norin goes and comes by RareLuke

Format: Commander

Commander: Norin the Wary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red burn and group slug strategy led by Norin the Wary. The game plan exploits Norin's unique ability to exile himself whenever any player casts a spell or attacks, returning to the battlefield at every end step. When paired with enter-the-battlefield damage triggers like Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, Molten Gatekeeper, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, Norin triggers up to four times per turn cycle, dealing steady, unblockable damage to all opponents simultaneously. The deck enhances this clock with damage doublers and adders such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might. To disrupt opposing game plans, passive punishers like Spellshock, Zo-Zu the Punisher, and Sulfuric Vortex tax everyday actions like casting spells, playing lands, and gaining life. The deck closes games around turn 7 through cumulative noncombat damage without needing combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chandra's Regulator
  • 1 Chandra, Flame's Catalyst
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Embermaw Hellion
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Enraged Flamecaster
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Maddening Hex
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mob Verdict
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Norin the Wary
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Pandemonium
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Rose Room Treasurer
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spellshock
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher