Jhoira - Legendary Metal Storm

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Storm UR (Izzet)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip
• 1x The Antiquities War
• 1x Words of Wind

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Preordain
• 1x Saheeli's Directive
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Saheeli, the Gifted
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Artifact (22)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Golem's Heart
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Voltaic Key

Instant (8)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Opt
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Swan Song

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 10x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God

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Jhoira commands the most metal of historic decks.

Jhoira

Evolving out of a Grixis artifact token deck concept, Jhoira scratches an itch for a unique artifact deck that can pull out a sudden victory. Our commander is a centerpiece to the deck, allowing us to draw cards whenever we cast a historic spell, and the deck is mostly built around her. The focus is to draw cards, and we'll look to weaponize that, combo off, and storm by raining mana-rocks.

Strategy

To get the most use out of Jhoira, we're going to try to keep our mana curve low. This isn't an egg's deck, because this is for multiplayer, against a pretty varied meta - resilience and having multiple paths to victory are going to be key. Value-generating, low-CMC, historic spells, with mana cost reducers equate to about the same thing, but with cooler cards. We'll look for ways to turn our card draw into pain for our opponents, such as Sphinx's Tutelage , or win out of nowhere by drawing our deck with Laboratory Maniac . There's a number of combos in here, as well, that give the deck some potency no matter the board state, too. By casting lots of mana rocks, we'll draw lots of cards, and be able to play those cards with the mana rocks, and keep the cycle going - so we'll include methods to weaponize all of those spells we're casting.

Playtesting

This deck is a lot of fun. There's so many interactions and synergies, its pretty complex. Because the curve is low, there's a ton of mana ramp, and you're drawing lots of cards, it kind of feels like you're kamikaze piloting the Weatherlight into our enemies. It either achieves warp speed, or it explodes in a ball of fiery glory.
This deck is fast, and has a lot of synergy going for it. The synergy seems to get out of hand faster than opponents expect, or they spend lots of resources to address card after card. Jhoira keeps restocking our hand, which only provides more synergy. Jhoira is the lynchpin, though, so consider her a sort of Voltron commander when considering this deck's vulnerabilities. She'll fly under most radar's, though, and at 4 CMC, casting her 2-3 times isn't too difficult.
- Win! vs. Saheeli, the Gifted . Turn 1 Sol Ring and Izzet Signet led into a Sphinx's Tutelage , Sensei's Divining Top and Foundry Inspector .
- Lose. vs. Pir, Imaginary Rascal / Toothy, Imaginary Friend . Toothy got real big, real fast, with Canopy Cover .

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goat 0/1 W, Insect 1/1 UR, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink