Artifact Hegemony (Sharuum the Hegemon)

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive Control Multiplayer WUB (Esper)

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Instant (1)

• 1x Momentary Blink

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Voidwalk

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Tempered Steel

Artifact (24)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Azorius Cluestone
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Heartseeker
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Creature (34)

• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Broodstar
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Ethersworn Shieldmage
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mephitic Ooze
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sphinx Sovereign
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Triskelavus
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 4x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Second Sunrise

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Open the Vaults

Artifact (7)

• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah

Creature (6)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Magus of the Unseen
• 1x Painsmith
• 1x Sludge Strider
• 1x Sydri, Galvanic Genius

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Many Sharuum the Hegemon (or as I sometimes call her: Sharuum the Pokemon) decks exist...at my local venue it is a commander that is both feared and frowned upon since it wins so many games. And indeed, it is a powerful commander. However, I like Sharuum's synergism with artifacts, so I have constructed this deck more than a year ago and updated it a bit. Since it is an artifact themed deck, its synergy is artifacts.

If you like it: please upvote +1.

To make it -slightly- less of a control deck, and hopefully more fun to play against, I have made the following decisions:

• Go all out on the artifact theme: yeah! for cards that need artifacts to operate, such as Broodstar, Indomitable Archangel, Argent Sphinx, Time Sieve, Tempered Steel, Master of Etherium and Mephitic Ooze

• While it is always great to draw cards, you don't really need more card draw in this deck. I've only included Vedalken Archmage and Baleful Strix, especially since card draw doesn't add to the 'fun factor' of this deck, but it does make it more of a control deck and thus less fun to play against.

• Have only a limited supply of (creature) destruction cards, all of it artifact based. Notably Unstable Obelisk and Scourglass. Heartseeker , Altar of Shadows , Ethersworn Adjudicator, Triskelavus and Triskelion also can remove particularly pesky creatures.

Blinkmoth Urn gives you extra mana to cast (artifact) spells, as do Altar of Shadows , Renowned Weaponsmith, and Vedalken Engineer . This deck has many combos, needless to say that Sharuum works well with most cards in this deck (especially Conjurer's Closet in combination with Strionic Resonator to 'make it double' - yes, it's a Pokemon reference), since she has the ability to bring them back from the graveyard. Most of the combo's use a 'blink' mechanism to trigger a 'come into play' mechanism or to reset the number of counters on a card:

• Conjurer's Closet + Scourglass + Sharuum the Hegemon is a vicious combo

• Deadeye Navigator + Sharuum the Hegemon , or Restoration Angel + Sharuum the Hegemon : to re-trigger come into play effects

• Conjurer's Closet + Triskelion , Triskelavus , Grim Poppet, or Sharuum herself: shooting and spreading the -1 love

• Deadeye Navigator + Filigree Angel , or Conjurer's Closet

• Unwinding Clock is powerful in this deck. For instance, think of Heartseeker + Unwinding Clock (on an artifact creature) you can use Heartseeker and still have the creature ready to block one turn later.

• Painsmith will give +2/+0 and deathtouch each time an artifact enters play, Sludge Strider will allow you to gain life at the expense of your opponents, and Glassdust Hulk will be unblockable.

In fact Deadeye Navigator and Conjurer's Closet are perhaps two of the most powerful cards in this deck aside Sharuum: they simply work well with most cards. Voidwalk - with cipher - and Momentary Blink are great ways to kickstart Sharuum after a reset and retrieve an artifact from your graveyard.

Tezzeret the Seeker has great synergy too: untapping artifacts in an artifact deck is always welcome. Moreover, Tezzeret can turn your many, many artifacts into an army. Plus he is an additional artifact tutor.

Needless to say: Darksteel Forge and Ethersworn Canonist are just evil in this deck. Also, as you may have noticed, Spine of Ish Sah was added to side board because - when put in the graveyard - it is returned to hand. It's synergism was less then other cards in this deck had.

I found it a particularly fun deck, since you'll always be doing something.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Sharuum the Hegemon Conjurer's Closet + Scourglass + Sharuum the Hegemon Restoration Angel + Sharuum the Hegemon Conjurer's Closet + Triskelion Deadeye Navigator + Filigree Angel Heartseeker + Unwinding Clock
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 3 Mythic Rares 45 - 5 Rares 13 - 5 Uncommons 24 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.33
Tokens	Copy Clone, Thopter 1/1 U, Triskelavite 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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