scaredy cat by SageRageMage

Format: Commander

Commander: Norin the Wary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This mono-red burn deck turns Norin the Wary into a continuous damage engine. Casting Norin on Turn 1 establishes the setup immediately. Norin's ability exiles him whenever any player casts a spell or declares an attack, returning him to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step. In a four-player game, Norin enters the battlefield up to four times per turn rotation. The deck stacks enter-the-battlefield burn permanents like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, and Agate Instigator alongside token engines like Genesis Chamber. Damage amplifiers such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Solphim, Mayhem Dominus accelerate life loss, dealing massive chunks of damage each table rotation without attacking. Norin naturally dodges spot removal and sweepers through his exile trigger. The deck controls opposing boards with Chandra's Incinerator and burns out all three opponents across two response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 35 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Norin the Wary
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Pandemonium
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster