EDH Optimizer
Arni, Renowned Champion
Legendary Creature — Human Berserker · 3R
Color identity: Red
Arni, Renowned Champion is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
Whenever another creature you control enters, Arni gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.
Reference price of the card: €0.17
Average lands in decks for Arni, Renowned Champion: 35
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Build your Arni, Renowned Champion deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Arni, Renowned Champion 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Arni, Renowned Champion deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C (49/100)
- Consistency31
- Speed59
- Interaction37
- Resilience67
- Closing49
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (8 nonbasic, 27 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Ball Lightning · Chandra's Ignition · Cosmic Larva · Flameshadow Conjuring · Blistering Firecat · Chandra, Flamecaller · Ogre Battledriver · Phyrexian Soulgorger · Rite of the Raging Storm · Ruby Medallion · Feral Lightning · Inferno Hellion · Mirror March · Nova Chaser · Anticausal Vestige · Arc Runner · Arcane Signet · Blasphemous Act · Chaos Warp · Descent of the Dragons · Elemental Mastery · Enduring Courage · Lizard Blades · Soul's Fire · Spark Elemental · Swiftfoot Boots · Urabrask's Forge · Bloodmark Mentor · Bygone Colossus · Hellspark Elemental · Infantry Shield · Rakka Mar · Temur Battle Rage · The Reaver Cleaver · Warstorm Surge · Abrade · Anax, Hardened in the Forge · Archetype of Aggression · Force of Rage · Hazoret, Godseeker · Hazoret's Monument · Lightning Bolt · Phyrexian Dreadnought · Riders of the Mark · Samut, Hazoret's Champion · Untimely Malfunction · Vandalblast · Vexing Devil · Angrath's Marauders · Bolt Bend · Darksteel Plate · Demand Answers · Devastating Onslaught · Electroduplicate · Faithless Looting · Fiendish Duo · Fiendlash · Fire Diamond · Fling · Gauntlet of Power · Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs · Tempt with Vengeance · Throne of Eldraine · Rogue's Passage · War Room · Myriad Landscape · Spinerock Knoll · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle · Bonders' Enclave · Command Beacon · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
🃏 Recommended cards for Arni, Renowned Champion
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Arni, Renowned Champion, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Lightning | 85% | +84% |
| Cosmic Larva | 77% | +77% |
| Flameshadow Conjuring | 77% | +74% |
| Phyrexian Soulgorger | 69% | +69% |
| Blistering Firecat | 69% | +69% |
| Chandra, Flamecaller | 69% | +68% |
| Rite of the Raging Storm | 69% | +68% |
| Chandra's Ignition | 77% | +68% |
| Ogre Battledriver | 69% | +66% |
| Feral Lightning | 62% | +62% |
| Inferno Hellion | 62% | +62% |
| Nova Chaser | 62% | +61% |
| Mirror March | 62% | +60% |
| Arc Runner | 54% | +54% |
| Spark Elemental | 54% | +54% |
| Elemental Mastery | 54% | +53% |
| Descent of the Dragons | 54% | +53% |
| Urabrask's Forge | 54% | +52% |
| Anticausal Vestige | 54% | +52% |
| Soul's Fire | 54% | +51% |
| Lizard Blades | 54% | +49% |
| Enduring Courage | 54% | +48% |
| Hellspark Elemental | 46% | +46% |
| Rakka Mar | 46% | +46% |
💰 The best cards for your Arni, Renowned Champion deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Ball Lightning
- Cosmic Larva
- Chandra, Flamecaller
- Rite of the Raging Storm
- Ogre Battledriver
- Feral Lightning
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Flameshadow Conjuring
- Phyrexian Soulgorger
- Blistering Firecat
- Chandra's Ignition
- Descent of the Dragons
- Lizard Blades
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Phyrexian Dreadnought
- The Reaver Cleaver
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Throne of Eldraine
- Ruby Medallion
- Mithril Coat
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Arni, Renowned Champion
- The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite untap of creatures you control
- Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Terror of the Peaks → Near-infinite damage
- Devastating Onslaught + Terror of the Peaks → Near-infinite damage
- Combat Celebrant + Splinter Twin → Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite creature ETB
- Molten Echoes + Nova Chaser → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB
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Frequently asked questions
What is Arni, Renowned Champion's color identity?
Arni, Renowned Champion is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Arni, Renowned Champion come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Arni, Renowned Champion deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 42 % of the time and floods 14 %. Deck health: C (49/100).
How many lands should a Arni, Renowned Champion deck run?
Real Arni, Renowned Champion decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Arni, Renowned Champion?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ball Lightning, Cosmic Larva, Flameshadow Conjuring. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Arni, Renowned Champion decks.
What combos does Arni, Renowned Champion have?
Arni, Renowned Champion has 5 known combos. The most popular one is The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Arni, Renowned Champion deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ball Lightning, Cosmic Larva, Chandra, Flamecaller are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.