Treasure of the Maelstrom

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Four Color Theme/Gimmick Tokens UBRG

raefgall

Land (35)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 3x Forest
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 3x Island
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Urza's Factory
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (8)

• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Depths of Desire
• 1x Feedback Bolt
• 1x Hornswoggle
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Spell Swindle

Creature (19)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Broodstar
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Contraband Kingpin
• 1x Deadeye Plunderers
• 1x Fangren Marauder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ruthless Knave
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of Metal
• 1x Tezzeret the Schemer
• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Contract Killing
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Gild
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Root Out
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Ghirapur AEther Grid
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Ongoing Investigation
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip
• 1x Trove of Temptation
• 1x Ulvenwald Mysteries

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Creature (6)

• 1x Admiral Beckett Brass
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Kukemssa Pirates
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Instant (1)

• 1x Ancient Excavation

Land (1)

• 1x Academy Ruins

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Thopter Spy Network
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Artifact (3)

• 1x Magnifying Glass
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Myr Turbine

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Gone Missing
• 1x Heartless Pillage
• 1x Pirate's Prize

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Saheeli Rai

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I like decks featuring weird mechanics, themes, and alt win conditions. In this case, I was inspired by Revel in Riches and ended up adding Hellkite Tyrant and Mechanized Production as additional ways to benefit from the mass production of treasures and other artifact tokens.

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder doesn't directly synergize with this theme, but it is a strong commander in the colors needed and still makes cards into a two-for-one. There are several ways to make him unblockable, and there are other creatures such as Captain Lannery Storm , King Macar, the Gold-Cursed , and Thada Adel, Acquisitor that benefit from similar treatment.

While the main goal of the deck is to win via an alternate condition, there are several others ways to take advantage of the artifact token theme. Broodstar and Deadeye Plunderers can get huge, while Cranial Plating can enhance any creature in a similar way. Marionette Master allows you to sacrifice artifacts en masse to deal a huge amount of damage, while Tezzeret, Master of Metal and Feedback Bolt are great one shots to take advantage of your board.

Stealing creatures with Captivating Crew and making copies with Saheeli Rai seemed like a good way to either build up more artifacts, fuel for Ruthless Knave , and generally bolstering your roster. Additional token generators have a similar effect.

The main downside I'm seeing without having done any real testing, is that there is the potential for the deck to be a little slow and/or a little weak if it can't get an engine going. There will likely need be a balance between utilizing clues and treasures for card draw and mana, versus maintaining them as a win condition. Most of the creatures are fairly middle ground and there aren't a ton of strong defensive options.

I also ran into a bit of a problem deciding between cards like Ongoing Investigation and Ulvenwald Mysteries , versus Efficient Construction and Trail of Evidence . There are 20 non-token creatures, 20 instants and sorceries, and around the same in non-token artifacts. I chose the ones that seemed to have some board synergy regardless of what you happen to draw, even if the cards can't be fully utilized without some luck.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, Clue, Construct X/X C, Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Tezzeret the Schemer, Etherium Cell, Goat 0/1 W, Gold, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Pirate 2/2 B, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, Future junk, EDH Constructed