Darksteel Torture Laboratory

Commander / EDH* Artifact Budget Casual Multiplayer UR (Izzet)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Burnished Hart HP
• 1x Colossus of Akros HP
• 1x Creepy Doll HP
• 1x Dack's Duplicate HP
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut HP
• 1x Darksteel Myr HP
• 1x Etherium Sculptor HP
• 1x Hellkite Igniter HP
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant HP
• 1x Herald of Kozilek
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1x Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
• 1x Manor Gargoyle HP
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist HP
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind MP
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph HP
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Quicksmith Spy
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia HP
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon HP
• 1x Stuffy Doll HP
• 1x Treasure Mage SL
• 1x Trinket Mage HP
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Viseling HP
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine HP

Sorcery (4)

• 1x All is Dust HP
• 1x Blasphemous Act HP
• 1x Fabricate HP
• 1x Molten Psyche HP

Artifact (22)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan HP
• 1x Black Vise HP
• 1x Darksteel Forge HP
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Ebony Owl Netsuke HP
• 1x Font of Mythos HP
• 1x Howling Mine HP
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Misers' Cage HP
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Pariah's Shield HP
• 1x Skullcage HP
• 1x Sol Ring HP
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots HP
• 1x Sword of the Animist MP
• 1x Temple Bell HP
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery HP
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Braid of Fire HP
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix HP
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation HP
• 1x Pia's Revolution
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Vicious Shadows HP
• 1x Well of Ideas HP

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Caldera Lake HP
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Great Furnace HP
• 1x Halimar Depths HP
• 9x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Looming Spires
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea HP
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod HP
• 1x Skyline Cascade
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany HP
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek

Instant (2)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Runeflare Trap HP

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Maybeboard

Land (14)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Hammerheim
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Shelldock Isle
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tolarian Academy
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Creature (8)

• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer HP
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Eidolon of the Great Revel
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Muzzio, Visionary Architect
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Instant (2)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Reiterate

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (6)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Soul Foundry
• 1x Thumbscrews

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Chain Lightning
• 1x Slagstorm
• 1x Transmute Artifact

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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v. 3.0

(Significantly changed to include AER cards, & other changes.)

Obligatory ramp includes Burnished Hart, Sol Ring, Solemn Simulacrum, Darksteel Ingot and Izzet Signet.

Nin, the Pain Artist destroys creatures and hands opponents their libraries. Just to help them out further, Forced Fruition, Dictate of Kruphix, Well of Ideas, and Skyscribing contribute. Anvil of Bogarden lets them hang on to it (plus, who doesn't carry a Reliquary Tower)?

Black Vise, Ebony Owl Netsuke, Misers' Cage, Skullcage, Talon of Pain, Cerebral Vortex, Gaze of Adamaro, Runeflare Trap, Sudden Impact, Molten Psyche and Viseling punish them for their enormous hands. Dictate of the Twin Gods flashes in if the damage would ever be half enough to kill somebody.

Meanwhile, for protection and draw, there are indestructible artifact creatures, and some chump Arcbound fellows around to be replaced when I can afford to make the deck a bit better. Nin can torture the invulnerable toys if draw is required. Pariah's Shield works particularly well with Stuffy Doll, I think. Darksteel Forge helps protect from board wipes until somebody spot exiles it. Trinket Mage, Treasure Mage and Fabricate can tutor in some of the necessary parts of the combos.

There's a bit of blue control (some counters and snaps), creatures like Barbed Shocker for some added milling, and a few creatures that pull back artifacts, instants or sorceries from the graveyard to repeat some of the classics.

As per usual for me, the stuff in the maybeboard is mostly there because of price (there are a few exceptions).

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Existing EDH Decks