Cards that were not mentioned but worth talking about: Jeska’s Will Deflecting Swat Mana Geyser Tibalts Trickery Red Elemental Blast Blood Frenzy (pet card admittedly) Flame Blitz & Burn Down the House for planeswalker hate I also really like the new Glittering Stockpile for 3 mana rocks
For artifact removal I've started taking out vandalblast and putting in raze the effigy. Vandalblast is great but it's a sorcery and most of the time I didn't find myself overloading it, only using it for spot removal.
Great list! I would say deflecting swat Has become a staple for me. It's saved my butt so many times. And for those commanders with power 4 or greater, I love bolt Bend. And How Could You Forget blood moon and Ruby medallion!
Ill be the first to suggest Creative Technique. Pay 5, pick and opponent, he cast a free nonland card from the deck but you get 2 instead of one. I have never missed with this card 👌🏾 i personally like to copy this spell and pick a different and get 4 cards for free from my deck and they only get 1.
As an addition to war room, I would add that Roadside Reliquary can be really good in any mono deck. Comes in untapped, taps for colourless, and can draw you 2 cards on sacrifice. Pretty great! Also Endless Atlas.
Reckless Impulse, Faithless looting, commune with Lava, and Jeska's Will are my goto card draw spells in red. Red doesn't have great permanent card draw, but the impulse draw and looting away dead cards is a very potent way to keep the card velocity going.
3:00 I personally like Vandal Blast and Shattering Spree for artifact removal since it’s a single red t destroy and artifact and has replicate making an additional copy for each red mana you spend after the first, making it much harder to counterspell.
Suggestion: Leave out colorless cards that are good in all colors. Stick to things that are explicitly the color that is the focus of the video, has color symbols on it that are of the topic color, or at least do something that is specifically on-color. For example: Good to mention: Fire Diamond, it specifically creates red mana. Probably a good card to mention even though it's colorless. Unnecessary Mention: Solemn Simulacrum. Is mentioned frequently, very well known card. I really appreciate these types of videos. Can't wait for more!
See but like Red doesn't do ramp. This youtuber is giving you a list of cards they would include in their red decks. Sad robot doesn't need to be in black or green as they ramp really well themselves, so it's a good mention. Worn powerstone, I'd agree with 😅
@@TheLimoZine agreed. I do think the title is a bit miss leading. He should use the word template instead of staples even though it's basically his tag line. He does refer to it as that in the video.
for me I kinda have to say Cleansing Wildfire is often an overlooked 'staple' for red. Just having another way in red to deal with scary lands is just good to have. In fact you can use it on yourself to get the fixing you need, Or another player who is behind as a political tool at the table. It also draws you a card on cast so your not losing a card in using it. I will accept to some degree it is very much a pet card of mine, however I do feel to some extent it isn't really looked at as much as it should.
I play a Judith deck with Obosh as a companion and I've been impresed with Captain Lannery Storm. she often gets you at least one token to make her virtually cost two, then the next few attacks are just gravy. I have Professional Face-Breaker on my to buy list already, and now I'm also putting the Kiki Fable saga on my list thanks to this video. didn't know the token is like a Captain Lannery on its own too!
Some of mine are Puppet's Verdict - wipes half of the board without dealing damage. Gamble - Red Tutor... Birgi, God of Storytelling (Harnfel, Horn of Bounty) - Trade bad cards lategame into impulsedraw
I use Meltdown and Pyroclasm (along with most of the ones you mentioned.) Meltdown is mostly a one-mana answer for the treasure, clue, food and blood tokens(and the occasional Mana Crypt.)
Any cards that loot are usually an auto include (especially if they're instants or also make treasure). I think red has great card draw, you just need to deal with your gy afterwards. Thankfully there's awesome cards like Volcanic Vision that help out, and red is full of similar effects. Reverberate is auto for me, it can target your opponents' spells which is really powerful. Anger of the Gods and Subterranean Tremors are high on my removal list. ST does a vandalblast + hits creatures for the same amount of mana, and can do more if you want, and AotG gets around indestructible. Kinetic Auger is highly under valued. Solid loot on a stick. Purphoros Bronze Blooded, Purphoros' Hammer, and Anger are my favourite red haste enablers. Koth of the Hammer's -2 ability is ridiculously amazing in mono red. Finally, Glimpse of Tomorrow and Light Up the Stage are really growing on me as well.
For mono-red, Fires of Invention, Shattering Spree, and Magus of the Moon are 3 that you didn't mention that I will always consider. Additionally, after over a year of testing, I would put Tibalt's Trickery at the same level of importance for "mandatory answers" as Chaos Warp for colours that are limited in answering certain things. It gives somebody their value back, and may not always be the answer you need, but it will always stop what you want it to stop (or win with if you've designed the deck that way).
Soulbright flamekin!! My secret monored tech. Pay 2 generic mana give target creature trample. If this ability has resolved 3 times, add RRRRRRRR. Just color fixes mono red, gives trample to any creature, its just 2 mana!
For some odd reason, you left off some seriously powerful payoff staples: 1. Blood Moon 2. Magus of the Moon 3. Stranglehold 4. Ruby Medallion 5. Insurrection 6. Ruination 7. Disrupt Decorum 8. Hellkite Tyrant, 9. Treasure Nabber 10. Ancient Copper dragon 11. Ragavan (as your commander of course).
Thrill of possibility/cathartic reunion/etc is for me, but your deck has to have some amount of recursion to really get full value so I agree it’s not an auto-include for everyone
If you struggle with slots for wrath and artifact removal, I suggest [[Fiery Confluence]]. And [[Soul-Guide Lantern]] for any decks without white/black that wanna deal with graveyard synergy.
Pyromancer's Goggles if playing red instants/sorceries. It can copy red instant/sorcery. Hazoret's Monument for Red creature cost reduction and optional rummaging. Dragonmaster Outcast a 1 drop that makes a 5/5 Flying body each of your upkeep for just having 6+ lands. Release the Gremlins which destroys artifacts and churns out 2/2 tokens.
Some good red budget staples I didnt see were Etali, Primal Storm; Mana Geyser; Thrill of Possibility, Cathartic Reunion; Torbran, Thane of Red Fell; Tormenting Voice; Outpost Siege; Unexpected WIndfall; Light up the Stage; Inferno Titan; Runaway Steam-Kin; Seize the Spoils; Kazuul's Fury; Emberwilde Captain; Court of Ire
I would also say that Mogg Salvage, Tibalt’s Trickery, and Jeska’s Will are auto includes. Just my two cents. Edit: also Blood Moon and/or Magus of the Moon.
i'm glad other people came here first to mention glittering stockpile, it feels like the red equivalent of midnight clock and it think goes in every red deck, and most dual color red decks
chaos warp + lightning bolt.. aren't auto includes for red decks. imho. Those are two flex slots for removal, I'd much prefer unholy heat to lightning bolt (it's just more flexible after a couple turns), and chaos warp can be so bad sometimes. It's not a plan, it's a 1 for 1 and a semi dead card in your opening hand. The only enchantments you need to remove or lose the game are usually dealt with using Red Elemental Blast / Pyroblast. If you can unattach yourself from a few 'staples' you'll find more room for creativity.
Red is all over the place so yeah. Each deck is different. I have 3 mono red decks and they don't share many cards outside of sol ring, Blasphemous act and, basic mountain, lightning bolt
I can't remember the name, but what about that new 5-mana sorcery that destroys all artifacts, then deals damage to every creature equal to how many artifacts entered the graveyard that turn? Seems like a good board wipe for both creatures and artifacts.
Personally I'm surprised Ancestral Anger is so poorly rated. In EDH it reads 1 mana, draw a card, give a creature +1/+0 and Trample. That's incredible value, especially when most red draw spells make you discard and cost a mana more.
I can’t think of a single card I consider to be an “autoinclude” and I have multiple mono red decks without some of these cards. I don’t think edh is the format where you must play anything.
Cards that were not mentioned but worth talking about:
Jeska’s Will
Deflecting Swat
Mana Geyser
Tibalts Trickery
Red Elemental Blast
Blood Frenzy (pet card admittedly)
Flame Blitz & Burn Down the House for planeswalker hate
I also really like the new Glittering Stockpile for 3 mana rocks
Jeska's Will especially is an auto-include in mono-red for me
Curse of Opulence?
Pyrohemia?
And all other "staples" i can think of are mean like worldfire 😅
red elemental blast loses power/functionality in non cedh and non high powered environments
@@chas3btha1 i agree partially, a lot of the time u find something blue u wanna move
Deflecting swat is so expensive
Jeska’s Will!
Definitely!
the new glittering stockpile is going to be great for a lot of mono red decks I think
Agree !!!
For artifact removal I've started taking out vandalblast and putting in raze the effigy. Vandalblast is great but it's a sorcery and most of the time I didn't find myself overloading it, only using it for spot removal.
Great list! I would say deflecting swat Has become a staple for me. It's saved my butt so many times. And for those commanders with power 4 or greater, I love bolt Bend. And How Could You Forget blood moon and Ruby medallion!
Blood Moon ;)
If you hate Cyclonic Rift, Rhystic Study or blue in general, Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast
Mandatory, and if you sit down at a table without blue, great, red has insane amounts of ways to recycle and pitch cards.
Feldon, Etali, tibalts trickery, pyroblast and red elemental blast.
Great series! Really looking forward to your auto-includes for two color decks
Very informative I plan on adding more that a few of your suggestions into my Dragon Commander Red Mono Deck!
Ill be the first to suggest Creative Technique. Pay 5, pick and opponent, he cast a free nonland card from the deck but you get 2 instead of one. I have never missed with this card 👌🏾 i personally like to copy this spell and pick a different and get 4 cards for free from my deck and they only get 1.
Thrill of Possibilities, Wild Guess and Tormenting Voice are 3 staples I like to put in.
As an addition to war room, I would add that Roadside Reliquary can be really good in any mono deck. Comes in untapped, taps for colourless, and can draw you 2 cards on sacrifice. Pretty great! Also Endless Atlas.
Reckless Impulse, Faithless looting, commune with Lava, and Jeska's Will are my goto card draw spells in red. Red doesn't have great permanent card draw, but the impulse draw and looting away dead cards is a very potent way to keep the card velocity going.
3:00 I personally like Vandal Blast and Shattering Spree for artifact removal since it’s a single red t destroy and artifact and has replicate making an additional copy for each red mana you spend after the first, making it much harder to counterspell.
Suggestion: Leave out colorless cards that are good in all colors. Stick to things that are explicitly the color that is the focus of the video, has color symbols on it that are of the topic color, or at least do something that is specifically on-color.
For example:
Good to mention: Fire Diamond, it specifically creates red mana. Probably a good card to mention even though it's colorless.
Unnecessary Mention: Solemn Simulacrum. Is mentioned frequently, very well known card.
I really appreciate these types of videos. Can't wait for more!
See but like Red doesn't do ramp. This youtuber is giving you a list of cards they would include in their red decks.
Sad robot doesn't need to be in black or green as they ramp really well themselves, so it's a good mention.
Worn powerstone, I'd agree with 😅
@@TheLimoZine agreed. I do think the title is a bit miss leading. He should use the word template instead of staples even though it's basically his tag line. He does refer to it as that in the video.
I'm thinking Seize the Spotlight might become a mono-red staple... and Life of the Party... I definitely just dropped them into my Rionya deck 🤘
Life of the party is hilarious in Rionya
@@Spirited_skiingplease explain. Doesnt that not work with rionya because she makes a token
I didn’t even think of using Liquimetal Torque to turn things into artifacts so I can destroy them.
Blood Moon for mono red. I also really like Warping Wail in mono decks besides blue.
I used "You find some prisoners" to exile someone's Approach of the Second Sun, definitely a gotcha moment
for me I kinda have to say Cleansing Wildfire is often an overlooked 'staple' for red. Just having another way in red to deal with scary lands is just good to have. In fact you can use it on yourself to get the fixing you need, Or another player who is behind as a political tool at the table. It also draws you a card on cast so your not losing a card in using it. I will accept to some degree it is very much a pet card of mine, however I do feel to some extent it isn't really looked at as much as it should.
Happy to be here early love your channel keep it up
Much like Abrade I've been including Cathartic Pyre. Removal most of the time, decent rummage when I need it.
I am a big fan of Furious Rise, Glittering Stockpile, Bolt Bend, Reckless Impulse, and Inspired Tinkering.
Mana Geyser is usually in consideration for all of my mono-red decks. Usually gets me a bomb turn 5 or 6.
I play a Judith deck with Obosh as a companion and I've been impresed with Captain Lannery Storm. she often gets you at least one token to make her virtually cost two, then the next few attacks are just gravy.
I have Professional Face-Breaker on my to buy list already, and now I'm also putting the Kiki Fable saga on my list thanks to this video. didn't know the token is like a Captain Lannery on its own too!
Viashino heretic is my personal favorite artifact removal piece.
Underworld breach, it's basically regrowth so I can reuse whatever I need late game. Great finisher sure, but its also an amazing value piece
nice vid man! i run runaway steamkin in my mono red
Some of mine are
Puppet's Verdict - wipes half of the board without dealing damage.
Gamble - Red Tutor...
Birgi, God of Storytelling (Harnfel, Horn of Bounty) - Trade bad cards lategame into impulsedraw
Love the Puppet's Veredict mention. Such an amazing card especially in chaos decks
I use Meltdown and Pyroclasm (along with most of the ones you mentioned.) Meltdown is mostly a one-mana answer for the treasure, clue, food and blood tokens(and the occasional Mana Crypt.)
Did you mention Faithless Looting? Cheap card selection isn't bad.
Any cards that loot are usually an auto include (especially if they're instants or also make treasure). I think red has great card draw, you just need to deal with your gy afterwards. Thankfully there's awesome cards like Volcanic Vision that help out, and red is full of similar effects.
Reverberate is auto for me, it can target your opponents' spells which is really powerful.
Anger of the Gods and Subterranean Tremors are high on my removal list. ST does a vandalblast + hits creatures for the same amount of mana, and can do more if you want, and AotG gets around indestructible.
Kinetic Auger is highly under valued. Solid loot on a stick.
Purphoros Bronze Blooded, Purphoros' Hammer, and Anger are my favourite red haste enablers.
Koth of the Hammer's -2 ability is ridiculously amazing in mono red.
Finally, Glimpse of Tomorrow and Light Up the Stage are really growing on me as well.
Worldfire
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
(Btw they work well together)
Pyrohemia
Just as "backup" ;)
For mono-red, Fires of Invention, Shattering Spree, and Magus of the Moon are 3 that you didn't mention that I will always consider.
Additionally, after over a year of testing, I would put Tibalt's Trickery at the same level of importance for "mandatory answers" as Chaos Warp for colours that are limited in answering certain things.
It gives somebody their value back, and may not always be the answer you need, but it will always stop what you want it to stop (or win with if you've designed the deck that way).
Yeah Abrade is getting better and better with more and more 3 toughness commanders and key creatures.
I think there are a few I like that aren't on this list but the most glaring one is Jeska's Will. Card is just sweet in any deck.
Shattering spree is at least as good as by force in monored imo
Soulbright flamekin!! My secret monored tech.
Pay 2 generic mana give target creature trample. If this ability has resolved 3 times, add RRRRRRRR.
Just color fixes mono red, gives trample to any creature, its just 2 mana!
Faithless Looting is an auto include for me, as well as Pyroblast, Red Elemental Blast, and Dualcaster Mage
I see Containment Construct as an auto include. Also I have really been liking Bag of Holding for similar reasons
With all the artifact removal, I like liquimetal torque to hit any non land permanent.
For some odd reason, you left off some seriously powerful payoff staples:
1. Blood Moon
2. Magus of the Moon
3. Stranglehold
4. Ruby Medallion
5. Insurrection
6. Ruination
7. Disrupt Decorum
8. Hellkite Tyrant,
9. Treasure Nabber
10. Ancient Copper dragon
11. Ragavan (as your commander of course).
Bolt bend, draconic destiny, two-handed axe, seize the spoils, unexpected windfall
Thrill of possibility/cathartic reunion/etc is for me, but your deck has to have some amount of recursion to really get full value so I agree it’s not an auto-include for everyone
Back-up Diamond or even better is Coldsteel Heart. Could be times where you need a different color
If you struggle with slots for wrath and artifact removal, I suggest [[Fiery Confluence]].
And [[Soul-Guide Lantern]] for any decks without white/black that wanna deal with graveyard synergy.
Pyromancer's Goggles if playing red instants/sorceries. It can copy red instant/sorcery.
Hazoret's Monument for Red creature cost reduction and optional rummaging.
Dragonmaster Outcast a 1 drop that makes a 5/5 Flying body each of your upkeep for just having 6+ lands.
Release the Gremlins which destroys artifacts and churns out 2/2 tokens.
Volcanic Offering is fantastic in Hinata :)
Steam kin runaway is a pet fav of mine plus it can go infinite with a few things
Some good red budget staples I didnt see were Etali, Primal Storm; Mana Geyser; Thrill of Possibility, Cathartic Reunion; Torbran, Thane of Red Fell; Tormenting Voice; Outpost Siege; Unexpected WIndfall; Light up the Stage; Inferno Titan; Runaway Steam-Kin; Seize the Spoils; Kazuul's Fury; Emberwilde Captain; Court of Ire
On 5:59 Chaos Warp -- If it is NOT a permanent, it goes to graveyard?
What about a video focusing on IMODANE? :)
I would also say that Mogg Salvage, Tibalt’s Trickery, and Jeska’s Will are auto includes. Just my two cents.
Edit: also Blood Moon and/or Magus of the Moon.
Love my Mogg Salvage
Pet card…but I really like sticky fingers! Card normally nets me about 2-3 treasures easy.
I also run Shenanigans, Comet Storm and Mana Geyser in all red decks
i'm glad other people came here first to mention glittering stockpile, it feels like the red equivalent of midnight clock and it think goes in every red deck, and most dual color red decks
yes. i would have to agree
Curious about your thoughts on Treasure Nabber. Especially because it was just reprinted and is now cheap.
chaos warp + lightning bolt.. aren't auto includes for red decks. imho. Those are two flex slots for removal, I'd much prefer unholy heat to lightning bolt (it's just more flexible after a couple turns), and chaos warp can be so bad sometimes. It's not a plan, it's a 1 for 1 and a semi dead card in your opening hand. The only enchantments you need to remove or lose the game are usually dealt with using Red Elemental Blast / Pyroblast. If you can unattach yourself from a few 'staples' you'll find more room for creativity.
Earthquake! Boardwipe or go out with a bang!!
Burnout is one of my favorite cards. I can't stand blue counter spells and it will take care of it
I would love to see budget cards that are amazing..in each color?? Like under 2 or 3 bucks?
Red is all over the place so yeah. Each deck is different. I have 3 mono red decks and they don't share many cards outside of sol ring, Blasphemous act and, basic mountain, lightning bolt
And the Mdfc & Cycling lands. So okay. Small things that buff the color overall 😂
Abrade 😂
Can you please do a Syrix Commander Dech Tec?
Wheel of Fortune!
I like reckless impulse a lot
You forgot Mountain, that is an auto include in all mono-red decks...
but can you make a mono-red deck without any mountains? interesting challenge.
@@edhdeckbuilding more of a challenge if you don't use bosh :P
Do a video on what mountain to use. What artwork is better?
I can't remember the name, but what about that new 5-mana sorcery that destroys all artifacts, then deals damage to every creature equal to how many artifacts entered the graveyard that turn? Seems like a good board wipe for both creatures and artifacts.
Structural Assault?
tibalt's trickery
Endless Atlas! Every single mono colored deck I use this one
yeah i might have to agree with that. i think i missed that
Dockside extortionist is an unmatched card. But needs balanced,, or at least.
It's fair in the context of mono red since it's the weakest mono color.
No forks?
I like valakut awakening but I have found that it's not that useful most of the time
Destructive tampering if you're in bed red or care about attack triggers
Blood moon
Personally I'm surprised Ancestral Anger is so poorly rated. In EDH it reads 1 mana, draw a card, give a creature +1/+0 and Trample. That's incredible value, especially when most red draw spells make you discard and cost a mana more.
Jajajaja blood moon , just for fun
Ruby Medallion
agree. I put this in over fire diamond
Red Elemental Blast, Pyroblast
i hear this alot. never been that guy myself but if you got alot of blue players in your group it's definitely worth it.
No ruby medallion?
Worn Powerstone but not Sol Ring?? 🤔
no sol ring for me buddy.
@@edhdeckbuilding Because of the rule set you play with or personal choice?
I can’t think of a single card I consider to be an “autoinclude” and I have multiple mono red decks without some of these cards. I don’t think edh is the format where you must play anything.
Chaos wrap goes in every mono red deck if not, you’re purposely making your deck weaker
@@palace_gaming2256 I disagree with that statement but ok
i really think you need chaos warp, just to deal with enchantments. without it someone could lock you out of the game with a song of the dryads.
So am I just an asshole for using obliterate and jokulhaps in my red decks?