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[Alibou] Artifacts on the Rocks (Help)

Commander / EDH Artifact Infect Rock RW (Boros) Value Engine

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Ramp, play artifacts, tap artifacts, profit. Meant to be 7-8 powerlevel.

This deck is always evolving and changing as I play more and more games. Open to any feedback to improve the deck! Avoiding excessive tutors, 2-card infinite combos, and anything that tips the scales to becoming unfun. I'm using an expensive rock package to give me flexibility and try out different builds of the deck, so please don't hold back in suggestions!

Blightsteel Colossus and Platinum Angel have a special place in my heart so they are included. They aren't the most optimal, but boy are they fun to cheat into play with Kuldotha Forgemaster

Mycosynth Lattice is gross in this deck, and let's us run some great synergy cards like Darksteel Forge, Vandalblast, and Hellkite Tyrant to blow out opponents.
This deck is built to be a threat in a tuned, semi-competitive environment (not cEDH). If you are on a budget, but don't want to compromise on power then here are some suggestions for you to fill in some slots: Jhoira's Familiar, Commander's Sphere, Hedron Archive, Steel Overseer, Steel Hellkite, Solemn Simulacrum, Shimmer Myr, Chaos Warp, Wake the Past, Organic Extinction, Faithless Looting, Visions of Phyrexia, Unwinding Clock, and Ghirapur AEther Grid

Favorites

  • Grafted Exoskeleton - Makes it so we only need to land 10 damage with Alibou, exceptional in this deck
  • Helm of the Host - Let's us get double triggers from Alibou. One attack with this equipped will typically snowball the game enough for us to win within 1-2 turns
  • Strionic Resonator - Cheap double triggers from Alibou. Easy to play on curve and is essential for explosive turns
  • Liquimetal Torque - A 2 mana rock that has insane synergy in the deck. Turn non-artifact creatures into an artifact to give them Haste with Alibou or turn an opponent's stuff into an artifact for Vandalblast, Hellkite Tyrant, Wear / Tear, etc. Always happy to see this card in my opening hand
  • Blinkmoth Nexus, Inkmoth Nexus, Mishra's Factory - All 3 do the same thing. They can provide us an artifact creature to trigger Alibou or you can tap them for mana and use that mana to make your land into a tapped artifact to feed more damage into Alibou. These 3 are a must have (plus other artifact lands that enter untapped)

Least Favorites

  • Dispatch - Cute with an artifact deck, but there is more flexible removal in Boros. Most likely to be cut.
  • Lithoform Engine - The deck needs to be fast and explosive, but Lithoform grinds things to a stop with it's high mana cost
  • Hellkite Tyrant - A game-winning card for sure, but is a dead draw most of the time and doesn't have synergy with the deck. Have yet to pull off the combo with Mycosynth Lattice
  • Lodestone Myr - Not necessarily running into issues tapping my artifacts, so it feels like he hasn't provided much value. Need more games to see if he's going to stay.
  • Weatherlight/Skyclave Relic - Still not impressed with these yet because they require a developed board to excel versus something that will be better on average every game.
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Revision 1 See all

(1 year ago)

+1 Breya's Apprentice maybe
+1 Chaos Warp maybe
+1 Commander's Sphere maybe
+1 Faithless Looting maybe
+1 Ghirapur AEther Grid maybe
+1 Hedron Archive maybe
+1 Inspiring Statuary maybe
+1 Jhoira's Familiar maybe
+1 Mycosynth Golem maybe
+1 Organic Extinction maybe
+1 Rebuff the Wicked maybe
+1 Shimmer Myr maybe
+1 Solemn Simulacrum maybe
+1 Steel Hellkite maybe
+1 Steel Overseer maybe
+1 Unwinding Clock maybe
+1 Visions of Phyrexia maybe
+1 Wake the Past maybe
+1 War Room maybe
Date added 1 year
Last updated 1 year
Exclude colors UBG
Splash colors WR
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

14 - 0 Mythic Rares

47 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

13 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.00
Tokens Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
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