EDH Optimizer
The Red Terror
Legendary Creature — Tyranid · 3R
Color identity: Red
The Red Terror is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Advanced Species — Whenever a red source you control deals damage to one or more permanents and/or players, put a +1/+1 counter on The Red Terror.
Reference price of the card: €3.18
Average lands in decks for The Red Terror: 34
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Build your The Red Terror deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Red Terror 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Red Terror deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (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+ (63/100)
- Consistency14
- Speed65
- Interaction50
- Resilience67
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (8 nonbasic, 26 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Blasphemous Act · Ruby Medallion · Lightning Bolt · Arcane Signet · Roiling Vortex · All Will Be One · Sulfuric Vortex · Abrade · Razorkin Needlehead · Chaos Warp · Swiftfoot Boots · Soul's Fire · Torbran, Thane of Red Fell · Manabarbs · Chandra's Ignition · Harsh Mentor · Rampaging Ferocidon · Firebrand Archer · Defiler of Instinct · Thrill of Possibility · Bolt Bend · Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar · Thermo-Alchemist · Vandalblast · Faithless Looting · Solphim, Mayhem Dominus · Burning Earth · Runaway Steam-Kin · Kessig Flamebreather · Lasting Tarfire · Brash Taunter · Cinder Pyromancer · Fling · Guttersnipe · Basilisk Collar · Lightning Greaves · Jeska's Will · Zo-Zu the Punisher · Big Score · Fiery Confluence · Commander's Plate · Deflecting Swat · Mind Stone · Scytheclaw Raptor · Archetype of Aggression · Fire Diamond · Seething Song · Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute · Gleeful Arsonist · Magebane Lizard · Pain for All · Immolation Shaman · Impact Tremors · Tectonic Hazard · War Elemental · Untimely Malfunction · Fiery Emancipation · Mana Geyser · Pyrohemia · Shock · The Reaver Cleaver · Sabotender · Shadowspear · Chandra's Incinerator · Rogue's Passage · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle · War Room · Myriad Landscape · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Spinerock Knoll · Arena of Glory · Witch's Clinic
🃏 Recommended cards for The Red Terror
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Red Terror, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| All Will Be One | 62% | +61% |
| Roiling Vortex | 64% | +58% |
| Sulfuric Vortex | 62% | +54% |
| Soul's Fire | 56% | +53% |
| Razorkin Needlehead | 60% | +53% |
| Manabarbs | 55% | +49% |
| Harsh Mentor | 54% | +49% |
| Rampaging Ferocidon | 52% | +48% |
| Chandra's Ignition | 54% | +45% |
| Firebrand Archer | 50% | +42% |
| Defiler of Instinct | 47% | +40% |
| Lasting Tarfire | 39% | +38% |
| Thermo-Alchemist | 44% | +38% |
| Cinder Pyromancer | 38% | +37% |
| Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar | 44% | +37% |
| Burning Earth | 40% | +36% |
| Fling | 38% | +34% |
| Torbran, Thane of Red Fell | 56% | +33% |
| Zo-Zu the Punisher | 36% | +33% |
| Kessig Flamebreather | 39% | +32% |
| Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute | 32% | +31% |
| War Elemental | 31% | +31% |
| Scytheclaw Raptor | 34% | +31% |
| Gleeful Arsonist | 32% | +30% |
💰 The best cards for your The Red Terror 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.
- Roiling Vortex
- Sulfuric Vortex
- Soul's Fire
- Harsh Mentor
- Rampaging Ferocidon
- Firebrand Archer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Razorkin Needlehead
- Manabarbs
- Chandra's Ignition
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
- Burning Earth
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- All Will Be One
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
- The Ozolith
- Commander's Plate
- Shadowspear
- The Reaver Cleaver
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Red Terror
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune → Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting, Infinite looting for opponents, Near-infinite storm count
- Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will → Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Dualcaster Mage + Molten Duplication → Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault → 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
- Blasphemous Act + Repercussion → Near-infinite damage to all players
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Red Terror's color identity?
The Red Terror 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 The Red Terror come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Red Terror deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.9 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 40 % of the time and floods 24 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a The Red Terror deck run?
Real The Red Terror decks run 34 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 The Red Terror?
The three highest-synergy cards are All Will Be One, Roiling Vortex, Sulfuric Vortex. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Red Terror decks.
What combos does The Red Terror have?
The Red Terror has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune. 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 The Red Terror deck cost?
You can start cheap: Roiling Vortex, Sulfuric Vortex, Soul's Fire 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.