Daretti "Best Brown" Artifact Good Stuff

Commander / EDH

Swaffle

Artifact (33)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sorcery (8)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Recoup
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (2)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Starstorm

Commander (1)

Creature (20)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Igniter
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Precursor Golem
• 1x Quicksmith Genius
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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I've been playing this deck and slowly iterating it since the day the 2014 Commander decks came out. It's definitely my single favorite commander deck and it can play a fun fair game as well as being pretty degenerate with the right draw. What I like the most about is its uncommon pairing of deck archetypes that don't make sense together and probably shouldn't work on paper but are extremely effective: It's a mono-red, graveyard-based, control deck.

The main aim is to play mana rocks first, get Daretti out as soon as possible, and start filling your yard with big stuff and digging for more rocks, removal, and useful stuff. If you can get Daretti out on turn 1 (rare, but possible) or turn 2, generally you want to try to play some blockers and try to rush towards getting the emblem. If you are attracting too much attention or get Daretti out later, just try to filter your hand and use the minus ability to get some powerful artifacts out of your yard in exchange for artifact lands, cheap artifacts, or smaller mana rocks.

Has a small stax package in the form of Winter Orb and Tangle Wire, they are extremely effective after a couple mana rocks in the early game and can really help you press an early advantage. They will not make you any friends, but they are powerful enough to be worth the spots in the deck.

Notable Synergies and Wincons:

• Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice + Nevinyrral's Disk - Wipe everyone else's board every turn
• Kuldotha Forgemaster + Any 3 Artifacts + Blightsteel Colossus - Tutorable indestructible threat that wins games
• Hellkite Igniter + a board full of Artifacts - Giant hasty flier that can ruin a player's day
• Akroma's Memorial + Karn, Silver Golem - All of your medium-to-large useful artifacts are now big flying threats
• Mindslaver + Thopter Assembly + Trading Post - Works with other recursive artifacts, keep mindslavering forever
• Crucible of Worlds + Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage - Make Marit Lage's forever
• Crucible of Worlds + Strip Mine - Get filthy, blow up an opponent's land every turn

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice + Nevinyrral's Disk Crucible of Worlds + Strip Mine Akroma's Memorial + Karn, Silver Golem Mindslaver + Thopter Assembly + Trading Post Crucible of Worlds + Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.14
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goat 0/1 W, Golem 3/3 C, Marit Lage, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink