Goblin' Up Artifacts

Commander / EDH

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Artifact (31)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Implement of Combustion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Myr Turbine
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Ugin's Nexus
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (15)

• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Igniter
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Quicksmith Genius
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Scrap Trawler

Land (35)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 25x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (4)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Shattering Pulse

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Deck History

I picked up a copper plate steel deck box from REP Gaming and some copper Dragonshield sleeves recently. I was originally planning on making a Hope of Ghirapur Voltron/stax deck to fit the theme of these, but it was too linear. Goldfishing it got too repetitive.

Wanting to stay on the theme of artifacts, I noticed that Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer was a commander that fit the theme and was in one of my favorite colors.

This deck takes advantage of Slobad's sacrifice ability to protect our board and combo off.

Other Slobad content:

• https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/217058-slobad-goblin-tinkerer-making-things-go-boom

• https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/29vq8u/my_first_primer_slobad_goblin_tinkerer/

• https://puremtgo.com/articles/budget-commander-slobad-goblin-tinkerer

Power Level + Commander choice

Power Level Ideally, I want this deck to be fairly powerful. There's a ceiling to how good a Slobad deck can be, but I want to get close to that without spending too much money on Mishra's Workshop or Metalworker . An 8 or 8.5 out of 10 would be ideal for power.

This deck can go very fast when unchecked, and almost always wins before turn 10. The fact that people don't know what to expect with Slobad lets us slip under the radar of opponents.

Why Slobad is Good

• He's a free sac outlet for two mana!
• His ability protects our board, especially during combos
• Targeted and mass artifact removal doesn't stop us because of Slobad
• He's part of many combos
• He saved Mirrodin
• Goblins are objectively the best creatures

Who should play this deck

You should play this deck if:

• You like artifacts
• You like trying to find combos between synergistic cards
• You (and your playgroup) are fine with some mass land destruction as a wincon and a lot of combo
• You love the graveyard
• You enjoy bringing lesser known commanders to the table
• You like that your deck runs better and is more powerful with your general, but still works without it

Don't play this deck if:

• You aren't a fan of mono red
• You don't like artifacts
• You always want to win in combat
• You like more linear decks
• You don't want to try to figure out Combos with cards with complex interactions
• You play against the likes of Chain Veil Teferi and Blood Pod
• You love popular commanders with lots of primers and decklists available

Alternative Commanders

• Daretti, Scrap Savant : potential to be broken, card draw and recursion in the command zone, is a planeswalker. A very popular commander.

• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient : insanely easy to combo with, makes a lot of artifacts broken. Really unique commander, plus you can do ogre tribal.

• Feldon of the Third Path : Reanimator in red is really cool, more of a big red deck in my opinion. Also easy to break.

• Bosh, Iron Golem : A huge general who can fling artifacts like Spine of Ish Sah is really powerful. His mana cost is high, but luckily mana rocks are plentiful.
  

How the Deck Wins

Combos Show

Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer or any artifact saccer + Prototype Portal + Ugin's Nexus =infinite turns

Dross Scorpion + Pentavus + Mana rock that taps for 3 = infinite mana

Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Voltaic Key + Gilded Lotus = infinite colored mana

Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Myr Battlesphere = infinite tokens and mana

Ashnod's Altar + Dross Scorpion + Prototype Portal + Myr Battlesphere = infinite Myr or Myr Battlespheres

Infinite mana + Dross Scorpion + Staff of Nin + Pentavus = infinite damage

Myr Turbine + Dross Scorpion + sac outlet = infinite etbs and sacs

Myr Battlesphere + Goblin Welder + Liquimetal Coating + Dross Scorpion = infinite creatures

Infinite mana + Slobad, Golblin Tinkerer + Spine of Ish Sah = infinite removal

Synergies Show

Goblin Welder + Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer + Myr Battlesphere + Nevinyrral's Disk = asymmetrical board wipe every rotation of table

Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer + Spine of Ish Sah / Ichor Wellspring = recurrable removal or efficient draw

Other Wincons Show

• Beatdown: Smashing face with cards like Myr Battlesphere , Hellkite Igniter or Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

• Scrap Mastery : Getting back a lot of cards with this is absurd, especially good with Codex Shredder .

• Jokulhaups : Destroy everything while using Slobad to save your Mana rocks.

• Comet Storm : This deck makes a ton or infinite mana quickly, and this is a great way to use it.

Card Explanations

Artifacts Show

• Ashnod's Altar : when it isn't a combo piece, it just makes a ton of mana.
• Codex Shredder : self mill to get artifacts into the graveyard and recursion.
• Expedition Map : cheap artifact that finds utility lands or Inventors' Fair to indirectly tutor an artifact.
• Gilded Lotus : great colored mana rock and a combo piece.
• Ichor Wellspring : a 2 Mana draw 2 that can be recurred easily is op.
• Implement of Combustion : cantrips and can go into a Scrap Trawler loop to win.
• Lightning Greaves : protects creatures and gives all of our creatures haste
• Liquimetal Coating : combo piece that also turns our artifact removal into universal removal. Great utility.
• Mana Vault : ridiculously fast mana and combo piece, insane with Dross Scorpion .
• Meekstone : locks down creature decks and doesn't hold us back.
• Memory Jar : allows us to churn through our deck by recurring it.
• Mind Stone : cheap, cantripping mana rock.
• Mox Amber : a conditional Mox Ruby , very good as Slobad is rarely the target of removal.
• Mycosynth Wellspring : once we cast it, it's hard to miss land drops for the rest of the game.
• Myr Turbine : combo piece, token maker, and combo tutor(Myr Battle sphere)
• Nevinyrral's Disk : board wipe and lockdown piece
• Nim Deathmantle : combo piece and recursion/protection for creatures.
• Oblivion Stone : great board wipe that's an artifact.
• Pithing Needle : cheap disruption to shut down commanders and planeswalkers.
• Prototype Portal : combo piece that also can copy other cool artifacts, especially artifact lands for ramp.
• Skullclamp : insane draw engine.
• Sol Ring : fast mana, a staple.
• Spine of Ish Sah : combos with infinite mana and Slobad or is reusable removal.
• Staff of Nin : combo piece, card draw, removal. Nice.
• Thran Dynamo : great mana rock and combo piece.
• Tormod's Crypt : free graveyard hate.
• Trading Post : always relevant in some way, and often broken.
• Ugin's Nexus : when it isn't in a combo, it's just a 5 mana extra turn spell which is nice.
• Voltaic Key : combo piece, utility, can act as a mana rock.
• Wayfarer's Bauble : cheap, recurrable Rampant Growth .
• Worn Powerstone : efficient ramp.

Creatures + planeswalker Show

Creatures

• Dross Scorpion : combo piece and very broken in this deck.
• Duplicant : efficient, recurrable removal and a potentially huge creature.
• Goblin Welder : probably the best creature we have. Recursion and combo for one mana.
• Hellkite Igniter : a great wincon.
• Reckless Fireweaver : makes some combos instant wins and chips down life totals.
• Junk Diver : cheap graveyard interaction and combo piece.
• Kuldotha Forgemaster : saccing artifacts to tutor more is very powerful.
• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient : combo piece that also synergizes with a huge amount of our deck.
• Magus of the Wheel : would replace this with Wheel of Fortune if I had it, but it's still good.
• Myr Battlesphere : combos, beats down well, provides Skullclamp fodder.
• Myr Retriever : combo piece and cheap recursion, great with Dross Scorpion .
• Pentavus : powerful combo piece and Skullclamp fodder. Also blocks very well.
• Phyrexian Revoker : efficient disruption that can be sacced.
• Quicksmith Genius : very good filtering for cheap.
• Scrap Trawler : makes every artifact bring something else back.

Planeswalker

• Daretti, Scrap Savant : card draw and recursion, very powerful.

Sorceries + Instants Show

Sorceries

• All Is Dust : an almost one sided board wipe.
• Blasphemous Act : cheap board wipe.
• Cathartic Reunion : cheap filtering that fills the graveyard.
• Faithless Looting : filtering that's still relevant in the graveyard.
• Gamble : cheap tutor, the downside doesn't really matter in this deck.
• Jokulhaups : a one sided board wipe because Slobad can save our stuff.
• Mana Geyser : very good ritual, helps to power out big things
• Molten Psyche : card draw that hurts our blue opponents a lot.
• Obliterate : Uncounterable. See Jokulhaups .
• Reforge the Soul : wheels are great for refilling our hand.
• Scrap Mastery : a great wincon, we always get more value than our opponents.
• Tormenting Voice : filtering that fills the graveyard.
• Vandalblast : to deal with other artifact decks or just artifact ramp.

Instants

• Abrade : cheap removal that's almost always relevant- Chaos Warp : almost unconditional removal.
• Comet Storm : win condition or removal.
• Shattering Pulse : reusable removal, works great with Liquimetal Coating

Lands Show

Arch of Orazca : comes in untapped, card draw.

Buried Ruin : cheap artifact recursion.

Darksteel Citadel : land that has synergy with our deck. Indestructible is nice.

Ghost Quarter : gets rid of problematic lands.

Great Furnace : untapped red source that can do a lot in our deck.

Mishra's Workshop : artifact and a great blocker

Inventors' Fair : a tutor on an untapped land, with incidental lifegain too.

Kher Keep : for blockers or Skullclamp .

Mountain : basic lands are great, we run 23.

Phyrexia's Core : artifact sac outlet.

Tectonic Edge : see Ghost Quarter .

Top Ranked	Achieved #29 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goat 0/1 W, Kobold 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Pentavite 1/1 C