scaredy cat by SageRageMage

Format: Commander

Commander: Norin the Wary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red burn and attrition strategy commanded by Norin the Wary. Norin's unique ability allows him to exile whenever a player casts a spell or attacks, returning at every end step. This triggers enter-the-battlefield payoffs up to four times per turn cycle. The deck pairs Norin with pingers such as Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, while Genesis Chamber floods the board with Myr tokens. Damage amplifiers like Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might scale single-point pings into massive bursts. The list is resilient against creature wipes because Norin dodges removal naturally, allowing the deck to maintain steady pressure. While vulnerable to enchantment removal and lacking dedicated stax or fast-mana combos, it presents an inevitable clock that burns all opponents simultaneously.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra, Dressed to Kill
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 37 Mountain
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Norin the Wary
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 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 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wildfire Howl
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster