Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

[Manasjap]

Jaya Ballard, The Sexy Beast

As one of the few foil legends in my possession before the whole EDH craze began , it was no surprise this was to be my very first EDH deck. There are a lot of cards (especially the creatures) that do not make much sense to be in the list, but the deck has not been changed a lot since I created it. Call it nostalgia .
The deck can be quite janky at times, but that has always been one of the charms for me. Also that decks with blue as a big component usually just role over to an active Jaya.
Many cards have some kind of recurring value which is always good in EDH, and especially when your commander
relies on dumping cards to blow shit up. (Squee, Goblin Nabob, Magma Phoenix Skarrgan Firebird, cards with flashback)
There are also a lot of cards that improve Jaya's abilities. (Basilisk Collar, Heartstone, etc)
Lastly there are plenty of ways to get some card advantage ([card]Urza's Blueprints[/card]), some burn, and some random (good) cards.

[deck]// Commander
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

// Lands
31 Mountain
1 Keldon Necropolis
Ghitu Encampment
Keldon megaliths
Reliquary Tower
Shivan Gorge

// Creatures
Flametongue Kavu
Shard Phoenix
Skarrgan Firebird
Inferno Titan
Magma Phoenix
Manic Vandal
Chainflinger
Fumiko the Lowblood
Arc-Slogger
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Akroma, Angel of Fury
Latulla, Keldon Overseer
Rorix Bladewing
Rakka Mar
Rakdos Pit Dragon
Hell's Thunder
knollspine
Dragon
Mordant Dragon
Godo, Bandit Warlord

// Planeswalkers
Chandra Nalaar
Chandra Ablaze

// Enchantments
Honden of Infinite Rage
Gratuitous Violence
Sulfuric Vortex

// Artifacts
Urza's Blueprints
Heartstone
Scythe of the Wretched
Well of Discovery
Thousand-Year Elixir
Masticore
Nevinyrral's Disk
Crystal Ball
Mind Stone
Rings of Brighthearth
Gorgon Flail
Sword of Kaldra
Magebane Armor
Lightning Greaves
Memory Jar
Sol Ring
Shield of Kaldra
Sword of War and Peace
Basilisk Collar
Armillary Sphere
Ratchet Bomb

// Instants
Flame Javelin
Fiery Fall
Magma Jet
Combust
Fiery Temper
Parallectric Feedback
Burst Lightning
Incinerate
Violent Eruption

// Sorceries
Fireball
Lightning Surge
Icefall
Insurrection
Aftershock
Firecat Blitz
Firebolt
Volley of Boulders
Wheel of Fate[/deck]

Boom!

[The Dark Guardian]

With 31 mountains, did you consider Valkut, the Molten Pinnacle for your deck, or are trying to avoid running too many ETBT lands?

Also, is there a particular theme your going for, such as balls to the wall creatures, or are you trying to do direct damage?

[Manasjap]

Hey, Valakut, the molten Pinnacle would be quite good in a mono red EDH, I never even considered it
ETBT lands don't matter too much, the deck is not very fast in general.
The focus of the deck is pretty much around Jaya and making use of her abilities to burn stuff. Many of the creatures don't really support this team but are there to make sure I can win through other ways besides my commander. I mean, a well timed Arc-Slogger has won me a fair amount of games, but even that could be considered some kind of burn.

If there would be a way to make sure the deck still 'works' when Jaya eats (multiple) removals, I'd be perfectly fine with dropping most of the (non-Phoenix, non-squee) creatures.