Nin's Tools of Torture v0-91

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Stax UR (Izzet)

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Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (7)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Thopter Spy Network
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Artifact (32)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Myr Turbine
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Possessed Portal
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (2)

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

Creature (16)

• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Great Furnace
• 9x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tolaria West

Commander (1)

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Recently put together this UR artifact list, after the release of C14 which brought Daretti, Scrap Savant and Scrap Mastery. Opted for Nin, the Pain Artist since she can function as an efficient draw engine with indestructible (supplied by Darksteel Forge or Stuffy Doll).

Although there is some typical artifact combo's in the deck I opted for a more stax-oriented approach than focusing on combo exclusively.

Key combo's and synergies:

• Various looting effects such as Frantic Search, Thirst for Knowledge, etc. go well with artifact reanimation from Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goblin Welder and the blowout Scrap Mastery
• Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth = infinite mana, - ... add Sensei's Divining Top or Staff of Domination to draw the deck
• ... add Nin for infinite mill
• Future Sight + Sensei's Divining Top = pay 1 to draw, add Cloud Key or Etherium Sculptor to draw the deck
• Darksteel Forge + Nevinyrral's Disk = Repeatable sweeper, add Mycosynth Lattice to make it one-sided and affect lands and planeswalkers.
• Myr Turbine + Dross Scorpion form an engine that can help feed stax effects such as Possessed Portal, it's also great with Vicious Shadows
• Mycosynth Lattice + Karn, Silver Golem = Pay 1, destroy target land.
• Mycosynth Lattice + Vandalblast = Brutal, one-sided sweeper of all permanents. Pretty much gg if this resolves.

Weaknesses of the deck:

• Although explosive starts are possible with the amount of ramp and draw effects, the deck will have a lot of trouble against fast, ramp-suppressing decks such as a well-tuned Derevi brew.
• Decks with a lot of flyers can cause trouble if left unchecked, as this list features no flying blockers and very little removal.
• Decks with a significant amount of graveyard hate can take away one of this deck's strengths. It's advised not to go overboard with looting unless you have a way to take advantage of it immediately.

To order:

• Steam Vents
• Gamble
• Spellskite
• Scalding Tarn
• Commune with Lava
• Izzet Charm
• Cyclonic Rift
• Aftershock

Under consideration:

• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
• Null Brooch (Great with Ensnaring Bridge and Daretti out, but hmm)
• Faithless Looting
• Hellkite Igniter
• Sliversmith
• Treasure Mage (only six targets, most I rather not have in my hand)
• Blinkmoth Urn (even if it helps me more, it still interferes with the mana denial plan)
• Ichor Wellspring (nice welder target and sac fodder)
• Mycosynth Wellspring (idem)
• Ring of Three Wishes
• Kuldotha Forgemaster (might need to drop some stax pieces, add more sac fodder in order to support her)
• Junk Diver
• Myr Retriever
• Muddle the Mixture
• Darksteel Citadel (indestructibility not worth the fact it doesn't provide colored mana)
• Reshape (bit slow)
• Filigree Sages
• Steel Hellkite (flexible remover on a flyer, but doesn't help the overall gameplan)
• Myr Battlesphere
• Mizzium Transreliquat (6 mana to get going is quite a bit)
• Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• Dack Fayden
• Voltaic Construct
• Argentum Armor
• Trash for Treasure
• Oblivion Stone
• Worn Powerstone

Stax:

• Smokestack (took it out for Blood Moon
• Lodestone Golem
• Tangle Wire
• Trinisphere
• Overburden
• Static Orb
• Rising Waters
• Stasis
• Storm Cauldron

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Ideas, Retired decks