Traxos, Scourge of the Casual Playgroup

Commander / EDH* austintayshus

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Update #1 —July 8, 2019

Made a few changes to the deck, A few cards that y'all suggested and a few cards that I've always wanted to test.

OUT - Armory of Iroas - Crawlspace - Filigree Familiar - Fireshrieker - Font of Mythos - Howling Mine - Ratchet Bomb - Shield of the Realm - Wastes x2

IN - All is Dust - Assault Suit - Conqueror's Galleon  Flip - Ghostfire Blade - Junk Diver - Lightning Greaves - Mikokoro, Center of the Sea - Planar Bridge - Scrap Trawler - Ugin, the Ineffable

Thanks again to everyone for the suggestions!

austintayshus says... #2

Thanks for the suggestion ThoAlmighty that's going into the next on the next update.

April 22, 2019 8:55 p.m.

TheCardPool says... #3

Solid build. With all the uptap effects you could abuse cards like Winter Orb , Static Orb and Storage Matrix .

April 26, 2019 9:18 a.m.

austintayshus says... #4

Thanks TheCardPool, I've never played a stax-heavy deck but this might be just the deck for it. Thanks for the suggestions!

April 26, 2019 11:53 p.m.

iNinjy says... #5

Have you considered Mycosynth Lattice and the new Karn, Karn, the Great Creator ?

Everything on the field would be artifacts, and Karn would then shut down the abilities of every opponents’ activated abilities. This Karn would also help with bringing back the exiled cards from your other Karn. Mix and match the loyalty abilities.

May 3, 2019 1:33 p.m.

austintayshus says... #6

Thanks iNinjy for the suggestions, the new Karn, the Great Creator looks perfect for this deck! I would also like to add Mycosynth Lattice but I'm not sure what to take out. Thoughts?

May 3, 2019 8:24 p.m.

iNinjy says... #7

Well depending on how much you need the card draw, while removing Font of Mythos and Howling Mine would reduce your draws, other players also wouldn’t have that extra benefit. It seems you have quite a bit of other draws to work with anyways, and if you had a land to switch out for Mikokoro, Center of the Sea , you can add back some draw

May 3, 2019 10:51 p.m.

zapyourtumor says... #8

Oh man, a colorless voltron stax deck would be awesome. Especially with artifacts.

May 5, 2019 10:49 p.m.

austintayshus says... #9

iNinjy Now that you mention it, I probably don't need the Font of Mythos or Howling Mine . I like those cards because they can give me some political value in a game, but as you said, there are plenty of other card draw effects in this deck that don't help my opponents.

And I will have to find a Mikokoro, Center of the Sea to include in this deck, thanks for the suggestions!

zapyourtumor Staxos sounds like it could be powerful. I don't think my main playgroup would like that, but I could try it at my more competitive LGS. But are there enough Stax effects that are colorless artifacts? Meekstone definitely, and the three cards that TheCardPool suggested, then there's Smokestack and Tangle Wire . Are there any that I am missing? And if not, are these six cards enough?

May 5, 2019 11:51 p.m. Edited.

TheCardPool says... #10

Also here's 3 lands that i think this deck would love. Tower of the Magistrate , Emergence Zone and Blast Zone . I know tower seems kind of odd to use but the reason I suggest it is that is can stop your opponents from throwing an equipment on their creature.

May 6, 2019 9:20 a.m.

austintayshus says... #11

TheCardPool great land suggestions, especially Tower of the Magistrate . I didn't get why you suggested it at first, but preventing an opponent from equipping a creature sounds hilarious and powerful. Just picture it:

Opponent: I go to equip my Lightning Greaves to my Blightsteel Colossus .

Me: Um... No.

May 6, 2019 8:22 p.m.

Free_Iona says... #12

still love it. still +1. still need to finish my build :P. Thank you for the inspiration!!!

May 16, 2019 7:08 a.m.

austintayshus says... #13

Thanks Chhris let me know when you're Traxos build is complete, I'd love to see it!

May 16, 2019 9:03 a.m.

TheCardPool says... #14

austintayshus yeah that's pretty much how that land works. It's so powerful for a land. Also it's great for removing equipments from creatures with protection from colors. Nothing feels better than catching an opponent off guard when they have a Sword of Feast and Famine equipped.

May 16, 2019 9:51 a.m.

the new Ugin, the Ineffable might be a cool addition if you can find room for him

May 17, 2019 7:57 p.m.

austintayshus says... #16

Thank you hellokitty6666666666666 I work most friday nights and sadly I haven't been able to draft any War of the Spark, but Ugin, the Ineffable would be a great contribution. Thanks for the suggestion!

May 17, 2019 8:35 p.m.

Ashen0ne says... #17

Heya! Finally managed to take a good look at your deck and I love it! I’ve been trying to convince a friend of mine to build him since he was released lol. Maybe your list can inspire him and make the difference.

I’ll admit my experience with colorless decks are limited still. I only just endeavored to build one of my own and it adopts more of a control/engine strategy. Still imma throw a couple suggestions at ya!

Planar Bridge while expensive allows you to fetch any and all permanents you need when you need it. Colorless has so few tutor options and this is among the best. While it doesn’t effect your commander’s cast trigger it can be used to fetch Unwinding Clock or any other piece to untap him anyway.

Since you wanna suit him up and punch people I think Silent Arbiter might do you proud. Protects you with a crawl space like effect and also limits their blockers so that if he has menace he will always get through.

On the other hand since you’re going voltron I really like the combination of Kusari-Gama and Grappling Hook the latter gives you double strike and the ability to choose which of your opponent’s creatures is gonna block him. The former splashes all that damage onto everything else they control for a pseudo board wipe.

If I come up with more I’ll be sure to let you know! Keep the colorless dream alive!

May 18, 2019 5:08 a.m.

austintayshus says... #18

Thanks AshenONe I'll definitely have to consider Planar Bridge . I didn't include this in the deck originally because I didn't have any eldrazi or anything scary to yank out of the deck, but tutoring an Unwinding Clock sounds extra spicy. Thanks for the suggestions!

Also, I hope this inspired your friend to build their own colorless deck!

May 18, 2019 6:08 a.m.

Free_Iona says... #19

Also, thanks for highlighting those "MVP" type cards. Infiltration Lens is definitely finding a home in my deck too!! Have you considered any Molten Nursery type effects as a secondary thing to the Traxos Battlecruiser plan?

May 19, 2019 6:18 p.m.

wideline1414 says... #20

May have missed this but amulet of vigor????

May 20, 2019 10:48 a.m.

PacoBob says... #21

If you're finding it hard to keep up Traxos, you can consider Not of This World and/or Warping Wail for added protection.

May 21, 2019 10:06 a.m.

austintayshus says... #22

Chhris I would like to add more effects like Molten Nursery but I am not sure if there any colorless cards that can do that.

wideline1414 I do not have Amulet of Vigor in this deck, but it would be a great inclusion. Hopefully I can find a cheap one or trade for it. Thanks for the suggestion!

PacoBob Traxos does get removed a lot and Not of This World and Warping Wail would be great answers for that. Thanks for the suggestions!

May 21, 2019 10:48 p.m.