Waiting for Godo - cEDH Primer (duplicated from gtoast99) by macmilbj

Format: Commander

Commander: Godo, Bandit Warlord

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Mono-Red Turbo Combo list built around Godo, Bandit Warlord. The game plan focuses on generating 11 total mana as quickly as possible through explosive mana rocks, ancient lands, and red rituals. Once cast, Godo's enter-the-battlefield ability searches Helm of the Host directly onto the battlefield. Equipping Helm to Godo triggers at the beginning of combat, creating a hasty token copy that attacks, untaps itself, and generates an additional combat phase. This loop creates infinite combat phases and attacking Godo tokens to eliminate all opponents on Turn 3. To protect this linear win condition against competitive interaction, the deck runs dense protection and stax pieces such as Defense Grid, Conqueror's Flail, Vexing Bauble, and Deflecting Swat. In the event of targeted disruption, the deck can recover by recasting Godo or executing an alternate win condition using Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anje's Ravager
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Diviner's Wand
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Dwarven Ruins
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Last Chance
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magnetic Theft
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Petrified Hamlet
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Strength-Testing Hammer
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Void Mirror
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Voltaic Servant
  • 1 Warrior's Oath
  • 1 _____ Goblin