Teshar's Loop Recognition Exam

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Infinite Combo Mono-White Storm

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Artifact (33)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fragmentize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Fanatical Devotion

Creature (31)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Aviary Mechanic
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Leonin Squire
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Myr Moonvessel
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Salvage Scout
• 1x Sanctum Guardian
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Thraben Inspector
• 1x Treasure Hunter
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Instant (5)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 7x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath

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Artifact (4)

• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Urza's Bauble

Creature (1)

• 1x Restoration Specialist

Instant (3)

• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Path to Exile

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Open the Vaults

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Serenity

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An attempt to make a as strong a Teshar artifact combo deck as possible. There are many, many combos in this list but the basic strategy is to get Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle into play along with an altar effect (Altar of Dementia is the best of these for the deck but every altar except Fanatical Devotion can enable a few oddball lines), a recursive effect (Scrap Trawler or one of the 3 Myr Retriever equivalents), and a free artifact. If you have this with Altar of Dementia you win on the spot whether your opponents can be milled or not, as you can mill yourself and recur cards at will until you hit either Aetherflux Reservoir or another altar and Walking Ballista. Other altars require you to fit a draw or tutor effect into the loop to find an immediate kill but that's not generally much of a challenge. If you're feeling brave you can run out infinite Monks and hope they survive a turn. Helm of Awakening effects are obviously excellent in a deck full of cheap artifacts. Auriok Salvagers + Lion's Eye Diamond combo is also included for obvious reasons. The deck is highly redundant with multiple cards to fit most key roles, but fairly light on tutoring and card selection, mostly as a result of being monowhite. Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void/Stony Silence/Null Rod are the most glaring weaknesses, and if you see lots of these in your metagame I probably wouldn't bother playing this. Silence, Defense Grid and Hope of Ghirapur are here to combat opposing interaction, Fragmentize is a cheap disenchant that hits most relevant hate, Swords to Plowshares is here because it's Swords, Tormod's Crypt and Scavenger Grounds are useful graveyard hate for a monocolored recursion deck, Shimmer Myr is an experiment that can open up some tricky plays and let you fight instant-speed interaction as well.

This is obviously nowhere near a budget-friendly deck, but if you're interested in trying to cut some money out of it, here are my thoughts. Krark-Clan Ironworks, Arcbound Ravager and Phyrexian Altar are basically required because you always need some kind of sac outlet and those are three of the five best for the deck. Enlightened Tutor and Recruiter of the Guard are essential because they are the two best tutors available to the deck. Walking Ballista is theoretically replaceable by Triskelion, but let's be honest, Trike is nowhere near as good because it adds extra hoops to jump through in terms of powering it up and recurring it to hand compared to Ballista. Mishra's Workshop, Bazaar of Baghdad, City of Traitors, and Ancient Tomb are all very good if you have access to them, but by no means essential to the deck. As for the Moxen, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, and Grim Monolith, any and all cheap fast mana is useful. I consider Lotus Petal absolutely necessary due to its use enabling infinite mana when comboing with non-mana altars. Lion's Eye Diamond, while not a must-include, does open up a number of combos and is highly recommended. Wasteland, Strip Mine, and Cavern of Souls are also not absolutely necessary but, again, are useful in a pinch. Fetches are probably the easiest cut for budgetary purposes; they don't really enable anything special but there are some corner cases, mostly involving Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward, where they offer added value; you can look at Flagstones of Trokair the same way.

Any suggestions, particularly to improve consistency and card selection, are welcome. I'm almost certain I've missed something somewhere.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Auriok Salvagers + Lion's Eye Diamond
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.81
Tokens	Clue, Monk 1/1 W