Artifact (44)
- 1x Akroma's Memorial
- 1x Basalt Monolith
- 1x Clock of Omens
- 1x Cloud Key
- 1x Darksteel Forge
- 1x Dreamstone Hedron
- 1x Expedition Map
- 1x Fellwar Stone
- 1x Fractured Powerstone
- 1x Gilded Lotus
- 1x Grim Monolith
- 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
- 1x Lightning Greaves
- 1x Lotus Petal
- 1x Mana Crypt
- 1x Mana Vault
- 1x Manifold Key
- 1x Mind Stone
- 1x Mind's Eye
- 1x Mirrorworks
- 1x Mox Opal
- 1x Mycosynth Lattice
- 1x Mystic Forge
- 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
- 1x Nim Deathmantle
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1x
Planar Bridge
- 1x Planar Portal
- 1x Prismatic Lens
- 1x Ring of Three Wishes
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1x
Rings of Brighthearth
- 1x Scroll Rack
- 1x Sculpting Steel
- 1x Sensei's Divining Top
- 1x Skyship Weatherlight
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Spine of Ish Sah
- 1x Staff of Domination
- 1x Staff of Nin
- 1x Static Orb
- 1x Thought Vessel
- 1x Thran Dynamo
- 1x Trading Post
- 1x Unwinding Clock
- 1x Winter Orb
Land (36)
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1x
Ancient Tomb
- 1x Arcane Lighthouse
- 1x Blasted Landscape
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1x
Blinkmoth Nexus
- 1x Buried Ruin
- 1x Cloudpost
- 1x Crystal Vein
- 1x Darksteel Citadel
- 1x Deserted Temple
- 1x Dread Statuary
- 1x Eldrazi Temple
- 1x Eye of Ugin
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x Glimmerpost
- 1x Homeward Path
- 1x Inkmoth Nexus
- 1x Inventors' Fair
- 1x Mage-Ring Network
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1x
Maze of Ith
- 1x Mishra's Factory
- 1x Reliquary Tower
- 1x Sanctum of Ugin
- 1x Scorched Ruins
- 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
- 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- 1x Springjack Pasture
- 1x Strip Mine
- 1x Temple of the False God
- 1x Thespian's Stage
- 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
- 1x Urza's Mine
- 1x Urza's Power Plant
- 1x Urza's Tower
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1x
Vesuva
- 1x Wasteland
- 1x Wastes
Commander (1)
Creature (14)
- 1x Blightsteel Colossus
- 1x Duplicant
- 1x Foundry Inspector
- 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
- 1x Lodestone Golem
- 1x Metalworker
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1x
Myr Battlesphere
- 1x Scrap Trawler
- 1x Shimmer Myr
- 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
- 1x Stonecoil Serpent
- 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
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1x
Voltaic Construct
- 1x Wurmcoil Engine
Planeswalker (3)
Instant (1)
Sorcery (1)
Maybeboard
Creature (16)
- 1x Cryptothrall
- 1x Dross Scorpion
- 1x Jhoira's Familiar
- 1x Karn, Legacy Reforged
- 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
- 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
- 1x Mycosynth Golem
- 1x Myr Welder
- 1x Platinum Angel
- 1x Platinum Emperion
- 1x Skittering Cicada
- 1x Solemn Simulacrum
- 1x Steel Hellkite
- 1x Su-Chi
- 1x Voltaic Servant
Artifact (14)
Planeswalker (3)
Sorcery (2)
Instant (1)
Land (1)
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Combos
There's a reason I call this deck a Rube Goldberg Machine; it comes packed with enough convoluted interactions to satisfy even the most hardcore Johnny. I've divided these combos up into the following three categories:
A lot of people seem to underestimate Karn's ability to turn artifacts into creatures. While at first this may seem like just a neat parlor trick, it actually has several useful applications, including (but not limited to):
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Popping an equipment off a creature, as, according to section 301.5c of the comprehensive rules, "an equipment that's also a creature can't equip a creature"
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Turning someone's mana rocks into creatures in response to their board wipe
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Collecting a good salt harvest when you Staff of Nin someone's Sol Ring...
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...or just making their zero-CMC artifacts (Mana Crypt, Chalice of the Void, Darksteel Citadel) explode via state-based action
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Finally, if you're feeling political, being able to turn someone's artifacts into extra blockers in a pinch can earn you a new ally
Once you start throwing other cards into the mix, though, the real fun begins:
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Karn, Silver Golem + MImic Vat = Repeatable tokens of any artifact that hits the graveyard (see the official rulings on Mimic Vat's Gatherer page)
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Karn, Silver Golem + Mycosynth Lattice = Pay to blow up a land (see the above bullet point) OR turn an aura into a creature, which then falls off its host and, since it's no longer enchanting anything, must be put into the graveyard (see ruling 303.4d)
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Karn, Silver Golem + Nim Deathmantle = Pseudo-regeneration for any of your non-creature artifacts (see Deathmantle's official rulings)
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Karn, Silver Golem + Tawnos's Coffin = Takes care of any problematic artifact an opponent may have (or saves one of your own from destruction)
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Karn, Silver Golem + Voltaic Construct = A powerful untapping engine that fuels some seriously degenerate combos (detailed in the below section)
One other important factor to keep in mind is that turning a non-creature artifact into a creature makes it susceptible to summoning sickness! The act of changing it from non-creature to creature doesn't make it sick, but once it's a creature it must follow the same rule of having to be continuously controlled by a player since the beginning of that player's last turn in order to attack or use tap/untap abilities.
Ways to make infinite mana:
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Krark-Clan Ironworks + Nim Deathmantle + Wurmcoil Engine = When you sacrifice Wurmcoil to Ironworks, both it and Deathmantle's abilities go on the stack simultaneously. Choose to resolve Wurmcoil's ability first to get the tokens, then sac those to Ironworks as well. You can now pay the cost for Deathmantle's ability to get back Wurmcoil with a net gain of . Repeat this process to make (and get as many Wurm tokens as you want). A similar combo also exists with Myr Battlesphere in place of Wurmcoil
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Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth + = Tap Monolith for then go to untap it and copy that untap ability with Rings. Let the copied ability resolve and, while the original untap ability is still on the stack, use Monolith to generate more mana. The original untap ability now resolves and you are left with an untapped Monolith and floating. Since it only costs in total to go through this cycle, you are left with a net gain of each time, letting you generate
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Karn, Silver Golem + Mana Vault + Voltaic Construct = Turn Vault into a creature for , tap it for , untap it for with Construct, rinse and repeat for . This also works with Basalt Monolith, Dreamstone Hedron, Gilded Lotus, Grim Monolith, or Thran Dynamo
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Metalworker + Voltaic Construct + 2 artifacts in hand = Reveal artifacts for , untap for , continue doing this for
Fun things to do with all that mana:
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Karn, Silver Golem + Trading Post + Voltaic Construct + an artifact in hand + = Ridiculousness. Discard an artifact to gain 4 life, pay 1 life to get a token: 0/1 Goat, sacrifice that goat to get the artifact you discarded back, play that artifact, sacrifice that artifact to draw a card, pay another 1 life to get another goat, sacrifice that goat to get the artifact back, start the cycle over from the beginning. You can mess around with these interactions to: gain infinite life, get infinite goats, return every artifact back from your graveyard, and draw your entire deck. Trading Post is bonkers
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Karn, Silver Golem + Voltaic Construct + = Way too many broken things to list. Seriously, being able to use the abilities of pretty much any card in your deck as many times as you want is pretty great. From drawing your deck with Planar Portal to making infinite token: 1/1 Myr (som) tokens with Myr Turbine to pinging everyone to death with Staff of Nin...the possibilities are endless
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Staff of Domination + = You pretty much just win immediately
More fun stuff that doesn't fit in the other sections:
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Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice + Nevinyrral's Disk = Repeatable destruction of your opponents' entire boards, while yours remains safe and sound
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Krark-Clan Ironworks + Mana Crypt + Scrap Trawler = Artifacts you sacrifice basically give you
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Krark-Clan Ironworks + Spine of Ish Sah = Repeatable spineage
Suggestions
Updates Add
The list has changed quite a bit since the last update, including the addition of some of the more expensive cards I've been wanting to get for a long time. Shout out Eternal Masters for dropping the price of Mana Crypt so much. The deck is getting to the point where it's very difficult to make cuts, and a new card has to be really synergistic with the rest of the deck for me to consider adding it. Nim Deathmantle and Tawnos's Coffin have been added to the deck for maximum cuteness with Karn's ability.
Also, Paradox Engine is one of the most hilarious cards I've ever seen. Knowing the Rules Committee, it'll probably get banned eventually, but you can bet that I'll abuse it as much as I possibly can until that day comes.
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-1 Ghost Town
-1 Mindslaver
-1 Pentavus
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