The Great Creator Lock

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

Shad0wRaz0r

Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 8x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 7x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Board the Weatherlight
• 1x Call the Gatewatch
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of Metal
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge

Artifact (17)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Magnetic Mine
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindlock Orb
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Instant (14)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Ignite the Beacon
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Utter End

Commanders (2)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x March of the Machines
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Tempered Steel
• 1x The Antiquities War

Creature (5)

• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage

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This deck is a pretty complicated Planeswalker and Artifact combo deck reliant on what I call the "Great Creator Lock", or the Karn Lock. As I was looking at Karn, the Great Creator , I realised as many others did that his static ability works on anything, even mana abilities; this includes lands. So here is the game plan of the deck:

• Get Mycosynth Lattice into play

• Get Karn, the Great Creator into play

This creates the actual lock. The next steps are for ensured victory:

• Get some kind of anthem effect (includes Ravos, Soultender )

• Play March of the Machines or use Karn's ability

This combo locks down the opponents from using any mana, and also eventually destroys any lands they play. There are backup pieces in the deck, like Liquimetal Coating , but this is the fastest way to achieve the lock. In addition, the deck contains lots of tutors for planeswalkers, artifacts, and other cards in order to get this combo. It is important that this deck is in Esper, but the commander doesn't have to be Silas and Ravos, I just used them because they help protect the combo a bit as well as serve as somewhat adequate combo pieces. As always, tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Spirit 1/1 WB, Thopter 1/1 C