Osgir // Zirda

Commander / EDH* Artificer RW (Boros) Tap/Untap

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Artifact (36)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Phyrexian Furnace
• 1x Pyrite Spellbomb
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mirror of Fate
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Mindslaver

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 4x Mountain
• 4x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Catastrophe

Creature (8)

• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Starke of Rath
• 1x Auriok Salvagers

Commanders (2)

Instant (11)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wear / Tear

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Aura of Silence

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Artifact (5)

• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Goblin Cannon
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart

Instant (3)

• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Heliod's Intervention

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This is an evolving EDH/cEDH build for Osgir, the Reconstructor. Zirda, the Dawnwaker is a companion for this deck, so all the permanents must have activated abilities (hence no cards like Smothering Tithe, Rings of Brighthearth, or Solemn Simulacrum). It still remains to be seen if having access to Zirda every game for 3 mana is worth the deckbuilding restriction.

I've played the deck a few times now and it's basically an insane artifact ramp deck that wins through abusing activated abilities. Being able to put an Illusionist's or Battlemage's Bracers on Osgir (or one of your other creatures) can be insane value (4 Sol Rings 4 Memory Jars etc.). Bracers on a Burnished Hart gets you 4 basic lands into play, then move the Bracers onto Osgir to make 4 copies of Burnished Hart...the value adds up quickly.

Zirda is useful in the deck to reduce the activation cost of Osgir, make infinite mana with the Monoliths, make most equip abilities cost 1 mana, etc. Zirda can also sometimes invalidate a blocker and allow a pumped up Osgir (or Inkmoth Nexus) to swing for lethal.

Starke of Rath ended up in the list because cards like Thousand-Year Elixir and Bracers are in the deck for Osgir but also happen to work perfectly with Starke. By putting multiple instances of Starke's ability on the stack you can have the last one to resolve target one of your artifacts (so you get Starke back). Homeward Path (and Expedition Map to find it) is also really good with Starke.

Mirror of Fate is an interesting card in the deck that I'm still trying to figure out. If you have both an Osgir and a Mirror of Fate in play...crack the Mirror to exile your library, then use Osgir to make 2 copies of Mirror, then use a copy of Mirror to put back (up to) 7 cards from exile on top of your library in any order (possibly even including the original Mirror in the 7 cards, since it is now in exile). But because there is no Thassa's Oracle in Boros I'm still working out the best win condition along these lines. Being restricted to only permanents with activated abilities means some combos (like those including Felidar Guardian, for example) can't be played in this list.

There are a obviously a few very SALTY land destruction spells in this list, namely Armageddon and Catastrophe. So this is probably not a casual-friendly list. But it is undeniable that you'll probably be ahead if you Armageddon in the mid-game with lots of mana rocks in play.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.26
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Cool Deck Ideas, Osgir