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Scrapyard Recombiner
Artifact Creature — Construct
Modular 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. When it is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for a Construct card, reveal it, put it into your hand, the shuffle your library.
multimedia on
Urza’s legion
1 month ago
Hey, good start on a budget with what you have so far. Command Tower is a budget staple land for multicolored Commander decks and Arcane Signet is a budget staple mana rock.
Ramos, Dragon Engine can only be played in a five color deck using it as Commander or another five color Commander. It's activated ability has all five mana symbols and those symbols count toward it's color identity. Urza's color identity is only three colors Esper (black, white, blue). Because Urza doesn't have red and green that's why Ramos can't be played with Urza as Commander.
If you want aggro with Urza lets look at the beginning of the mana curve first, cards spots of 0-3 CMC only then we can look at the higher end of the mana curve. The first changes to consider is to remove all the nonartifact creatures and then later determine if they are worth a spot in your deck because they have abilities that help artifacts or Urza. I think you'll find that you don't need any of these creatures because artifact creatures can take their places. If you want to be aggro with Urza then you want to utilize Urza's artifact creature affinity to cast Urza quicker. To do this consistently Urza wants 0-2 CMC artifact creatures and some 3 CMC artifact creatures more than the rest.
- Cut: Ramos, Dragon Engine
- Cut: Slither Blade, Triton Shorestalker, Fetid Imp, Neurok Familiar
- Cut: Parish-Blade Trainee, Gixian Skullflayer, Gryff Rider
- Cut: Naiad of Hidden Coves, Whispering Wizard, Cryptic Serpent
Some of these creatures may be added back in later, most likely not, but for now lets build the creature base with only artifact creatures. For making upgrades lets look at best cards here with Urza and build around them? Arcbound Ravager and Portal to Phyrexia are the two best cards here with Urza because they're artifacts and they're abilities are more powerful compared to most other cards here. Ravager brings the aggro, but if aggro doesn't do it and you need more reach to win the game then Portal can do that. Lets start with Ravager and what makes it better with Urza? Modular and you have some here, more one drops can help toward Urza's artifact creature affinity and Ravager.
- Add: Ornithopter, Vault Skirge, Arcbound Javelineer, Arcbound Mouser, Swooping Lookout
- Add: Steel Overseer, Baleful Strix, Triarch Praetorian, Malcator's Watcher
- Add: Silas Renn, Seeker Adept, Armix, Filigree Thrasher, Scrapyard Recombiner
Steel Overseer adds to the +1/+1 counter strategy, it's powerful but only for artifact creatures and if trying to be aggro it's a good reason to play very few nonartifact creatures. Silas Renn, Seeker Adept goes well with Arcbound Ravager since with Ravager you want to sac artifacts and Silas lets you cast an artifact from your graveyard. It's deathtouch combined with Urza's menace makes it a creature who opponent is not going to block and lose two or more creatures blocking it. Baleful Strix, Triarch Praetorian, Malcator's Watcher are two drop artifact creatures who fly and who draw when enter the battlefield (ETB) or dies.
Some artifacts here are worse than others.
- Cut: Veteran's Powerblade, Spellbook
- Cut: Journeyer's Kite, Pristine Talisman
- Cut: Reconstructed Thopter, Burnished Hart
Think about limiting the amount of nonartifact spells to just the better ones you have here?
- Cut: Involuntary Cooldown, Weakstone's Subjugation, Curse of Echoes
- Cut: Disfigure, Curate, Scatter Ray, Cancel
Equipment that increases the equipped creature's power equal to the amount of artifacts you control really ups the aggro since then any little artifact creature can become huge which combined with menace can make it a great attacker. I see Silver Myr and it's good here since counts twice for Urza, artifact creature affinity and ramp. Consider adding more artifact creature mana dorks who can make colored mana?
- Add: Cranial Plating, Nettlecyst
- Add: Ornithopter of Paradise, Gold Myr, Leaden Myr
The budget Signets can help for ramp as well as color fixing which is really needed because the manabase here is pretty much all basic lands. Arcane Signet is a staple budget mana rock for ramp in Commander. Chromatic Lantern is fine for color fixing, but you're going to want more than that.
- Add: Arcane Signet
- Add: Azorius Signet, Dimir Signet, Orzhov Signet
Some nonartifact creatures at the beginning of the mana curve can really help aggro and Urza.
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar is powerful with artifact creatures when attacking is what you want to be doing especially Constructs. Your artifact creatures don't take damage in combat meaning that opponents will have a difficult time choosing to block since their blockers might die, but your creatures will be fine. Losheel is also repeatable draw, once on each players turn when an artifact creature ETB you draw this includes when a Construct is created by Urza if you didn't have an artifact creature ETB before your end step.
Sai, Master Thopterist can be a repeatable source of artifact creatures, Thopters, to be attackers or sac fodder. Emry, Lurker of the Loch is like Silas Renn, Seeker Adept more ways to cast artifacts from your graveyard is good with Arcbound Ravager and other sac outlets.
That's it for this comment, but if you're still interested I'll give advice about the high end of the mana curve here to take more advantage of aggro into mid game and Portal to Phyrexia late game as well as some budget land options for the manabase. Would you like more advice?
Good luck with your deck.
Ultarian on
Budget Modular
2 months ago
to_regatha_and_beyond Thank you! Scrapyard Recombiner is a cool suggestion. If it tutored to the battlefield, I'd auto-include it, 100%. Certainly one to consider!
seshiro_of_the_orochi on
Momo: Twice the horns, twice the fun
3 months ago
king-saproling: Thanks for the comment! Slab Hammer looks super-fun. Expedition Map should rather be any other land, as that would be a better draw even when I'm in topdeck-mode. I don't understand what I'd need Scrapyard Recombiner for. Would you mind to elaborate?
king-saproling on
Momo: Twice the horns, twice the fun
3 months ago
Thoughts on these? Slab Hammer, Expedition Map, Scrapyard Recombiner
Max_Hammer on
Mardu Treasures
5 months ago
Hello friend! I have some suggestions! I had way too much time today, so here you go.
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Anointed Procession double the treasures, double the constructs, double the fun.
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Inspiring Statuary is going to make all of your spells cheaper without making you sacrifice artifacts.
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Oni-Cult Anvil is going to go hand-in-hand with your commander by making all of these tokens.
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Grim Hireling does make a lot more treasures, it’s going to be more useful as super annoying removal.
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Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast isn’t budget, but one murder a turn is a good deal.
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Ghirapur AEther Grid is super good. When you have untapped tokens, why not use them?
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Dockside Extortionist makes so many treasures, aaaaah! But, y’know, also stupid expensive.
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Seize the Spotlight is a way to hold your opponent’s creatures hostage! And since there are plenty of sacrifice outlets, you can just throw it away after you’re done with it.
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Life Insurance, Scion of Opulence, Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge and Pitiless Plunderer both net you tokens for sacrificing creatures (your Commander’s whole thing!!)
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The Reaver Cleaver is gold. Yes to all of this. Trample and +1/+1 is alright, but the loads of tokens will be really sweet.
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Blood Money is a board wipe, but you get even more treasures afterwards.
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Monologue Tax makes three more treasures a round, more or less.
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Bolas's Citadel can be a wincon on its own.
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Descent into Avernus is some snazzy treasure creation, but also pretty dangerous. Use with care!
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Skullport Merchant and Dockside Chef both give plenty of card draw, in exchange for a little mana.
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Black Market Connections gives you pretty much whatever you need at the moment.
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Ancient Copper Dragon makes a million treasures, plus he's a dragon.
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Hoard Hauler can protect a weaker creature that you can’t attack with and still get you more tokens.
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Prosperous Partnership is extremely useful when on the defensive. If you must have all of your big bad creatures untapped on your opponent’s combat, then you’re wasting potential! Just marry some of your creatures, they won’t mind.
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Trove of Temptation forces your opponents into a potentially uncomfortable position while giving you treasures in the meanwhile.
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Storm-Kiln Artist is a good ground defender, since it’ll kill most whatever is thrown at it, but it’ll also make plenty of tokens!
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Unexpected Windfall, Inspired Tinkering, Pirate's Pillage, Deadly Dispute, Big Score, and Seize the Spoils are all just draw but with extra token creation.
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Fake Your Own Death revives a creature and gives you a treasure.
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Contract Killing and Grim Bounty are both murders but with extra tokens, which is very nice.
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Sudden Breakthrough is a buff with first strike that makes an extra treasure.
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Sticky Fingers gets you tokens when you attack.
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Treasure Vault is here for obvious reasons. Pump it with enough mana and you’re set for life.
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Ancient Den, Great Furnace, and Vault of Whispers aren’t treasure tokens, but they are artifacts, which is just going to give you a little boost to some of your mechanics and means that you can tutor them with cards that weren’t intended for such.
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Mimic, Glittering Stockpile, and Goldhound are all just treasures. Nothing special, but still something to note.
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Smoke Spirits' Aid seems useless… Unless you board wipe after. Could be lots of damage and lots of extra treasure.
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Undercity Scrounger is okay filler, if you need it.
Frogmite, Lens Flare, Scale of Chiss-Goria, Tooth of Chiss-Goria, Mycosynth Golem, Slag Strider, Furnace Dragon, and Myr Enforcer are all notable cards you could add, since they pretty much become free after a while, though mostly pretty useless.
Forsworn Paladin is pretty good token generation early game, but really shines with the second ability where it can instantly punish anyone blocking or attacking you recklessly.
Marionette Master is going to pack a punch.
Dargo, the Shipwrecker is super cheap for a 7/5 with trample.
Enraged Giant, Freejam Regent, Battle at the Bridge, Saheeli's Directive, Herald of Anguish, and Organic Extinction are all pretty solid additions, since they don’t make you sacrifice anything in exchange for it.
Ruthless Technomancer has a million combos with (like Dockside Extortionist+sac outlet) and is just pretty good on its own.
Leonin Elder is just one life, but when you’re playing a treasure deck, that one life will definitely add up.
Underhanded Designs is a murder or a poke engine, which is very snazzy.
Glaze Fiend is pretty scary, considering that it has trample.
Dragonspark Reactor could be a bit of removal in your back pocket or your wincon.
Arcbound Crusher’s design team didn’t anticipate just how many artifacts I was planning on throwing onto the field.
Professional Face-Breaker is just like Grim Hireling, in that it makes treasure tokens, but more importantly, it gives you something else. You get a load of impulse draw, which is really nice when you have loads of mana.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw is just an artifact tutor, really. Though, there are plenty of treasure loving dragons you could also fish for. (:
Kalain, Reclusive Painter loves treasures, giving everyone big buffs.
Swashbuckler Extraordinaire can give anything that might be sensitive to dying double strike for a big final push. That, or just give one big boy double strike.
Their Number is Legion gets you lots of life and lots of tokens.
Necron Overlord is just a worse Ghirapur, but it’s still gonna hurt.
Street Urchin is the same idea as the above.
Armix, Filigree Thrasher could be some annoying removal, especially early game.
Hellkite Igniter is a big boy that, if left unblocked, could be a one hit kill.
Feedback Bolt is a big, powerful spell. To put it simply: ouch.
Fain, the Broker can make treasures, can make +1/+1’s, and can make little spooky boys. The best type of boys. Great utility and variety overall.
Rain of Riches is big. One cascading spell a turn, whichever one you want? Imagine dropping Feedback Bolt and cascading into Hellkite Igniter.
Captain Lannery Storm is innocent… Until you leave her unblocked like a dummy.
Concussive Bolt can be an easy kill, letting you get as much damage as you want through.
Dispense Justice is just like saying “Fuck your voltron.”
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Solarion and Suncrusher both utilize your ability to make any color of mana and are stronger for it.
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Digsite Engineer is going to make a lot of big creatures for you.
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Flamewright and Sokenzan Smelter are going to make plenty of tiny constructs for you.
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Scrapyard Recombiner is a good tutor for you.
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Hangarback Walker, Gemini Engine, Traxos, Scourge of Kroog, Scuttling Doom Engine, Crackdown Construct are all just big boys.
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Scrap Trawler might be kind of annoying? Idunno how well it would work, I’ll let you judge that.
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Adaptive Automaton, Steel Overseer, Alibou, Ancient Witness, Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, and Chief of the Foundry make all of your boys bigger and scarier.
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Epochrasite is great, since you can sacrifice it again and again.
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Arcbound Worker and Sparring Construct are both little boys to sacrifice,
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Ancient Stone Idol isn’t a construct, it’s a golem, but it makes a construct.
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Skittering Surveyor, Manakin, Hedron Crawler, and Millikin are all very good for mana.
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Shambling Suit and Slag Fiend are big boys that are really just a massive menace.
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Noxious Gearhulk and Chaos Defiler are removals with a big, mean body.
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Phyrexian Soulgorger is a big boy. Granted, if you let him live for too long he’ll eat your entire army, but for a little while, especially while you’re pumping out constructs, this is a good deal.
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Indulge / Excess makes creature tokens, sure, sure, but mostly makes a lot of treasures.
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Shared Animosity will give constructs a boost, but there really isn’t a specific theme across creature types aside from that, and your constructs are better used for chump blocking or just turning them into scrap. Ignore this if you’re going for more of a construct tribal sort of thing.
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Fable of the Mirror-Breaker Flip is a good card, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think it’s really necessary.
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Rakdos Charm could be replaced with something better as far as artifact removal or graveyard hate. Nihil Spellbomb would be good graveyard hate and Generous Gift is just a good white staple.
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Comet Storm is fun, but Crackle with Power is more fun.
to_regatha_and_beyond on
Budget Modular
6 months ago
Ooh, very interesting! I haven't played around with modular yet but I like the list you have here.
A few cards I might (might) consider-
- Arcbound Prototype is nice because it has an extra counter without being too much of a mana investment.
- Arcbound Crusher can get pretty big pretty fast with all the artifacts you're running.
- Scrapyard Recombiner is everything- it has modular 2, while also being a sac outlet and a tutor for your Steel Overseers.
Very nice engine you've got here, especially for the price!
king-saproling on
Miss Montanah
1 year ago
I think you'd like these: River Kelpie, Dispeller's Capsule, Alharu, Solemn Ritualist, Scrapyard Recombiner, Scrap Trawler, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle, Inventors' Fair, Grateful Apparition, Thrummingbird
lagotripha on
1 year ago
This list feels very good - a lot like the older Steel Overseer hardened scales lists. It might be a little too optimal for casual play, depending on the group.
In terms of being stronger, the main thing I'd look at is Lurrus of the Dream-Den - a single side slot makes the entire list substantially grindier, and splashing white is fairly simple with artifact supporting lands, also giving access to Esper Sentinel , Arcbound Mouser and Arcbound Javelineer if you want them.
If you aren't pushing for pure power, Scrapyard Recombiner likes constructs, which would let you run a weird Metallic Mimic tribal list. There are also various combo options.
Chalice of the Void usually is the counterpart to Power Conduit as they play very well together, but with the number of 1 drops you run, I'm not sure its an ideal choice, often needing to wait for 4 mana or more to be useful. Other answers are probably preferable
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