The Big Idea's Big Idea (EDH)

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Theme/Gimmick

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Land (38)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Kher Keep
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x R&D's Secret Lair
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Finders, Keepers
• 1x Release the Gremlins
• 1x The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service
• 1x Work a Double

Instant (3)

• 1x Blast from the Past
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Steamfloggery

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Artifact (20)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Entirely Normal Armchair
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Handy Dandy Clone Machine
• 1x Kindslaver
• 1x Lobe Lobber
• 1x Mad Science Fair Project
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x My First Tome
• 1x Phyrexian Furnace
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Sword of Dungeons & Dragons
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Trading Post

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Breeding Pit
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hecatomb
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Squirrel-Powered Scheme

Commander (1)

Creature (19)

• 1x Bone Dancer
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Garbage Elemental B
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Grusilda, Monster Masher
• 1x Homura, Human Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Lyzolda, the Blood Witch
• 1x Overt Operative
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Skull Saucer
• 1x Sly Spy E
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steady-Handed Mook
• 1x Steamflogger Boss
• 1x Steamflogger of the Month
• 1x Steamflogger Temp
• 1x Wrench-Rigger

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Sideboard

Contraptions (45)

• 1x Accessories to Murder
• 1x Applied Aeronautics
• 1x Arms Depot
• 1x Auto-Key
• 1x Bee-Bee Gun
• 1x Boomflinger
• 1x Buzz Buggy
• 1x Deadly Poison Sampler
• 1x Dictation Quillograph
• 1x Dispatch Dispensary
• 1x Division Table
• 1x Dogsnail Engine
• 1x Dual Doomsuits
• 1x Duplication Device
• 1x Faerie Aerie
• 1x Genetic Recombinator
• 1x Gift Horse
• 1x Gnomeball Machine
• 1x Goblin Slingshot
• 1x Guest List
• 1x Hard Hat Area
• 1x Head Banger
• 1x Hypnotic Swirly Disc
• 1x Inflation Station
• 1x Insufferable Syphon
• 1x Jamming Device
• 1x Lackey Recycler
• 1x Mandatory Friendship Shackles
• 1x Neural Network
• 1x Oaken Power Suit
• 1x Optical Optimizer
• 1x Pet Project
• 1x Quick-Stick Lick Trick
• 1x Rapid Prototyper
• 1x Record Store
• 1x Refibrillator
• 1x Sap Sucker
• 1x Sundering Fork
• 1x Targeting Rocket
• 1x Thud-for-Duds
• 1x Top-Secret Tunnel
• 1x Tread Mill
• 1x Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer
• 1x Twiddlestick Charger
• 1x Widget Contraption

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When Unstable was spoiled, I was really hoping for a contraption-focused legendary creature to helm a silver-bordered deck. There was no such luck, unfortunately, so out of the thirteen or so eligible silver-bordered commanders, this is the one I chose.

Contraptions, as I implied, are the only major theme here, though there are a lot of smaller mini-themes to go along with that:

• Graveyard: There's a surprising amount of recursion in this deck, from Goblin Welder to Refibrillator to Volrath's Stronghold. This is what helps keep the deck around after the initial seven-card burst or so.
• Tokens: The Big Idea makes tokens, so it makes sense to have something to do with them. This mostly takes the form of Skullclamp and other various sac outlets.
• Dice Rolling: The other half of The Big Idea. The prerequisite infinite combo is Mirage Mirror, Squirrel-Powered Scheme and Lobe Lobber to wipe the field of creatures and/or players
• Terrible Magic Cards: When I couldn't think of anything else definite, I snuck in some generally terrible (if still fun) cards like Hecatomb and Bone Dancer, the latter of which is notable for making opponents keep their graveyard in order like Garfield intended. Speaking of terrible cards...
• Last but not least, a flagrant disregard for some of the more contestable rules. Color Identity is one, though Sap Sucker can be taken out if you really really really care. EDH's recognized ban list is another, with card:R&D's Secret Lair making an appearance just for kicks.

The deck has been a blast every time I've played it so far. At the very least, I hope it gives some new-ish ideas to those ignoring the January 15th Un-set revert.

-r

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 5 Mythic Rares 40 - 10 Rares 25 - 15 Uncommons 9 - 15 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	1/1 U Creature Camarid, 2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Brainiac 1/1 R, Citizen 1/1 W, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Construct X/X C, 4/4 O Token Creature Dragon, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Faerie Spy 1/1 U, Gnome 1/1 C, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, Gremlin 2/2 R, Homunculus 2/2 U, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Rogue 2/2 B, Saproling 1/1 G, Thrull 0/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B