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MostMagic: The Gatheringgames can be interpreted as a sort of race.
There’s no respite for your opponents as you inflict the deck’s titular endless punishment.
Endless Punishment Commander Deck List
Here’s thefull deck listfor the Endless Punishment Commander deck.
What sets the good red/black decks apart from the bad isharnessing that damage for something greater.
Endless Punishment does that best through its boxtopper commander, Valgavoth, Harrow of Souls.
Valgavoth even comes with built-in evasion and protection thanks to the flying and ward keywords.
Barbflare Gremlin art by Matt Stewart
Tap into some of the best cards for fright night.
Then with Valgavoth at the fore, you attack with your giant moth Demon to win.
There’sno shortage of damage dealers in Endless Punishment.
Barbflare Gremlin art by Matt Stewart
Red/black decks often become the center of attention during games of multiplayer Commander.
To help keep yourself alive, Endless Punishmentfocuses on creatures for solid defense(32 besides Valgavoth himself).
However, you’re likely to need more given how red/black has trouble making friends.
Endless Punishment could also do with a little refinement.
We’ll be looking to cut those cards in favor of more synergistic options in the next section.
While they’re all decent cards, they could be replaced by something that plays better with Valgavoth.
Finally,Theater of Horrorsis an expensive way to deal damage thatcould be improved with a minor substitution.
For when it would take a miracle to win your next game.
We’re going to provide both in our budget substitutions.
Great value for a fun red trick.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant is perfect for Valgavoth.
Plus you get a 5/5 and a source of card draw out of the deal.
The Lord of Pain art by Greg Staples
It’s also a cheap Lizard with four toughness, making it great on defense.
Nobody can stare at free Treasure and not use it for long.
And once those Treasures start cracking, Valgavoth is laughing.
Reckless Impulse
Reckless Impulse is better than Grab the Prize.
Rug of Smothering
Everyone casts spells, which means Rug of Smothering offers consistent damage on opposing turns.
It also damages you, but as they say: no pain, no gain!
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant art by Jason A Engle
Underworld Dreams ensures that opponents suffer for it, and Valgavoth grows in power.
Untimely Malfunction
Utility hate, redirection, and combat tricks all in a single two-mana spell.
It’s hard to beat Untimely Malfunction’s utility.
An easy way to double-check they die is to block with them, which also helpfully triggers Valgavoth.
Other Budget Upgrades To Consider
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