Cochineal Storm [PDH]

[Oversoul]

I wanted to try to make Ruby Storm in Pauper EDH. This is my take on that. I forgot that Grinning Ignus was originally printed at common and not uncommon. While it is legal as a commander in the format, this now feels awkward. I'll mess around with this one and see whether I keep it or turn it into something else.

Commander:
1 Grinning Ignus

1 ________ Goblin
1 Abrade
1 Ardent Elementalist
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Battle Hymn
1 Big Score
1 Bitter Reunion
1 Brighthearth Banneret
1 Catalyst Elemental
1 Cathartic Reunion
1 Chain Lightning
1 Demand Answers
1 Desperate Ritual
1 Electric Revelation
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Erebor Flamesmith
1 Expedite
1 Faithless Looting
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fire Diamond
1 Fireball
1 Flame Slash
1 Furious Assault
1 Galvanic Relay
1 Grabby Giant
1 Grapeshot
1 Gut Shot
1 Guttersnipe
1 Hoarding Ogre
1 Impact Tremors
1 Implement of Combustion
1 Impulsive Pilferer
1 Infernal Plunge
1 Inner Fire
1 Iron Myr
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Lava Dart
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Geyser
34 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Ornithopter of Paradise
1 Pillardrop Warden
1 Pirate's Pillage
1 Pyretic Ritual
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Reckless Barbarian
1 Rite of Flame
1 Rodeo Pyromancers
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Scattershot
1 Seething Song
1 Seize the Spoils
1 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Skirk Prospector
1 Soulbright Flamekin
1 Thermo-Alchemist
1 Thermopod
1 Thrill of Possibility
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Unexpected Windfall
1 Vessel of Volatility
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Witch's Mark
1 Witty Roastmaster
1 You've Been Caught Stealing

Sideboard (Unfinity Sticker Sheets):
1 Ancestral Hot Dog Minotaur
1 Cursed Firebreathing Yogurt
1 Eldrazi Guacamole Tightrope
1 Misunderstood Trapeze Elf
1 Narrow-Minded Baloney Fireworks
1 Phyrexian Midway Bamboozle
1 Playable Delusionary Hydra
1 Unassuming Gelatinous Serpent
1 Unglued Pea-Brained Dinosaur
1 Unsanctioned Ancient Juggler

 

[Oversoul]

Changed Mountains to Snow-Covered Mountains for Thermopod (technically, I'm too lazy to pull the snow lands from my regular EDH decks, so we're actually split 25/9 between snow and non-snow at the moment, but that will change).

Added sticker sheet deck for the Unfinity goblin. I'd forgotten to bring any the first time I played this deck!

 

[Oversoul]

In this deck's first game it landed a big turn with Empty the Warrens for 16 goblin tokens. I didn't know which opponent to focus, and ended up either in a kingmaker position or possibly just choosing wrong. Killed one opponent, but the other bought time with Prismatic Strands and flew over my army for lethal commander damage before I could finish him off. Storming off into Empty the Warrens worked well, even if I ultimately lost the game.

 

[Oversoul]

Played this deck twice last night. I was curious to see how well it held up without drawing into Empty the Warrens. The first game went really poorly. I stormed off and cast Galvanic Relay with six copies and the original, but whiffed on that. I kept taking damage and stalled out. In the end, I was able to cast Fireball with thirteen mana floating, but one opponent was down to 5 life and the other was down to 7 life. I could split Fireball at X=11, but that wouldn't kill the guy at 7 life. Because he'd been winning all night, I kingmade the other player and shot the full force of the 12-point Fireball at my friend with 7 life. The other player finished me off.

That was going to be it, but three players wanted to stick around for one final game as I was packing up, and I couldn't resist the temptation to join them, despite the late hour. This time I stormed off with Empty the Warrens again. I took a beating from flying attackers, but managed to generate enough mana for a 13-point Rolling Thunder, finishing off two opponents and leaving the third with no creatures. My goblin tokens closed it out in this deck's first ever actual victory.