Ovika Dirty Kitty | V-MH3

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Goblins Primer UR (Izzet)

Beebles

Lands (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wasteland

Rituals (10)

• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Brightstone Ritual
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Unexpected Windfall
• 1x Visions of Ruin

Tutors (7)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Urza's Saga

Cheat (5)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias  ^Flip
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Surge to Victory

Sac Outlet (4)

• 1x Goblin Chirurgeon
• 1x Goblin Trashmaster
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skirk Prospector

Draw/Filter (27)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Expressive Iteration
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Imposing Grandeur
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias  ^Flip
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Petals of Insight
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Shared Discovery
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sorcerer Class
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Unexpected Windfall
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Weatherlight Compleated

Ramp (13)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Big Mana (6)

• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Magnus the Red
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skirk Prospector
• 1x Sorcerer Class

Buff (6)

• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Goblin Trashmaster
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x Surge to Victory

Protection (3)

• 1x Goblin Chirurgeon
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x March of Swirling Mist

Commander (1)

Mana Value (14)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Magnus the Red
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Pyrokinesis
• 1x Surge to Victory
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Visions of Ruin
• 1x Volcanic Salvo

Interaction (13)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Goblin Assassin
• 1x Goblin Trashmaster
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias  ^Flip
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Pyrokinesis
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Visions of Ruin
• 1x Volcanic Salvo
• 1x Wasteland

Counters (9)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Swan Song

Goblins (6)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Goblin Assassin
• 1x Goblin Chirurgeon
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Goblin Trashmaster
• 1x Skirk Prospector

Other (1)

• 1x Irenicus's Vile Duplication

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Maybeboard

Interaction (18)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Explosive Singularity
• 1x Gempalm Incinerator
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Mogg Salvage
• 1x Pashalik Mons
• 1x Perplexing Test
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Snap
• 1x Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip
• 1x Submerge
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Ramp (7)

• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Glittering Stockpile
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Cost Reducer (5)

• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Mizzix of the Izmagnus
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Thryx, the Sudden Storm

Extra Turns (3)

• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Warp

Recursion (3)

• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Lands (2)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip

Tokens (2)

• 1x Empty the Warrens
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss

Mana Value (15)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Daze
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Divergent Transformations
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Explosive Singularity
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Mogg Salvage
• 1x Snap
• 1x Submerge
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Temporal Trespass

Buff (7)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Goblin Chieftain
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Burn (6)

• 1x Brazen Cannonade
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Tutors (4)

• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Goblin Recruiter
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Invert / Invent

Protection (3)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Thryx, the Sudden Storm

Big Mana (2)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Thermopod

Draw (1)

• 1x The Immortal Sun

Sac Outlet (1)

• 1x Thermopod

Draw/Filter (11)

• 1x Brazen Cannonade
• 1x Curiosity Crafter
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Perilous Research
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Serum Sovereign

Goblins (11)

• 1x Goblin Chieftain
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Goblin Recruiter
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Goblin Warchief
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Mizzix of the Izmagnus
• 1x Pashalik Mons

Cheat (5)

• 1x Divergent Transformations
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

Counters (4)

• 1x Daze
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Stubborn Denial

Other (3)

• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Rituals (3)

• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Infernal Plunge
• 1x Seething Song

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Inspired by an old Combo Aggro deck

Hello there and welcome to my Ovika, Enigma Goliath Dirty Kitty build.

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Origin

A good portion of my decks are driven by nostalgia. Taking a deck I used to play during the early days of my MTG career and building an EDH deck with a similar feel. Often these decks stem from the Extended format, which was my favorite format at the time. Examples include my Roon deck that mimics Astral Slide decks and my Mina and Denn list being inspired by Aggro Loam. However, there's one archetype I probably played more during that era than any other: Goblins.

Goblins had always been a viable aggro build in extended, but really became something extraordinary with the creation of "The Red Storm" AKA "Dirty Kitty" back in 2006. Combining classic Goblin aggro with rituals such as Seething Song as well as these three key cards: Empty the Warrens, Skirk Prospector and Fecundity. The result was an explosive aggro deck that could also win through combo. It was a blast to play, and although I once quit the game and sold my collection, that deck was part of the small selection that I still held on to.

I had never tried to build something like that in EDH, until it dawned on me that Ovika, Enigma Goliath basically is an Empty the Warrens in the command zone. And once I realized it could mimic Dirty Kitty gameplay while becoming an on theme home for old school classics such as Force of Will, Dream Halls, Mana Echoes as well as some of my favorite old goblin cards, I knew I was onto something worth exploring.

By the way, if you want to know why it's called "Dirty Kitty" and learn a little bit more about the history of the original deck, check out this MTG Goldfish video.

Premise

Ovika, Enigma Goliath is a phyrexian badass nightmare that spews out hasty goblin tokens for casting noncreature spells. And those phyrexian goblins are going to zerg rush our opponents and spread the phyrexian creep in all sorts of nasty ways.

It’s a glass cannon-type of approach: the deck commits to ramping out Ovika and then trying to threaten a win shortly afterwards with one big explosive turn. By storming off we churn out a waterfall of goblin tokens that can lead to the win in several ways: they can be turned into damage through a card like Purphoros, God of the Forge, we can give them pseudo-infect through Strixhaven Stadium, or we can just aggro our opponents out with regular combat damage, using pump spells like Shared Animosity. And if all else fails there are also a few infinite combos here that can close out the game.

To get this plan going, we need to get Ovika out ASAP. And although the land count may seem on the lower side, the majority of the cards in the deck are mana producers. A multitude of which allow us to get Ovika out early. Then, because almost all cards in the deck are noncreature spells, anything we do after that is going to feed the phyrexian goblin storm.

But we aren't just going to play random noncreature spells. We'll be looking to compleat the Dirty Kitty engine by getting massive mana and massive carddraw. For mana, we can rely on our mana sac outlets Skirk Prospector and Phyrexian Altar, rituals like Brightstone Ritual, Mana Echoes and the dirtiest kitty of the format, Displacer Kitten (especially together with Trinket Mage). For carddraw we can make good use of engines like Skullclamp, Kindred Discovery and the closest card we have to Fecundity: Weatherlight Compleated. Complemented by mass draw spells such as Distant Melody.

Mana Value for Value

What makes Ovika kick things into a higher gear are the tricks you can do with alternative casting costs. Ovika is looking at the mana value of the spells that we cast. The rules around mana value are quite interesting, as the mana value of a card is always what it says on the card on the top right, no matter how that card was paid for during casting (except when it's an X-spell, then the mana put into X influences the mana value of the card while it's on the stack). So obviously in this deck we're interested to find quality noncreature spells with an alternative casting cost that's cheaper than its mana value.

This is where certain classic staples such as Force of Will, Dream Halls and Frantic Search, become extra valuable. And lesser known ones such as Volcanic Salvo become great value pieces in this deck, because we can get storming right after Ovika has hit the table. Cards we can play at a discount, such as Dig Through Time, and cards that copy spells while specifically mentioning that those copies are cast, like Surge to Victory, are also great for this purpose. These cards serve a similar role as Goblin Warchief-discounted Mogg War Marshals did in the original build: giving you new sac fodder at a cheap price to maintain your explosive turn.

Goblin Synegies

It wouldn't be a real dirty kitty deck without some goblin synergies. The star of the show (not just because of the OG flavor text) and probably the best card in the deck is Skirk Prospector as it turns our goblins into red treasures, is easily cast on the same turn as Ovika and can be tutored. Goblin Matron is great for fetching the prospector. Other tutor targets include the interaction pieces Goblin Trashmaster, blowing up all nasty artifacts, and Goblin Assassin, a one-sided board wipe (just choose to sac Goblin Assassin once all opponent's creatures are removed). Dockside Extortionist can be the thing we need to accelerate into Ovika or continue our storm turn, and Goblin Chirurgeon provides a nice protection option. Lastly there's Shared Animosity as a tribal synergy card to close out the game through combat and Cultural Exchange as a means to familiarize an opponent with the goblin ways (while not caring about hexproof or shroud).

Combos

• Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Skirk Prospector/Phyrexian Altar + Weatherlight Compleated = Dirty Kitty Combo
• Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Phyrexian Altar = Infinite storm count. Add Mana Echoes, Magnus the Red, Storm-Kiln Artist or Displacer Kitten and also get infinite mana and goblins.
• Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Sorcerer Class at level 2 = Infinite Goblins. Get Sorcerer Class to level 3 and win the game.
• Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Magnus the Red + Storm-Kiln Artist = Infinite goblins.

Intended Power Level

The deck is looking to threaten a win as fast as possible. In testing this usually occurred between turn 5 and 8. Making this build fit comfortably in the high category.

Category (Jank - Low - Mid - High - Competitive)

High

Closing Thoughts

Brewing this deck has been a lot of fun, but I can imagine this won’t be a deck I’ll bring out often or in succeeding games. I still think I will assemble it mainly for the nostalgia points and for the occasional spice. It also helps that I already own most of the expensive pieces. I do expect there’s still a bunch of unexplored potential for turning Ovika into an EDH Dirty Kitty deck, so please let me know if you’ve got some sweet tech for me to consider.

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GL & HF

Beebles

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Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Phyrexian Goblin 1/1 R, Spawn 3/3 R, Treasure
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