It's Mishra who changed CMC into Mana Value
Commander / EDH Budget Sacrifice Theme/Gimmick Tokens UBR (Grixis) Value Engine
Lands (37)
- 1x Ash Barrens
- 1x Bojuka Bog
- 1x Bonders' Enclave
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Crumbling Necropolis
- 1x Darkwater Catacombs
- 1x Dimir Aqueduct
- 1x Drossforge Bridge
- 1x Exotic Orchard
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x High Market
- 4x Island
- 1x Kazuul's Fury Flip
- 1x Malakir Rebirth Flip
- 1x Mistvault Bridge
- 4x Mountain
- 1x Myriad Landscape
- 1x Path of Ancestry
- 1x Phyrexia's Core
- 1x Rakdos Carnarium
- 1x Shadowblood Ridge
- 1x Shipwreck Marsh
- 1x Shivan Reef
- 1x Silverbluff Bridge
- 1x Smoldering Marsh
- 1x Song-Mad Treachery Flip
- 1x Spire of Industry
- 4x Swamp
CMC Matters (11)
- 1x Ayara, Widow of the Realm Flip
- 1x Burnt Offering
- 1x Illuminor Szeras
- 1x Kethek, Crucible Goliath
- 1x Morbid Curiosity
- 1x Nahiri's Sacrifice
- 1x Reckoner's Bargain
- 1x Scrap Trawler
- 1x Scrap Welder
- 1x Simulacrum Synthesizer
- 1x Soldevi Adnate
Copy (7)
- 1x Cursed Mirror
- 1x Determined Iteration
- 1x Imposter Mech
- 1x Lithoform Engine
- 1x Machine God's Effigy
- 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
- 1x Strionic Resonator
Big Mana (3)
Keep the Tokens (3)
Tutors (1)
Draw/Filter (19)
- 1x Bonders' Enclave
- 1x Commander's Sphere
- 1x Coveted Jewel
- 1x Deadly Dispute
- 1x Disciple of Bolas
- 1x Hithlain Rope
- 1x Ichor Wellspring
- 1x Idol of Oblivion
- 1x Kethek, Crucible Goliath
- 1x Mephitic Draught
- 1x Mind Stone
- 1x Morbid Curiosity
- 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
- 1x Nexus of Becoming
- 1x Reckoner's Bargain
- 1x Simulacrum Synthesizer
- 1x Solemn Simulacrum
- 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone Meld
- 1x Wondrous Crucible
Interaction (13)
- 1x Amphin Mutineer
- 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x Kazuul's Fury Flip
- 1x Magmatic Galleon
- 1x Nahiri's Sacrifice
- 1x Nautiloid Ship
- 1x Red Sun's Twilight
- 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
- 1x Spine of Ish Sah
- 1x Stubborn Denial
- 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone Meld
- 1x Tithing Blade Flip
CMC Tokens (10)
- 1x Amphin Mutineer
- 1x Determined Iteration
- 1x Faerie Artisans
- 1x Hate Mirage
- 1x MImic Vat
- 1x Nexus of Becoming
- 1x Phyrexian Triniform
- 1x Red Sun's Twilight
- 1x Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
- 1x Wondrous Crucible
Steal (5)
- 1x Deluxe Dragster
- 1x Eriette's Tempting Apple
- 1x Mob Rule
- 1x Nautiloid Ship
- 1x Song-Mad Treachery Flip
Direct Damage (3)
Stats Matter (3)
Commander (1)
Sac Outlet (16)
- 1x Ayara, Widow of the Realm Flip
- 1x Burnt Offering
- 1x Deadly Dispute
- 1x Disciple of Bolas
- 1x Dracoplasm
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1x
Goblin Welder
- 1x High Market
- 1x Illuminor Szeras
- 1x Kazuul's Fury Flip
- 1x Kethek, Crucible Goliath
- 1x Morbid Curiosity
- 1x Nahiri's Sacrifice
- 1x Phyrexia's Core
- 1x Reckoner's Bargain
- 1x Scrap Welder
- 1x Soldevi Adnate
Ramp (13)
- 1x Arcane Signet
- 1x Commander's Sphere
- 1x Coveted Jewel
- 1x Cursed Mirror
- 1x Hithlain Rope
- 1x Machine God's Effigy
- 1x Mind Stone
- 1x Myriad Landscape
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Solemn Simulacrum
- 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone Meld
- 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
Recursion (5)
- 1x Ayara, Widow of the Realm Flip
-
1x
Goblin Welder
- 1x Scrap Trawler
- 1x Scrap Welder
- 1x Wondrous Crucible
Protection (4)
Life (3)
Maybeboard
Draw/Filter (10)
- 1x Chromatic Orrery
- 1x Esoteric Duplicator
- 1x Expressive Iteration
- 1x Mnemonic Sphere
- 1x Nihil Spellbomb
- 1x Rakdos, the Muscle
- 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
- 1x Skullclamp
- 1x Smelting Vat
- 1x Trading Post
CMC Matters (4)
Big Mana (3)
Recursion (3)
Stats Matter (2)
Life (1)
Sac Outlet (8)
- 1x Arcum Dagsson
- 1x Blast-Furnace Hellkite
- 1x Broadside Bombardiers
- 1x Priest of Yawgmoth
- 1x Ruthless Technomancer
- 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
- 1x Smelting Vat
- 1x Trading Post
Steal (5)
Myriad (4)
Copy (2)
Other (2)
Tutors (1)
Interaction (7)
- 1x Broadside Bombardiers
- 1x Executioner's Capsule
- 1x Necron Deathmark
- 1x Nihil Spellbomb
- 1x Noxious Gearhulk
- 1x Swan Song
- 1x Uchuulon
NCA (5)
CMC Tokens (4)
Buff (3)
Keep the Tokens (1)
Origin
I love deck ideas where you get to play with rules interactions that aren’t very common. And the idea to do something with the fact that token copies also copy the CMC of the original card has been on my mind for a while. Mishra was already a contender for that, but I had not gotten around to give it a proper try beyond brainstorming. When The Big Score bonus set came around with Thunder Junction, it made me reconsider that idea, because it has many cards that care about a card’s mana value. I also liked it that I could make this deck low power and that it would be relatively cheap to get the missing cards.
Deck premise
The main theme of the deck is to turn the high cmc of the token copies that the deck makes into value. There are several cards that can sac said tokens to gain resources equal to the CMC, such as Soldevi Adnate and Burnt Offering for mana, Scrap Trawler and Scrap Welder for recursion, Morbid Curiosity and Kethek, Crucible Goliath for cards, and Ayara, Widow of the Realm and Reckoner's Bargain for life. There are also a few cards in here that prevent us from having to sacrifice our tokens end of turn.
We can create token copies of artifacts through our commander. Utility artifacts like The Mightstone and Weakstone or several of the vehicles are nice targets to duplicate. Encore cards are also great to get some higher cmc token copies on the board. However the more interesting way is to get token copies of things our opponents play, through cards like Faerie Artisans or Hate Mirage. We can also straight up steal things from our opponents through a card like Mob Rule but I limited the use of such cards here.
Rules Interactions
Apart from the mana value thing, there are some other interesting things that Mishra does. For example, when you use its ability to copy a legendary artifact, the legend rule does not trigger. This is because the copy gets a different name than the original card, so you don’t have 2 legendary permanents with the same name. Also, since the tokens are sacrificed at the end of turn, there are a few ways around that rule that you can use, like ending the turn with those triggers on the stack with Obeka, Brute Chronologist or with Hithlain Rope.
I was also excited to run Myriad cards in here, but then I realizated those tokens unfortunately go away at the end of combat and not at the end of turn. This greatly limits the tricks you can do with them.
Nostalgia
This deck was also an opportunity to run the first rare I ever opened: Dracoplasm. Nostalgia points always help me to get a deck idea built. That is also why I included Imperial Recruiter, to have Dracoplasm out more often. Other targets include Solemn Simulacrum or Soldevi Adnate for ramp, Disciple of Bolas for card draw, Goblin Welder for recursion, and Faerie Artisans, Phyrexian Metamorph or Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance for copies.
I expect that this deck still needs some more oomph to close out games. It’s probably a bit too durdly in this iteration. We’ll see how things pan out. Right now I’m already happy to have another low powered and cheap-ish deck that I enjoy mechanically and would love to play when the situation calls for it, even though I personally prefer higher powered games.
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| Date added | 3 weeks |
| Last updated | 2 days |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 9 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.32 |
| Tokens | Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Golem 3/3 C, Mishra's Warform, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Treasure |
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