Fear in a Handful of Rocks

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Ramp

Wurwilf

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Crystal Grotto
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Desert
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Ominous Cemetery
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 3x Wastes
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Artifact - Stax (5)

• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Storm Cauldron
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Winter Orb

Artifact - Ramp (24)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Kyren Toy
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (9)

• 1x Diamond Lion
• 1x Geode Golem
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Instant/Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Spatial Contortion
• 1x Warping Wail

Commander (1)

Artifact - Utility (22)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Credit Voucher
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Eye of Vecna
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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Maybeboard

Artifact - Ramp (7)

• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sonic Screwdriver

Land (7)

• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Wasteland

Artifact - Shenanigans (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x The One Ring

Artifact - Stax (3)

• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Storage Matrix

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Creature (7)

• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Skittering Cicada
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Instant/Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Rise of the Eldrazi

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Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road

Decklist based on "Kozilek, Butcher with Juice" by Juwdah on mtgsalvation (link not working)

This Deck Is

• A colorless combo deck based around dropping threats and drawing cards until an eventual infinite combo win.

• Filled with ramp and ways to generate card advantage.

• A budgeted approach to a deck archetype that could easily run several thousand dollars more. Sacrifices have been made.

• Really fun. For me.

This Deck Isn't

• Led by Kozilek, the Great Distortion or any of the other titans. They can't draw you your deck.

• Eldrazi tribal. God forbid.

• Friendly.

Highlights

• Kozilek, Butcher of Truth  The best part of playing this deck. Kozilek is scary in the command zone. Your opponents will be in defense mode before the game has even begun, and for good reason. An unstoppable Opportunity stapled onto a god is the nuts, and is what sets him apart from the other titans.

• Mystic Forge  My new favorite card since poor Paradox Engine got banned. Who woulda guessed that playing cards off the top of your deck is hysterically powerful. Plus, it goes infinite with any discounter and Sensei's Divining Top. Top contender for the best card in the deck.

• Kuldotha Forgemaster  Best played with boots on the field. If you fetch Clock of Omens first, it's hard not to win. Keep in mind the ultimate goal is to have an infinite mana combo and a card draw outlet. If you read your board correctly, you can pull off a combo win scary quick.

• Rings of Brighthearth  With Basalt Monolith, a sac outlet, and Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, we draw our deck and win. Its synergy with Inventors' Fair and Kuldotha Forgemaster can help pull those game-winning pieces quickly. And it's just dirty with Karn Liberated.

• Static Orb, Winter Orb, Torpor Orb, Tangle Wire, Storm Cauldron  Love me some hate, the earlier the better. Don't really have too many other options in colorless to get the edge on your opponents. Abuse the tap-clause errata on Winter Orb and Static Orb with Blinkmoth Well and Clock of Omens to make your opponents say "that's bullshit".

Tips and Tricks for Touching Rocks

Casting and recasting Kozilek, Toucher of Rocks is the name of the game, so we need lots of mana and lots of ways to get him back in the command zone (or our hand). Everything else is secondary.

Step 1: Know your infinites
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith, the classic.
- Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key + any single rock that taps for 4+ (Metalworker or Everflowing Chalice).

Step 2: Draw that deck!
Now that we've got a colossal amount of mana, it's time to draw some cards. Kozi draws you 4 on cast. That's pretty neat. Ashnod's Altar is straightforward, allowing us to recast him as many times as we want, putting our deck and graveyard into our hands. Mirage Mirror copying Kozi accomplishes the same thing.

With infinite mana, Rings of Brighthearth and Voltaic Key on board, we've got infinite untaps. This means that Trading Post and Erratic Portal are reusable sac outlets. Yay.

In fact, we don't even need Kozilek to draw our deck. With Sensei's Divining Top's draw card ability duplicated with Rings of Brighthearth, we can just pick up our deck right then and there. If you've got the aforementioned infinite untaps, Azor's Gateway   can draw you towards a better combo if you can keep it from flipping.

Step 3: Win the game
With the deck in your hands and infinite mana, there's a gajillion different ways to combo out. Get creative. Here are some of my favorites:

Spine of Ish Sah + Krark-Clan Ironworks. Simple, effective, doesn't piss too many people off.

Infini-bolt Ugin: Rings of Brighthearth's triggered ability can be copied infinitely with Strionic Resonator and Voltaic Key (duplicated with Rings, second copy on itself, first copy on Resonator). Rings itself can be used to copy Ugin, the Spirit Dragon's lightning bolt. Stack up those triggers and bolt everyone in the face for Graham's Number worth of damage.

If there are only one or two opponents left, it's required to finish them off with hasty unblockable One-Shot Robots, supplementing with Rings of Brighthearth, Sculpting Steel, and Mirage Mirror as necessary.

Potential Changes

Chopping Block:
Helm of Awakening Supports the Mystic Forge combo which is important. Rarely worth my time in other situations.
Mirage Mirror Fantastic in concept. Serves as a sac outlet for Kozilek and "grants haste" to the copy. Can copy things like Necropotence. In reality, often sits around doing nothing.
Kyren Toy Not very good unless you have multiple untap effects.
Strionic Resonator Drawing 8 is really nice, but is it win-more? If I take it out, what's the next best game winning combo?
Credit Voucher Too much mana to be worthwhile with a small hand, great with a big hand and lots of mana.

On Deck:
The One Ring Required inclusion. Hopefully the price dips again soon. Oh god, it's going up.
Not of this World I'd like to try this again.
Chromatic Orrery Obviously good to use to curve out.
Cloud Key is no longer 20 dollars. This might replace Helm of Awakening
Karn, the Great Creator Lackluster uptick, situational good downtick. Outstanding passive.
Karn Liberated Outclassed by 6-mana Ugin. Does he still deserve a spot?
Sonic Screwdriver is definitely better than Coalition Relic
Treasure Vault

Big Wallet Boys, too expensive:
Mox Diamond
Candelabra of Tawnos To untap the sac lands and Ancient Tomb/Mishra's Workshop.
Mishra's Workshop
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Changelog

Round 1: Feb 2018

Out:
-Thopter Assembly
-Loxodon Warhammer
-Not of this World
-Walking Atlas
-Pristine Talisman
-3xWastes

In:
+Paradox Engine
+Lotus Petal
+Myr Retriever
+Shimmer Myr
+Coalition Relic
+Homeward Path
+Tower of the Magistrate
+Strip Mine

Round 2: Apr 2018

Out:
-Lotus Petal
-Helm of Awakening
-Myr Retriever
-Shimmer Myr
-MImic Vat
-Blinkmoth Urn
-Endbringer
-Staff of Nin
-Metalwork Colossus
-Spawning Bed
-4xWastes

In:
+Expedition Map
+Azor's Gateway  
+Warping Wail
+Mirage Mirror
+Tangle Wire
+Kozilek's Channeler
+Storm Cauldron
+The Immortal Sun
+Ancient Tomb
+Eldrazi Temple
+Mystifying Maze
+Scavenger Grounds
+Tectonic Edge
+Thespian's Stage

Round 3: Jun 2018

Out:
-Foundry Inspector
-Kozilek's Channeler

In:
+Myr Retriever
+Oracle's Vault

Round 4: Aug 2018

Out:
-Burnished Hart
-Myr Battlesphere
-Oracle's Vault
-Wastes
-Conduit of Ruin
-Oblivion Sower
-The Immortal Sun
-Wayfarer's Bauble

In:
+Mana Crypt
+Karn Liberated
+Mindslaver
+Crucible of Worlds
+Zhalfirin Void
+Inspiring Statuary
+Erratic Portal
+Helm of Awakening

Round 5: Nov 2018

Out:
-Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
-Steel Hellkite
-Radiant Fountain
-Helm of Possession

In:
+Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
+Static Orb
+Blinkmoth Nexus
+Grim Monolith

Round 6: May 2019

Out:
-Akroma's Memorial
-Duplicant

In:
+Memory Jar
+Ugin, the Ineffable

Round 7: Dec 2019

Out:
-Paradox Engine
-Inspiring Statuary
-Mindslaver
-Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
-Solemn Simulacrum
-Temple of the False God
-Crucible of Worlds
-Haunted Fengraf

In:
+Geode Golem
+Manifold Key
+Mystic Forge
+Blast Zone
+Empowered Autogenerator
+Phyrexia's Core
+Prismatic Lens
+Arch of Orazca

Round 8: End of 2020

Out:
-Empowered Autogenerator
-Erratic Portal
-Mystifying Maze
-Field of Ruin
-Arch of Orazca
-Mind's Eye

In:
+Foundry Inspector
+Spatial Contortion
+Sequestered Stash
+Sanctum of Eternity
+Emergence Zone
+Forsaken Monument

Round 9: End of 2021

Out:
-Ashnod's Altar
-Foundry Inspector
-Ugin, the Ineffable
-Mage-Ring Network
-Prismatic Lens
-Myr Retriever
-Thespian's Stage

In:
+Moonsilver Key
+Storage Matrix (taken out)
+Wandering Archaic  
+Diamond Lion
+Liquimetal Torque
+Nephalia Academy
+Urza's Saga
+Eye of Vecna

Round 10: Mid-2022

Out:
-Ur-Golem's Eye
-Reliquary Tower
-Wandering Archaic  
-Rogue's Passage
-Blinkmoth Nexus

In:
+Petrified Field
+Stonespeaker Crystal
+Credit Voucher
+Jeweled Lotus
+Crystal Grotto

Round 11: 2023

Out:
-Geier Reach Sanitarium
-Blightsteel Colossus
-Karn Liberated I suspect he'll be back.
-Phyrexia's Core
-Arcane Lighthouse
-Ghost Quarter

+The Mycosynth Gardens
+Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
+Ugin, the Ineffable
+Desert
+Hall of the Bandit Lord
+Ominous Cemetery

Suggestions are always welcome!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 37 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.33
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Goat 0/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C
Folders	Potential Commander Decks