Catholic Guilt aka Self harm to victory by MorphD87

Format: Commander

Commander: Daredevil, Fearless Fighter

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-red deck turns symmetrical self-harm into a focused lethal weapon using Daredevil, Fearless Fighter. Daredevil triggers whenever you take damage from your own sources, redirecting equal damage directly to opponents while granting impulse card draw whenever he attacks. The deck layers group slug enchantments like Manabarbs, Spellshock, and Zo-Zu the Punisher to penalize opposing resource development while generating continuous damage triggers. It accelerates its clock by deploying damage multipliers such as Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, and Fiery Emancipation, turning minor pings into lethal bursts. Lifelink equipment such as Basilisk Collar and Loxodon Warhammer allows Daredevil to recover life lost to his own attack triggers and self-damage spells. Board sweepers like Blasphemous Act and Pyrohemia double as both creature control and massive direct damage enablers via Brash Taunter and Donna Noble.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Daredevil's Billy Club
  • 1 Daredevil, Fearless Fighter
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Donna Noble
  • 1 Elektra, Femme Fatale
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fire Servant
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Flamebreak
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Hawkeye, Master Marksman
  • 1 Hawkeye, Young Avenger
  • 1 Heart of Ramos
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Human Torch, Johnny Storm
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Magebane Lizard
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Molten Lavamancer
  • 33 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Reckless Handling
  • 1 Red Hulk
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Scrap Welder
  • 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spellshock
  • 1 Stick, Fearless Mentor
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thor, Asgard's Avenger
  • 1 Thor, God of Thunder
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher