Varolz, the commander

by God_Concept on 07 June 2013

Command Zone (1 card)

Creatures (1)

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (0 cards)

No sideboard found.

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Deck Description

Voltron Commander Varolz deck


***Thoughts//Comments greatly appreciated***



How to Play

Get a powerful creature in your graveyard and scavenge it on to Varolz, preferably with some hexproof and unblockable.

Deck Tags

  • EDH

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0034045

Deck Format


Commander

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Varolz, the commander

Impressive use of Varolz. Nice EDH.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:33

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Thanks. Anything you'd change?

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:37

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Maybe add Sadistic Hypnotist? Gets the fatties into your graveyard and get cards out of your opponent's hand.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 03:07

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Good call, thanks.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 03:12

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Varolz + Vexing Devil ?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:37

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It's a commander deck so I can only use the colors related to varolz. Other wise that would be a great idea. Thanks though.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:38

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Please put the commander in the sideboard.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:40

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Thanks, I wasn't sure what to do with him.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 02:42

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i was going to suggest phyrexian dreadnaught but just missed it the first read through. love the deck

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 04:56

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Thank you.

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Posted 07 June 2013 at 05:08

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So, I've been wanting to comment on this deck a while, I just haven't had the chance since leaving my all-too-short comment above.

First, you're missing a few EDH Staples, especially for G/B, so I'll assume you're on a budget. Money can make almost any deck better.

Let's start with the basic idea. You're trying to use your general's ability liberally, and that's great, but there's a few things you need to watch out for. First, your deck needs to be able to run without your general on the battlefield. Board wipes happen. Removal happens, shuffle and bounce happens. When this occurs, your deck still needs to be able to function, and I don't see that. You're missing a bunch of tools like recursion (E Witness) and ramp (gyre sage would be great in this deck, also Vorinclex, mana rocks etc. You're missing a ton).

That being said, you also need to be very careful, because your general is using a very finite resource. In a prolonged game with lots of graveyard hate (night soil, grafdigger, tormod, bog) you WILL start to run out of things in your graveyard. This can be a complete hozer for your current strategy, and is all the more reason to run B/G EDH Staples so your deck is more resilient. You're really focused on your general's strategy, but it is VERY easy to stop up your entire deck, and you need to be prepared for that.

Here's just some thoughts off the top of my head:
Gyre Sage
Buried Alive
Entomb
Lightning Greaves
Vorinclex
Sylvan Library
Rancor
Eternal Witness
Regrowth
Acidic Slime (this is a staple)
Blastoderm
Tormented Soul (sneak damge through)
Mana Reflection
Phyrexian Arena
Oracle of Mul Daya
Doubling Season
Liliana
Fleshbag Marauder
Sensi's Top
Jitte
Solemn Simulacrum
Beseech the Queen
Survival of the Fittest
Primal Growth
Maelstrom Pulse
Bonehoard
Abrupt Decay
Sol Ring
Vigor
Yav Elder
Umbra Stalker
Worldspine Wurm
Geth
Grave Titan (Prime Titan is banned)
Avatar of Woe
Living Death
Green Sun's Zenith
Forgotten Ancient
Nature's Resurgence
Mortivore

Land:
Dryad Arbor
Maze of ith
Vesuva
Urborg
Twilight Mire
Reflecting Pool
LLanowar Wastes
Bayou
Verdent Catacombs
Terramorphic Expanse
Overgrown Tomb
Treetop Village
Shizo
Agadeem
Cabal Coffers
Volrath's Stronghold
Oran-Rief

Some of these are 'staples' some of these are just really good fits in your deck. I don't think they'd all fit, by any means, but it should be a good list to get you started. Remember, you need a solid deck that is ENHANCED by your commander because your commander is so easy to completely stop up. You've got a good start, but it'll take some work and some playtesting to take it to the next level.

Good luck.

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 03:49

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Honestly more help than I had hoped for. Thanks a ton. This is my first commander deck I've built and I haven't had the chance to play the format before so I didn't know what to use from experience.

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 04:09

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The best way to learn is by playing, but hopefully I've given you some ideas to help point you in the right direction. EDH can be an intimidating format to get in to, because it requires knowledge of a whole bunch of cards, and you routinely run in to players that just play cards and go in to what I call 'masturbation mode' and just play by themselves without telling you what's going on because they're comboing out.

Hope this helps!

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 04:16

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It does a great deal.

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 04:17

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I think I've added and slimmed as much as possible.

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 05:00

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Slowly looking better. You'll have to play around with it a bit yet to figure out what works for you, your meta, and your budget.
The land base looks MUCH better, and you're starting to show some ramp.

I'd recommend that as you play games, make a list of things you wish you could do mid-game, or problems you encounter as you're playing, and then adjust your toolbox of cards to deal with these problems. That'll help you adjust for your meta, and see holes in your deck that need filling.

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Posted 08 June 2013 at 18:25

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Definitely solid advice. Thanks again for all your help.

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Posted 11 June 2013 at 00:34

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Second most commented on deck to feature rot farm skeleton. Congratz!

He is my favorite card ever right now.

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Posted 26 January 2014 at 20:00

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