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Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot · from $0.73

More Than Meets the Eye {B}{R} (You may cast this card converted for {B}{R}.) Sacrifice another artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flamewar and convert it. Activate only as a sorcery. {1}, Discard your hand: Put all exiled cards you own with intel counters on them into your hand. Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.) Menace, deathtouch Whenever Flamewar deals combat damage to a player, exile that many cards from the top of your library face down. Put an intel counter on each of them. Convert Flamewar.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

57 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
13	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
14	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
15	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
16	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
17	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
18	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
19	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
20	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
21	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
22	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
23	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
24	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
25	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
26	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
27	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
28	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
29	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
30	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
31	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
32	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
33	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
34	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
35	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
36	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
37	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
38	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
39	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
40	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
41	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
42	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
43	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
44	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
45	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
46	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
47	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
48	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
49	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
50	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
51	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
52	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
53	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
54	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
55	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
56	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
57	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
58	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
59	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
60	Talisman of Indulgence	Artifact	2	$0.47
61	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
62	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
63	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
64	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
65	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
66	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
67	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
68	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
69	Sulfurous Springs	Land	0	$0.49
70	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
71	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
72	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
73	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
74	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
75	Luxury Suite	Land	0	$8.62
76	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
77	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
78	Rakdos Signet	Artifact	2	$0.31
79	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
80	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
81	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
82	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
83	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
84	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
85	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
86	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
87	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
88	Storm-Kiln Artist	Creature	4	$1.74
89	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
90	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77
91	Impact Tremors	Enchantment	2	$2.52
92	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
93	Village Rites	Instant	1	$0.30
94	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
95	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
96	Professional Face-Breaker	Creature	3	$4.99
97	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
98	Thrill of Possibility	Instant	2	$0.17
99	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
100	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35

Curve of these staples

Most played with Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative

The 25 most-played cards in 5 settled top-16 lists running Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative at 16+ player events since Jun 6, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Ancient Tomb	100% · 5 of 5	1
2	Arcane Signet	100% · 5 of 5	1
3	Arid Mesa	100% · 5 of 5	1
4	Badlands	100% · 5 of 5	1
5	Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty	100% · 5 of 5	1
6	Blood Crypt	100% · 5 of 5	1
7	Bloodstained Mire	100% · 5 of 5	1
8	Bolas's Citadel	100% · 5 of 5	1
9	Cabal Ritual	100% · 5 of 5	1
10	Chrome Mox	100% · 5 of 5	1
11	City of Traitors	100% · 5 of 5	1
12	Command Tower	100% · 5 of 5	1
13	Dark Ritual	100% · 5 of 5	1
14	Deadly Rollick	100% · 5 of 5	1
15	Deflecting Swat	100% · 5 of 5	1
16	Demonic Tutor	100% · 5 of 5	1
17	Dragon's Rage Channeler	100% · 5 of 5	1
18	Final Fortune	100% · 5 of 5	1
19	Gamble	100% · 5 of 5	1
20	Gemstone Caverns	100% · 5 of 5	1
21	Great Furnace	100% · 5 of 5	1
22	Grim Monolith	100% · 5 of 5	1
23	Guild Artisan	100% · 5 of 5	1
24	Imperial Seal	100% · 5 of 5	1
25	Jeska's Will	100% · 5 of 5	1

Top finishes

7 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

5th of 23 — October Event | Dragon Parlor Games 2026 cEDH Season on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by Ryley Ourada
2nd of 22 — CEDH Win-A-Dual on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by serena
7th of 20 — CEDH August Event 2026 on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by Ryley Ourada
14th of 19 — Token Forge August 8th CEDH on Topdeck.ggAug 8, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Nelson Delgado
12th of 28 — CEDH July Event 2026 on Topdeck.ggJul 25, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Ryley Ourada
16th of 20 — cEDH @ Arcanum Sanctorum! on Topdeck.ggJul 17, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Sachin Sahoo
1st of 89 — Salt City III on Topdeck.ggJun 6, 2026 · 4–0–3 · by Joe Galloway

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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