The Etherium's Power is Unstoppable

Commander / EDH Pheardemons

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Pheardemons says... #1

ComboCrazy, RedJokr - Let me know what you think. Broken artifact combos was boring, so I decided to make a flicker artifact EDH with breya at the helm. Seems fun so far. This way the deck isn't broken, and can play different each time. If you can think of any cards or any combos that aren't infinite or broken.

December 16, 2016 3:52 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #2

Myr Battlesphere is a thing, lol

Idk much about flicker, myself. You may also want to run Elite Arcanist, Sundial of the Infinite and Gather Specimens. Specimens and sundial turn your flickers into stealspells and killspells, respectively, and while arcanist is removal bait, he's way too much fun to leave out. Nice idea with this deck!

December 16, 2016 6:07 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #3

Okay maybe Sundial of the Infinite is kinda broken... just don't run Sudden Disappearance as well. Eerie Interlude is pretty good as well. Protects all creatures you controlagainst boardwipes and everything for 3 mana, not to mention etb's. A couple useful counters are Disappearing Act and Familiar's Ruse. Ruse combos nicely with archaeomancerand is a functional flicker on isochron scepter or elite arcanist.

December 16, 2016 6:18 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #4

For card draw, (which you absolutely need in a flicker deck), Mulldrifter and Cloudblazer are nice, but maybe only mulldrifter is any good. Also did you miss Magister Sphinx? It's ultra broken in a flicker deck. So is Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, actually. Stalling and potentially giving you all the flickers you could ask for is good, right? :D I'll comment later if I remember more. Good luck with this deck!

December 16, 2016 6:30 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #5

ComboCrazy - Magister Sphinx was in the original 100 for the deck, but I took it out to make room for other stuff. I'll keep it in the maybeboard. Mulldrifter and Cloudblazer do seem like great ETB stuff to flicker. Question would be how to make room for it. Also, Tamiyo, the Moon Sage does seem interesting. I already have 4 planeswalkers, but will consider it. And thanks man! Definitely a different type of deck.

December 16, 2016 6:46 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #6

Also I already have Myr Battlesphere in the deck. I don't care too much for Elite Arcanist being that I already play Isochron Sceptor. Sundial of the Infinite seems like an interesting idea, but I'm not stealing anyone cards for a turn or anything. So maybe not for this particular deck.

December 16, 2016 6:50 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #7

Lol yeah I just thought it was funny. That with panharmonicon and a couple of flickers (Venser) is just hilarious. (And then unblockable! Yay, Venser!)

That makes sense with the Arcanist, as long as the scepter is tutorable consistently, which it looks like it is, you should be fine. With Sundial of the Infinite you can end the turn in response to the flicker spell's "return the exiled permanent to the battlefield at the end of the turn," trigger by ending the turn. This exiles the ability and causes whatever was going to be returned to remain exiled. Permanently. Also, given that you choose the order in which the flickers resolve, you can wait for your stuff to come back, and THEN end the turn, so you get your stuff back but nobody else does. It actually should be a staple for flicker decks, in my opinion.

For things to take out, Strionic Resonator isn't really necessary, what with Panharmonicon in the deck and all. It's useful, but expendable, in my opinion. Same thing about the Anguished Unmaking, if you're adding the sundial, since it kinda turns a lot of your flickers into killspells. Lastly, I'm not sure if you'd want to do this to people, but Karn, Silver Golem is insanely overpowered with mycosynth. He becomes land destruction, allows you to flicker artifacts as if they were creatures, makes nonlands easier to remove, etc. I don't know how good he'd be here, but i thought I'd mention it. :)

December 17, 2016 12:28 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #8

ComboCrazy - Wow, thanks for the insight on Sundial of the Infinite. I didn't realize it could be played that way. I'll definitely keep it under consideration, I just see me playing it then having it sit there. Although I will playtest. And I do own a Karn, Silver Golem, and it was in with the original 100, but I don't know if I want to go that overpowered. Not to mention such a damn target on his back. Thanks for the thought. I'll keep him in mind.

December 17, 2016 10:46 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #9

ComboCrazy - Let me know what you think of the new iteration. Artifact Flicker just doesn't work well. I decided to go an extreme combo route. If you have any questions about cards let me know.

February 21, 2017 9:08 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #10

This isn't a combo deck lol

February 22, 2017 8:36 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #11

ComboCrazy you're kidding right?

February 22, 2017 8:44 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #12

Nope. Youre missing all of the fun ones!

February 22, 2017 8:45 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #13

Arcum Dagsson, Whir of Invention, Rings of Brighthearth, Power Artifact, Basalt Monolith, Grim Monolith, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Triskelavus, Walking Ballista, mana doublers + Palinchron, untap shenanigans like Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers, lol even the classic Metalworker + Voltaic Construct needs to be here. Also Myr Battlesphere + Myr Incubator can be lethal sometimes if you catch someone off guard.

February 22, 2017 8:47 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #14

February 22, 2017 8:49 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #15

Seriously though, Breya needs an artifact theme or you're not exploiting her enough. Dagsson is completely disgusting in the 99 and artifact tutors and heavy ramp like Copper Gnomes and Metalworker need to be present to hit off blightsteel or a Darksteel Colossus or something super quick so you can get a combo together

February 22, 2017 8:52 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #16

ComboCrazy while I understand I am missing some of the main combos of artifacts. This deck is a combo deck.

Auriok Salvagers and Lion's Eye Diamond creates infinite mana which means I can use breya's bolt ability infinitely.

Doomsday puts the following cards in my deck in the following order from the top: Thought Scour, Worldgorger Dragon, any card, Animate Dead (or any varient), the lastly any card. When I draw Thought Scour I target myself. Worldgorger Dragon and the next card are milled and I draw Animate Dead. I then do the infinite mana combo, which will Flicker breya and in response just keep bolting people before Worldgorger Dragon's ability resolves.

Sharuum the Hegemon combos with Phyrexian Metamorph. Sharuum is on the battlefield, then I play Phyrexian Metamorph copying Sharuum. The legend rule applies and the original sharuum is put into the graveyard. Phyrexian Metamorph triggers returning the original Sharuum. Legend rule applies again and this time get rid of the Metamorph. This is infinitely returning cards from the graveyard so Bitter Ordeal takes everyone out as could Disciple of the Vault. If Reckless Fireweaver is on the battlefield then it damages each opponent to death.

Notion Thief and wheel effects.

This deck is a combo deck, just maybe not combos that you knew about. I have left out some "main" combos of artifacts, but the reasoning is I decided to make this deck somewhat competitive.

February 22, 2017 9:41 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #17

Just to clarify, I meant no offense in saying this wasn't a combo deck. I just don't feel like it can really rely on combos to win without being lethally disrupted I saw the existing combos, but Breya, in my opinion, should rely on artifacts. I still don't quite consider this a combo deck, mostly because it doesn't have enough. Worldgorger and Sharrum are a great start, but a Jester's Cap is pretty much gg. In my experience, that isn't a good thing. I'd still recommend adding at least two more reliable combos.

February 24, 2017 6:11 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #18

ComboCrazy I didn't take offense at all. I just didn't understand what you meant. Believe it or not this deck is incredibly resilient, and very easy to assemble the combos. You are correct that a Jester's Cap would be upsetting. But that is a turn 4 play(usually), and by then I should be able to play able to play around it.

February 24, 2017 8:56 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #19

Well, if it works well then dang you've got something cool going that I can't see just by looking at the decklist. From my perspective it really doesn't look like you've got enough combos. How do you typically set them up (as in, which one do you usually go for first) and which turn do you usually go off? I'm thinking somewhere around turn five or even four if lucky is where one of my own decks usually gets one otb, but my decks are usually glass cannons, lol.

Ever considered cards like Disallow, Pithing Needle, and Summary Dismissal for universal combo defense? I'm not sure they're necessary here but both shut down cap and other annoying cards for awhile to let you get started. Just a thought.

I would still recommend Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers; both cards seem like they'd be useful outside of the combo. At worst I t's an emergency combo that's at least there if you need it, not to mention it's cheap as heck in terms of the cards themselves and given which tutors you're currently running it's easy to find.

Anyway, good luck going forward with this! I'm not quite so experienced with this type of combo deck, so I'm not sure how much good advice I can give. Hopefully I've been some help though lol. :)

February 25, 2017 11:30 p.m.

ComboCrazy says... #20

Also Muddle the Mixture would be great, your curve is 3rd heaviest at cmc 2. It'd be a counter when you needed it to be and tutor when you need Animate Dead or Demonic Tutor. Also Sculpting Steel is another piece that infinites off of Sharrum. Just remembered those two.

February 25, 2017 11:38 p.m.

Pheardemons says... #21

ComboCrazy I'll tag you again when I do the deck description so that it'll explain everything you asked. My computer died and doing all that on my phone is a pain. Tomorrow I'll go to the library and do it.

February 26, 2017 12:31 a.m.

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