Avaricious Despair

Commander / EDH* Artifact Artificer BR (Rakdos) Combo Exile Ramp Tokens Treasure

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Land (35)

• 1x Agadeem, the Undercrypt  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drossforge Bridge
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Hagra Broodpit  ^Flip
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Mines of Moria
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass  ^Flip
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 2x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Valakut Stoneforge  ^Flip
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Biotransference
• 1x Ghirapur AEther Grid
• 1x Rain of Riches
• 1x Underhanded Designs
• 1x Visions of Phyrexia
• 1x Wild Wasteland

Creature (25)

• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Keeper of Secrets
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Mastermind Plum
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith
• 1x Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
• 1x Xorn

Instant (8)

• 1x Big Score
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Lethal Scheme
• 1x March of Reckless Joy
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Scrapheap
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Uba Mask
• 1x Urabrask's Forge
• 1x Vat of Rebirth

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Galvanic Relay
• 1x Impending Flux
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Terisiare's Devastation
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip
• 1x Dragonspark Reactor
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Creature (4)

• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Nalfeshnee
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Tor Wauki the Younger

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Expedited Inheritance
• 1x Passionate Archaeologist
• 1x Spiteful Banditry

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Delusions of Grandeur have never been quite so...Prosperous

The general idea for this deck is to be an Artifact-themed Prosper build, using the Artifact typing of the treasures Prosper grants to create Synergy and ultimately Win the Game.

Prosperous Synergy

The deck primarily wins through burn effects from artifacts entering (Reckless Fireweaver, Underhanded Designs, Ingenious Artillerist) or leaving the battlefield (Disciple of the Vault, Marionette Master, Mayhem Devil, Nadier's Nightblade) to burn opponent's life totals. Most of these effects can be tutored for (Imperial Recruiter, Gamble, Profane Tutor). Thanks to Prosper, Tome-Bound, we create Treasures when we cast from exile with Impulse Draw (Light Up the Stage, Commune with Lava, March of Reckless Joy), Creatures (Professional Face-Breaker, Unlucky Witness, Dream Devourer), Enchantments (Theater of Horrors, Rain of Riches, Valakut Exploration, Elkin Lair), and Artifacts (Uba Mask, Harnfel, Horn of Bounty  ).

Prosperous Utility

Inspiring Statuary allows us to "store" treasures created for extra mana. Ghirapur AEther Grid provides another way to "store" treasures while pinging the board. Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast also acts to control the board while possibly triplicating important artifacts. Liquimetal Torque allows us to deal with Rakdos's worst nightmare, Enchantments, as well as the occasional Planeswalker. Goblin Welder recurs "real" artifacts like Bolas's Citadel or Aetherflux Reservoir by sacrificing token:treasures. Urabrask, Heretic Praetor disrupts opponent's hands while providing us more draw and treasure.

Finishers

We also have secondary wins in Torment of Hailfire and Aetherflux Reservoir. Torment of Hailfire is a bit of a boring way to win, but can easily reach X values to either win or severely cripple our opponents. Aetherflux Reservoir wins simply by the sheer number of spells this deck can cast in one turn with the amount of draw it relies on and the ability to effectively reduce the mana cost of spells by getting treasures from casting them. It is also notable that it combos with Bolas's Citadel and Sensei's Divining Top to create infinite life and damage.

Notable Exclusions?

• Revel in Riches- A Prosper deck is probably the best home for those trying to win off this card. But I think for me the win is far too inconsistent, and draws too much hate from the rest of the table to justify this relatively slow treasure producer.
• Grim Hireling- This deck simply cannot attack reliably well enough to justify the inclusion for treasure production, while the second ability is a bad rate and slow.
• "Steal" Effects- This is meant to broadly include some Gonti, Lord of Luxury type of effects that requires an opponent's library. These effects are largely too inconsistent for me, as an opponent's deck is not built to support my deck, and the effects can whiff on top of that. Particularly Etali, Primal Storm eats the removal my opponents have, which can be nice except that it took me 6 mana to draw the removal to myself.

Now, with the deck largely out of the way we go onto the cards I am considering.

Maybeboard???

• Cut / Ribbons- Another Torment of Hailfire effect might be worthwhile, because...well...{U}Blue{U} exists. But probably not needed...?
• Pyre-Sledge Arsonist - Could deal devastating damage after sacrificing a bunch of Treasures, but I am concerned it may be too slow.
• Dragonspark Reactor- This might prove to be a little too jank, but if this is out before a Brass's Bounty, it could kill someone. And it can be recurred for a treasure with Goblin Welder.
• Storm-Kiln Artist- 4 mana is a hefty price to me for this, despite how much mana this deck makes. But it could be a good treasure maker.
• Quicksmith Genius- This could create card draw, as opposed to impulse draw, I am just not sure it is better or needed.

Lastly, Thank You to anyone who read this list, and all the more thanks to anyone who makes suggestions!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Clue, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Food, Necron Warrior 2/2 B, Phyrexian Horror X/1 R, Powerstone, Rock, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B