Win?</span></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Terror of the Peaks"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Spawn of Thraxes"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unlike the other Dragon decks we’ve looked at, this one wants to engulf the table in fire. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Terror of the Peaks" href="#" target="_blank">Terror of the Peaks</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scourge of Valkas" href="#" target="_blank">Scourge of Valkas</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> have our Dragons blast opponents on ETB, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spawn of Thraxes" href="#" target="_blank">Spawn of Thraxes</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deals damage equal to the number of mountains we control, acting as an incredible finisher and a glorious reanimation target!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Feldon of the Third Path Commander Deck Tech" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="&nbsp;
[Commander]
*1 Feldon of the Third Path
[/Commander]
&nbsp;
[Creatures]
*1 Bogardan Hellkite
*1 Demanding Dragon
*1 Dragonhawk, Fate&#039;s Tempest
*1 Fire Dragon
*1 Furyborn Hellkite
*1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
*1 Hellkite Courser
*1 Hunted Dragon
*1 Knollspine Dragon
*1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
*1 Lava-Field Overlord
*1 Magmatic Hellkite
*1 Obsidian Charmaw
*1 Opportunistic Dragon
*1 Patron of the Arts
*1 Plundering Predator
*1 Preyseizer Dragon
*1 Rapacious Dragon
*1 Red Dragon
*1 Scourge of Valkas
*1 Skyline Despot
*1 Spawn of Thraxes
*1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
*1 Terror of Mount Velus
*1 Terror of the Peaks
*1 Themberchaud
*1 Thunder Dragon
*1 Thundermaw Hellkite
*1 Tyrant of Kher Ridges
*1 Vengeful Ancestor
[/Creatures]
&nbsp;
[Artifacts]
*1 Gate to the Afterlife
*1 Ghost Vacuum
*1 God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift
*1 Mimic Vat
*1 Staff of Eden, Vault&#039;s Key
*1 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine
[/Artifacts]
&nbsp;
[Instants]
*1 Big Score
*1 Cathartic Pyre
*1 Demand Answers
*1 Electric Revelation
*1 Faithless Salvaging
*1 Laughing Mad
*1 Sazacap&#039;s Brew
*1 Spit Flame
*1 Thrill of Possibility
*1 Unexpected Windfall
[/Instants]
&nbsp;
[Sorceries]
*1 Cathartic Reunion
*1 Faithless Looting
*1 Grab the Prize
*1 Highway Robbery
*1 Pirate&#039;s Pillage
*1 Reforge the Soul
*1 Romantic Rendezvous
*1 Search for Survivors
*1 Seize the Spoils
*1 Tormenting Voice
*1 Wheel of Misfortune
*1 Wild Guess
[/Sorceries]
&nbsp;
[Enchantments]
*1 Dragon Breath
[/Enchantments]
&nbsp;
[Lands]
*1 Arena of Glory
*1 Bonders&#039; Enclave
*1 Cavern of Souls
*1 Fogwell&#039;s Gym
*1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
*1 High Market
*30 Mountain
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
*1 Spinerock Knoll
*1 War Room
[/Lands]
&nbsp;"></span></div></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conclusion</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dragons have a ton of breadth…and a ton of breath! There are so many ways to build them: good stuff, clones, ramp, and now reanimator! Which is your favorite?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How would you build Dragons? And who would lead them into the fray?</span></p>


Dragon Typal Reanimator with Feldon of the Third Path

Jank No More - The Legendary Power of Vanilla

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="http://ronspearsart.com/">Ron Spears</a>)</h6>
<h1>Let Me Introduce My Brothers</h1>
<p>Welcome back to EDHREC, and to <em>Conditions Allow</em>. This article series focuses on legendary creatures with a drawback, and tries to turn them into a strength. This week, we're taking a look at one creature that really wants to be many. Commander is a singleton format, and that is exactly why <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a challenge to build around.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Brothers Yamazaki"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a mono-red legend from <em>Kamigawa</em>. There are two different versions of this card, each representing one of the brothers. Both have the same effect: if you control exactly two creatures named <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, then the “legend rule” doesn’t apply. Separately, each other creature named <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has haste and get +2/+2. All told, we can get a pair of 4/3’s with haste and <em>Bushido 1.</em> This isn’t much, but the challenge of building around a commander that wants to have multiple copies of itself may lead us down some interesting paths. Let’s see where we end up.</span></p>
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<h2>Can You Tell Us Apart?</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Flameshadow Conjuring"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Twinflame"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Heat Shimmer"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There aren’t many commanders like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, so let’s dive right into their EDHREC page. Right at the top of the High Synergy Cards is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This enchantment effectively lets us pay four mana to cast two 4/3s with haste by producing a token copy of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> whenever it enters the battlefield. Because of the Brothers' own effect, we don’t have to worry about the legend rule destroying the token. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, one copy of an effect is never enough. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Twinflame" href="#" target="_blank">Twinflame</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Heat Shimmer" href="#" target="_blank">Heat Shimmer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are both one-shot effects that do the same thing as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. To help all these cards have a longer-lasting impact, we can use <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sundial of the Infinite" href="#" target="_blank">Sundial of the Infinite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to make the tokens stick around.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bonus Round"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Howl of the Horde"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Helm of the Host"></div></div>
<p>The EDHREC page is also cluttered with spells that copy other spells. These could push <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Twinflame" href="#" target="_blank">Twinflame</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> into a much higher-impact spell, since the power buff our commander gives other copies of itself will be compounded with each additional token. However, as soon as we have two or more tokens, the legend rule will kick back into effect, and we'll be left with only a single <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. We'll have to dig a little deeper before we start forming a strategy.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You have to look surprisingly far down the EDHREC page before finding <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This Equipment doesn't have to worry about the legend rule at all, since the tokens it creates are not legendary. It may seem slow to produce only one token at the beginning of each of our combat phases, but this is more reliable than <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. To really make reliable use of that enchantment, we need to have our commander enter the field every turn, and red is not a color that easily supports bounce or flicker effects. If we were playing blue, we might rely on bouncing, or use a little <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Temporal Mastery" href="#" target="_blank">Temporal Mastery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to get multiple combat phases in a row. In red, however, we must rely on a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Relentless Assault" href="#" target="_blank">Relentless Assault</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</span></p>
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<h2>The Brothers' War</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Relentless Assault"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fury of the Horde"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="World at War"></div></div>
<p>There are quite a few sorceries that grant extra combat steps. In conjunction with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, every additional combat phase will create a new <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> token. Each makes the others stronger, until we have an unstoppable army. This strategy also takes advantage of the copy spells I mentioned earlier. Just remember that the untap clause of each of these copied spells will not happen between each extra combat, but occur right when the copied spell resolves, so each new token will probably be attacking alone. Still, this can put a sizable dent in one opponent's life total, while setting us up to quickly run away with the game on subsequent turns.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thrill of Possibility"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tormenting Voice"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Past in Flames"></div></div>
<p>The copy spells will also help us put all of these pieces together. As many others have explained before, copying a spell doesn't require you to pay the extra costs again, so <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tormenting Voice" href="#" target="_blank">Tormenting Voice</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thrill of Possibility" href="#" target="_blank">Thrill of Possibility</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> become actual card advantage. Red also has a couple of options for getting instants or sorceries back from the graveyard: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Past in Flames" href="#" target="_blank">Past in Flames</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is quite well-known, but you may not be as familiar with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anarchist" href="#" target="_blank">Anarchist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Including these cards means we don't have to worry as much about discarding our key extra combat cards, or using the copy spells to dig for them.</p>
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<h2>Family Heirlooms</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gamble"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Godo, Bandit Warlord"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of this revolves around <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. There are enough copy spells, extra combat phases, and draw for us to expect to be able to put those pieces together. Trying to draw a single artifact is much harder, however. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gamble" href="#" target="_blank">Gamble</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> helps, but isn’t exactly reliable. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Godo, Bandit Warlord" href="#" target="_blank">Godo, Bandit Warlord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a much better way of finding our key piece of Equipment, and it also gives us an extra combat phase the first time he attacks in a turn. In conjunction with the high density of draw effects, we should be able to find <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> fairly regularly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If we can't put one combo together, though, maybe we can find the pieces for another. So far we’ve found a way to make a lot of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but with the help of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cloudstone Curio" href="#" target="_blank">Cloudstone Curio</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Echoes" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Echoes</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> we can create many, many more. </span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Flameshadow Conjuring"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cloudstone Curio"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mana Echoes"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cloudstone Curio" href="#" target="_blank">Cloudstone Curio</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> lets us use the tokens created by <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to return the original <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brothers Yamazaki" href="#" target="_blank">Brothers Yamazaki</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> back to our hand. We can then recast it to create another token, and so on. The mana to continually recast our commander and trigger <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> comes from <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Echoes" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Echoes</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which creates more mana the more tokens we have. Even though the mana it creates is all colorless, we can filter it into red with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prismite" href="#" target="_blank">Prismite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gemstone Array" href="#" target="_blank">Gemstone Array</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This does run us back into the legend rule problem, though. I resisted using <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror Gallery" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror Gallery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in my article about <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Linessa, Zephyr Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Linessa, Zephyr Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but it's the only card that allows us to do what we want here, so it gets a spot.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zealous Conscripts"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Reckless Fireweaver"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Anarchist"></div></div>
<p>If we do ever manage to get all of these cards on the field at the same time, we will get an infinite number of creatures, all with haste. There are other ways we can use it, however. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zealous Conscripts" href="#" target="_blank">Zealous Conscripts</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can steal every creature on the field, or continually untap one of our own. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx" href="#" target="_blank">Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can easily provide the mana needed to activate <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aggravated Assault" href="#" target="_blank">Aggravated Assault</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> repeatedly, or to use <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Endless Atlas" href="#" target="_blank">Endless Atlas</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to draw into the final card you need to win. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Anarchist" href="#" target="_blank">Anarchist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> would let us cast any spell in our deck as many times as we'd like, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reckless Fireweaver" href="#" target="_blank">Reckless Fireweaver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> simply wins the game.</p>
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<h2>Fuel for the Clan</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thran Dynamo"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hedron Archive"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mana Geyser"></div></div>
<p>This is an extremely mana-hungry deck. We need a lot to cast our copy spells and extra combat spells in a single turn, or to keep activating <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aggravated Assault" href="#" target="_blank">Aggravated Assault</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Getting up to a critical amount of mana is vital, and we have two ways to do it: traditional mana rocks like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thran Dynamo" href="#" target="_blank">Thran Dynamo</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> do a lot of work getting us there, and red also has access to a number of rituals that can push us up to enough mana to go off several turns before our opponents are expecting it.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Brothers Yamazaki" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Brothers Yamazaki
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Abbot of Keral Keep
*1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
*1 Ghitu Chronicler
*1 Keldon Marauders
*1 Prismite
*1 Reckless Fireweaver
*1 Combat Celebrant
*1 Ghitu Journeymage
*1 Kessig Malcontents
*1 Magus of the Wheel
*1 Seasoned Pyromancer
*1 Anarchist
*1 Flamerush Rider
*1 Zealous Conscripts
*1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Expedition Map
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Endless Atlas
*1 Fire Diamond
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Ruby Medallion
*1 Sundial of the Infinite
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Cloudstone Curio
*1 Unstable Obelisk
*1 Gemstone Array
*1 Hedron Archive
*1 Thran Dynamo
*1 Ur-Golem&#039;s Eye
*1 Conjurer&#039;s Closet
*1 Mirror Gallery
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Tectonic Reformation
*1 Aggravated Assault
*1 Flameshadow Conjuring
*1 Mana Echoes
*1 Outpost Siege
[/Enchantments]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Chandra, Flamecaller
[/Planeswalkers]
[Instants]
*1 Battle Hymn
*1 Desperate Ritual
*1 Increasing Vengeance
*1 Pyretic Ritual
*1 Thrill of Possibility
*1 Chaos Warp
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 By Force
*1 Faithless Looting
*1 Gamble
*1 Magmatic Insight
*1 Vandalblast
*1 Cathartic Reunion
*1 Tormenting Voice
*1 Twinflame
*1 Wild Guess
*1 Bonus Round
*1 Heat Shimmer
*1 Howl of the Horde
*1 Past in Flames
*1 Relentless Assault
*1 Seize the Day
*1 Hour of Devastation
*1 Mana Geyser
*1 World at War
*1 Fury of the Horde
*1 Blasphemous Act
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Buried Ruin
*1 Forgotten Cave
*1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
*1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
*1 Smoldering Crater
*29 Mountain
[/Lands]"></span></div>

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<p>This deck was a lot of fun to put together, and ended up feeling much stronger than I thought would be possible. Extra combats wasn't a direction I thought I would end up going, but it ended up being an exciting direction to pursue. The deck would be stronger if it was focused strictly around that strategy, instead of sharing space with a complicated combo. The two don't share cards, but I wanted to highlight both approaches I thought had some potential.</p>
<p>Let me know which you find more exciting! Do you prefer complicated combos, or more straightforward combat? Let me know in the comments, where you can also tell me about any cards you think would be a good fit that I missed. As always, thank you for reading.</p>


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