Cybernetic Chicanery

Commander / EDH* Artifact UB (Dimir)

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CA (15)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Contraband Kingpin
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Interaction (12)

• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Mass Manipulation
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Support (5)

• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Mana Rocks (15)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Mana (20)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 9x Island
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Utility (8)

• 1x Deadeye Plunderers
• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master

Commander (1)

Artifact Matters (12)

• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Contraband Kingpin
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Deadeye Plunderers
• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Mana Sinks (8)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Deadeye Plunderers
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Mass Manipulation
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Mystic Remora

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Sideboard

Other (3)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Training Grounds

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Maybeboard

Interaction (13)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Tolaria
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Mana Sinks (4)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Everflowing Chalice

Utility (4)

• 1x Magnifying Glass
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Wretched Confluence

CA (10)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Dimir Locket
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Magnifying Glass
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Mana (13)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 2x Island
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria

Artifact Matters (3)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Panharmonicon

Mana Rocks (10)

• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dimir Locket
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Magnifying Glass
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Sisay's Ring

Support (7)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Training Grounds

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Format Blending List

• Due to lockdowns I am only playing 1v1 EDH and Brawl rather than my normal Multiplayer EDH. So while both formats and number of opponents are vastly different, I wanted to challenge myself to create a list I can play in both with only having to + or - 40 cards.

Goal

• An artifacts matter list where we want to generate oodles of mana to fuel a variety of value plays and win conditions.

Categories

• Artifacts Matter are spells like Contraband Kingpin who care about artifacts being cast or entering the battlefield to generate extra value.


• Mana Rocks are our bread and butter. We have variety of ones that create colored mana Star Compass and colorless Basalt Monolith but the best are ones that do something in addition to generating mana, like Unstable Obelisk.


• Card Advantage are x spells Pull from Tomorrow, wheels Time Reversal, and artifact synergies Tezzeret, Artifice Master.


• Interaction is not too controlly because I do like that style of play but we can answer problematic creatures Curse of the Swine, board states Death Cloud, and other specific archetypes Relic of Progenitus through a variety of methods.


• Support a variety of effects to protect our stuff from targeted removal Padeem, Consul of Innovation, save a creature Supernatural Stamina, cards that get bigger Darksteel Juggernaut, and reinforce our strategies Unwinding Clock.


• Utility are recursion effects Buried Ruin, life-gain Erebos's Intervention, and token making Deadeye Plunderers.


• Mana love any excuse to play with my artifact lands Darksteel Citadel but honestly with so many mana rocks our mana base can be whatever and do just fine. I happen to have a few pricier lands so I threw em in.

Themes

• Artifacts matter because I wanted to do something different than most Oona lists and she complements the "big mana" play-style really well with her activated ability.


• Mana Rocks all shapes, sizes, and casting costs but I tried to choose ones who could also do something else/useful in a pinch Magnifying Glass.

Commander

• Oona, Queen of the Fae leads because she is a versatile mana sink. This was converted from a Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain big mana list of which I wanted to keep that ethos while re-exploring the archetype in a different color combination.

Game Plan

• Keep a hand with 1-2 mana rocks, a card advantage outlet like Riddlesmith, and slowly accrue value.


• Ideally we have found a token maker Sai, Master Thopterist and artifact matters stuff Blinkmoth Urn while keeping ourselves out of our opponent’s crosshairs Propaganda.


• Chances are we have 5-10 mana rocks, a mana sink Pestilence that we can use to begin to bend the game to our pace/will. Only cast Oona if you have 4+ mana open so we can get immediate value from her in case of removal.

Winning

• Oona and a few of our artifact token makers Efficient Construction + Coat of Arms let us go wide and hit very hard. It is why I focused on a few creature token types.


• Marionette Master + Cranial Plating + Clue or Treasure Tokens can be a quick GG with our board covered in artifacts. Skullclamp on Thopters works wonderfully too.


• Dimir Keyrune / Deadeye Plunderers / Plague Myr + Cranial Plating can knock opponents out one by one.


• Oona + Cranial Plating makes voltron (21 commander damager) viable too.


• X spells or abilities like Erebos's Intervention / Mass Manipulation can swing the match back into our favor by stabilizing us either with life or a board of attackers/blockers. Mnemonic Betrayal can let us use our opponent's cards against them and Pestilence helps both clear the board and bring life-totals down each turn while we have a few ways to gain life to offset the damage.


• Winter Orb / Death Cloud are staxxy pieces we break the parity of by focusing on mana rocks. Ideally we can set our opponents back far enough that we can close out the match before they recover.

Thoughts to improve are welcome and appreciated!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 2 Rares 13 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Fun Decks to Build