Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Planeswalker — Tezzeret

+1: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

-1: Target artifact becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 5/5.

-4: Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is twice the number of artifacts you control.

Combos

• Grand Architect + Staff of Domination + Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

SufferFromEDHD on Mana Rock Tribal

4 months ago

Fair enough. That is common in the community. I hate my friends so I play land destruction.

Goldmire Bridge Mistvault Bridge Razortide Bridge

Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas another potential win condition

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Grubbernaut on What Conversations do you not …

2 years ago

RNR_Gaming I'll add that to the list of reasons to stay off of reddit, urgh.

As for other conversations... I'm sure most long-time players have had a situation where somebody was telling them an incorrect interpretation of how a rule worked, and they simply refused to believe you when you explained what's actually supposed to happen.

I can actually, vividly remember my friend not understanding the interaction of Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas targeting an activated Inkmoth Nexus in standard.

sagramore on Breya Revels in Riches (and Thopters) [Primer]

2 years ago

Hey shifthappen1 and Winther. TSorry for my really slow responses. I am finally back with a few deck tweaks to try and smoothen things out, and add a few more foils!

I like Skyclave Relic for sure, but 6 mana for a kicked mana rock that then only taps for 3 on that turn is a little rough. I also didn't open one, so I will keep it in the "maybe" pile for now. Lithoform Engine is clearly a great card but again it's really quite a lot of mana for a more versatile Strionic Resonator (which I have cut from most decks for being too slow).

Lastly I think Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is a good card in the deck for sure - however while I run a couple of combos in here, I try not to tutor or dig too hard for them. Weirdly, for an artifact deck, there aren't that many actual artifact spells in the deck so his +1 isn't as good as it seems at first. This is a personal preference (I prefer the more varied/inconsistent play style in these kinds of decks) but you could definitely put it in.

Anyway, I'm still keeping my eyes open for more treasure cards and foils so watch this space!

Winther on Breya Revels in Riches (and Thopters) [Primer]

3 years ago

So happy to see you keeping updates on this deck up :-)

Could Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas not be a neat wincon for you as well with the sheer volume of artifacts you generate?

IKILLEVERYONE on Any Complicated Commanders?

3 years ago

Awesome strats with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas . With Liquidmetal coating. Anything can become an artifact creature. Any permanent thats being anoying, turn it into an artifact then to a creature and take it over or kill it. Very fun to do and different!!!

CannedCanOpener on

3 years ago

While the deck can combo off on earlier turns and win through infinite mana, that isn't always going to happen, and when it doesn't this deck doesn't dislike playing a longer game if it has to. Longer games mean more time to generate Thopters or Treasures and increase your likelihood of winning off of one of the three "you win the game" cards (Mechanized Production, Revel in Riches, and Hellkite Tyrant) or removing players (Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge, Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, Cranial Plating, Master of Etherium, and Blightsteel Colossus) or simply locking the game down in your favor (Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice and/or Time Sieve infinite turn combo).

RiotRunner789 on

3 years ago

Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas might be alright due to you running 14 artifacts. He just helps to get your ramp pieces and has the bonus of gaining you life late-gate which would help since I didn't see any cards that gained life other than Enter the God-Eternals.

You may also want to look at cards like Animate Dead and Dance of the Dead since I didn't notice any cards you were using to steal from your opponent's graveyards.

This deck looks really fun though. Best Bolas deck I've seen flavor-wise.

jconeil1988 on Alela, Tinker Faerie Extraordinaire

3 years ago

Noelqkazoo Do to the Sword of the Meek needing a 1/1 creature entering the battlefield to bring it back, you would need to at first rid the bored of Alela, Artful Provocateur because as long as she is on the bored, the Thopters created by Thopter Foundry will be 2/1's after state based actions are checked. So yes, while in theory you could include the combo, you'd have to be sure to sacrifice Alela to your Ashnod's Altar prior. I have recently been informed of that option. When the deck is so focused on keeping Alela on the field to maximize the production of faerie tokens, I've overlooked that option.

That said, I'm not totally against using the combo anymore. I've recently purchased a few more cards and have yet to update the deck so it has a few more options to keep the deck running in the event that Alela is removed, specifically Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas for the mass damage they can generate.