Kozilek's Titanic Reign

Commander / EDH Artifact Battlecruiser Eldrazi Goodstuff

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Artifact (50)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cloudpost
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x War Room
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Commander (1)

Creature (9)

• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Karn, Legacy Reforged
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Karn, Living Legacy
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Introduction to Annihilation
• 1x Introduction to Prophecy

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Mishra's Helix

Creature (1)

• 1x Metalworker

Land (1)

• 1x Scorched Ruins

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Maybeboard

Artifact (18)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Horizon Stone
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Mishra's Helix
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Talisman
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Ward of Bones

Creature (4)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Void Winnower

Instant (1)

• 1x Not of this World

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

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All will submit to the true masters of reality, or be annihilated

"A void as cryptic as reality itself"

~~~The deck is now 63% foiled~~~

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Welcome to my pet deck that I've been building and refining over the course of 3 years or so. It's my favorite deck, and despite being colorless, it can stand tall and fight with some of the other big boy colored decks at FNM.

Why Kozilek, the Great Distortion and not the meaner Kozilek, Butcher of Truth? Butcher tends to draw a lot of hate in due to his annihilator ability. If I ran Butcher instead, I'd likely get hated out or killed harder than with the Great Distortion. Usually this approach works, but little do they realize, he's just a glorified draw spell. The real gas comes from within the deck. But Kozilek is not without his uses.

First of all, Kozilek, the Great Distortion is a powerhouse. He's a 12/12 with menace. That's enough to practically two-shot someone not running a creature strategy. Second, he has his conditional counterspell ability. It doesn't always apply to every situation, but when it does, it IS impactful. Odds are your opponents cannot respond unless they're packing a Disallow. Third, he draws up to 7 cards when cast. That's a huge advantage! Even if he were to be countered on the stack, he still refills your hand with enough gas to cast him again next turn.

Honestly, there's no better commander to run colorless with.

Strategy

What's our overall goal?

We wanna generate tons of mana with artifacts, untap shenanigans, and Doubling Cube. From there we can either set up a purely oppressive board state with all the (legal) Eldrazi Titans or tutor up Walking Ballista and shoot the board down.

The ideal opening hand

The key here is either something to accelerate us past our opponents, or something that will slow them down to bring them down to our colorless level. Look for early Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, and/or Voltaic Key/Manifold Key. To slow opponents down, get out a Winter Orb or Karn, the Great Creator. The sooner we get Kozilek out, the better. But ultimately, what we're digging for is Planar Bridge or Planar Portal, with enough mana to activate it.

Early Game

RAMP RAMP RAMP! We gotta get as much mana as fast as possible to keep up with all the colored decks that can fetch land, ritual, or draw. As long as we can guarantee a turn 3 or 4 Kozilek, we're golden. If not, we have some contingency options like stax pieces mentioned in the opening section above, as well as some admittedly expensive removal options. If for some reason we can't scrape by and get our commander out, it's best to get Ugin, the Spirit Dragon up and threaten or delete boards.

Late Game

Once we've set ourselves atop the foodchain, it's time to start digging for combos. Don't be afraid to get Kozilek in risky situations or straight up sacrifice him to Miren, the Moaning Well. We likely will need to get him off the field to recast to refill our hand. We NEED Planar Portal or Planar Bridge to really continue. Once you've secured those with a healthy amount of mana rocks, it's time to combo.

Win Conditions

The Chad Rube Goldberg Combo

You'll need about 8+ mana's worth of rocks to make this magic happen. First, get your Planar Bridge. Spin the bridge and plop out Unwinding Clock. On the next player's turn, Bridge for Mirrorworks. On the next player's turn Sculpting Steel if you've got the mana to copy it. Have it enter as a copy of Mirrorworks and use 2 mana to copy it. This should leave you with 3 Mirrorworks. On the next player's turn, get Clock of Omens, you don't necessarily need to copy this. Now you can untap any artifact by tapping two artifacts. Move to your turn.

Make as much mana as possible and Bridge for Doubling Cube, being sure to leave two artifacts untapped to untap the bridge. Use the cube to double the extra mana you have. If it's not much, use the bridge to get Vedalken Orrery to continue this on the next player's turn, otherwise go grab any artifact you'd like. Trigger all three Mirrorworks so you have 4 of that artifact. Now use a combination of untap shenanigans with the Cube and Bridge to play most of your deck, accruing mana exponentially. Get Planar Portal and Portal for Walking Ballista and blow your opponents away with damage and your HUGE PULSATING BRAIN.

The Virgin Infinite Combo

Get yourself Metalworker and Staff of Domination with Swiftfoot Boots If necessary. Congrats, you now have infinite mana/draw power. Fish up Walking Ballista and kill everyone.

Just Hit People, Idiot

Sometimes combos just won't cut it. Use your massive Eldrazi monstrosities to slap people silly.

Interactions and Synergies

• Miren, the Moaning Well + Azor's Gateway   - If and when you flip Azor's Gateway, you can sacrifice Kozilek, use the mana you generate to dump your hand and cast him again to refill.
• Manascape Refractor + Azor's Gateway   - With a flipped gateway, the Refractor can use it's ability. And it can be untapped with artifact tappers. God help us all.
• Cloudpost + Vesuva + Thespian's Stage - Play Cloudpost Eldrazi in commander. Particularly satisfying if you can pull it off early game.
• Ugin, the Ineffable + Mirrorworks - Artifacts for the most part cost their normal costs to get 2 of them. 4 mana for two Thran Dynamos is a solid deal.
• Kozilek, the Great Distortion + Planar Portal - Keeping 6 mana up can effectively let you counter just about anything.
• Mishra's Helix + Unwinding Clock - Gross. No lands for anyone. (Assuming you have enough rocks)

Top Ranked	Achieved #79 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #56 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Eldrazi 2 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 4 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 12 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Karn, Living Legacy, Powerstone, Spirit 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, Decks to build, Build this