Riddle Me This

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo WUB (Esper)

FoxOn36

Instant (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Roar of Reclamation
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Whispering Madness

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Detention Sphere

Artifact (28)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Scrabbling Claws
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thopter Foundry
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Creature (14)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 6x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 6x Plains
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (8)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Voltaic Key

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One of the things I always wanted to do was make an artifact-based deck, and since I like EDH, why not?

Okay, I gave up with the 'non-combo' idea and went with Sharuum combo, and I never looked back. I find this deck plays rather well even without the combo win, since I have the fatties to bring back. Pretty much all the sphinxes in the deck are worth their weight in gold, and that's why I ended up getting a Cavern of Souls for them. :3

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Combos + Interactions

• Sharuum + Phyrexian Metamorph/Sculpting Steel + Bitter Ordeal = Exile all other libraries

• Sharuum + Phyrexian Metamorph/Sculpting Steel + Glassdust Hulk = Arbitarily large unblockable hulk, can only kill 1 person a turn.

• Thopter Foundry + Salvaging Station + Trinkets = Thopters

• 5 Thopters + Salvaging Station + Trinkets (preferably Sol Ring) + Time Sieve = Infinite turns

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Chopping block:

• Sword of Fire and Ice

• Increasing Ambition

• Stolen Identity

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Currently trying to tighten up the list without going all-in. I'd love to hear your suggestions/comments/criticism etc, so get posting! :D

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 1 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Goat 0/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink