"The Game"

by surewhynot on 29 January 2012

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Artifacts (1)

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Deck Description

My group has always allowed Kaldra as an EDH general, and we are going to continue the trend by allowing Withengar Unbound to be used as well.

The way it works is the equipment goes to the Command Zone. With Kaldra, all three pieces start in the Command Zone. With Withengar, the "general" will start out as Elbrus, the Binding Blade, and as such cost 7 to play, so on and so forth. Unlike Kaldra, Withengar's color identity is black, so black cards can be used =]

How to Play

Basic idea is to control until you can get Elbrus on a creature. Then the main plan is to get Withengar out ASAP. Once he's out, it turns into a classic Voltron EDH. All this is way easier if you choose someone in the beginning to pick on (This is more of a multiplayer EDH). A punching bag will let you get Withengar out early and give him that essential first set of counters right away. Once that happens, just swing for the hills =]

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Voltron
  • elbrus
  • withengar

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

005000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for "The Game"

In our casual group I would abuse the hell out of Withengar, and bring up the game every thirty minutes :P

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Posted 07 February 2012 at 05:13

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Hahaha, that's hilarious. I can tell you in full confidence...If you keep Withengar alive long enough, there's damn near nothing that can stop him. I've been having a blast with this deck man, I highly recommend the big guy. He's also fun because of the politics side of EDH...People want to side with you so they don't end up being the first dude to get whomped, but they also don't want to help too much and give him those scary 13 +1/+1 counters =P

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Posted 07 February 2012 at 05:53

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Could you help me out with me mono black EDH? Yours seems really awesome so you probably know what you're doing :P
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=308661

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Posted 12 March 2012 at 23:00

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Thanks! I'm a big fan of mono-black EDH decks, working on another now actually, so I'd be glad to help =]

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Posted 13 March 2012 at 05:28

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commented =]

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Posted 17 March 2012 at 04:36

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you CAN have an Arti General?
Is it semantically the sword when out of play, or is it Vithengar?
ALSO.
I NEEEEED YOU (you, specifically) to look at my Delver Aggro I'm running in a tourney on 6-30.
I'm giga-nervous. it's my first tourney ever.
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=274919

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Posted 07 June 2012 at 13:17

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Technically you can't. However EDH is a primarily casual style format, so house rules take precedence. In our group, so long as something becomes a legendary creature at some point, it's allowed as a general. As for this one, it starts in the "command zone" as Elbrus (the equipment) every time, and has to thus become Withengar.

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Posted 07 June 2012 at 15:16

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Oh, and I'll try to take a look at it, but I 1) am pretty busy as of late, and 2) am pretty detached from standard. Still, I'll see what I can do :)

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Posted 07 June 2012 at 15:17

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Commented! =]

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Posted 09 June 2012 at 05:02

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i love your deck and i tried to build a budget mono black voltron edh of my own if you could give me some advice i would appreciate it
http://www.mtgvault.com/kittycauthon/decks/mirris-dark-side/

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Posted 01 January 2014 at 19:51

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