Department of Assassination

Commander / EDH* Aggro Artifact BR (Rakdos) Theme/Gimmick Tribal

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Artifact (29)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mad Science Fair Project
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Myr Turbine
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Super-Duper Death Ray
• 1x Volcanic Offering
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Land (33)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Watermarket

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Phyresis

Commander (1)

Creature (20)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Curious Killbot
• 1x Delighted Killbot
• 1x Despondent Killbot
• 1x Enraged Killbot
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Overt Operative
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Phage the Untouchable
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sly Spy E
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

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Creature (10)

• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Fiend of the Shadows
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Throat Slitter

Instant (6)

• 1x Darkness
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Marsh Gas
• 1x Omen of Fire
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (2)

• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Skull of Orm

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Torrent of Souls

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Stranglehold

Land (1)

• 1x Command Beacon

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Name subject to near constant change

Deck needing help! Cards labelled as foil are ones that I'm still acquiring.

Basic gist of it is to run the deck like it was a ninjitsu deck - though since the switch doesnt trigger etb and I assume ltb triggers theres more of a focus on abilities that trigger by dealing combat damage. After all, when all of your creatures are combat tricks, they'll never know where the real threat is coming from.

The general strategy is to play Conspiracy as soon as possible, whether thats through getting it by tutors or card draw, then bring out Mary and start harassing through Killbots. Thne, when they least expect it (i.e no blockers on one creature) swap it out for a way to get maximum damage and knock someone out of their spot in the game.

One thing I've noticed is that without Conspiracy the deck kinda almost ceases to function, so thats something to keep safe - but in black and red keeping enchantments safe or recurring them is pretty difficult.

I definitely want to add some more actual combat tricks, like Darkness and Marsh Gas and possibly more removal.

Main wincons are through commander damage, since its pretty easy to bump up Mary's power a bit; through infect via Blightsteel Colossus and the infect package included (probably going to remove the other pieces since they're kind of clunky for this); through unblocked hit by Phage since who would think the vanilla 2/1 Curious Killbot would instakill them?; and finally through the Master of Cruelties + any other unblocked creature combo to take them out.

To be honest, could probably do with some win-con that didn't revolve around combat damage, and a bit more recursion. Possible inclusions are "Rumours of my Demise..." as a form of recursion via exiling my contraptions because killbots are that important.

Suggestions for cards that have watermarks (to make full use of watermarket) that could possibly replace different things here would be greatly appreciated.

Please leave any suggestions or advice, I'm open to any and all! Thanks!

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Myr 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink