Knuckles the Echidna

Rmono-red{2}{R}{R}$23.04
Legendary Creature — Echidna Warrior
Knuckles the Echidna card art

Double strike, trample, haste Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.

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Complete 100-card mono-red deck, free to read, with prices and buy links.

Knuckles the Echidna - community staples
100 cards · 38 lands · about $735
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How Knuckles the Echidna decks play in EDH

Knuckles the Echidna is a mono-red commander costing 2RR, and its legendary creature - echidna warrior line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Knuckles the Echidna decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $365

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Ramp (6)

Smaug the Magnificent
Smaug the Magnificent
$18.90
The Misty Mountains Cold
The Misty Mountains Cold
$0.36
Hoarding Ogre
Hoarding Ogre
$0.16
Captain Lannery Storm
Captain Lannery Storm
$0.29
Professional Face-Breaker
Professional Face-Breaker
$4.91
Goldspan Dragon
Goldspan Dragon
$10.99

Card draw (1)

Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jaws, Relentless Predator
$175

Creatures (6)

Draconic Visitor
Draconic Visitor
$8.10
Desert Were-Worm
Desert Were-Worm
$0.31
Stridehangar Automaton
Stridehangar Automaton
$2.06
Prosperous Bandit
Prosperous Bandit
$0.38
Academy Manufactor
Academy Manufactor
$8.16

Synergy & payoffs (5)

Super State
Super State
$21.52
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
$21.42
Mycosynth Lattice
Mycosynth Lattice
$34.58
Warrior's Oath
Warrior's Oath
$16.76
The Reaver Cleaver
The Reaver Cleaver
$24.35

Lands (2)

Dragon-Cursed Halls
Dragon-Cursed Halls
$6.68
The Gold Saucer
The Gold Saucer
$0.29

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Knuckles the Echidna deck questions

What colours can I use in a Knuckles the Echidna deck?

Knuckles the Echidna has a mono-red colour identity, so every card in the deck must be red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.

What are the best cards for Knuckles the Echidna?

The cards played most often in Knuckles the Echidna decks include Smaug the Magnificent, Dragon-Cursed Halls, Draconic Visitor. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.

How much does a Knuckles the Echidna deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $365 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.

Can I build a Knuckles the Echidna deck from cards I already own?

Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.

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