Hundred-Handed Cat

Commander / EDH Artifact Attach Bracket 4 Equip Metalcraft Mono-White Stoneblade Voltron

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Creature (22)

• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Armored Skyhunter
• 1x Cloudsteel Kirin
• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Phyrexian Vindicator
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Relic Seeker
• 1x Skyclave Cleric
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Taj-Nar Swordsmith
• 1x Verge Rangers

Ramp (6)

• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Verge Rangers
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Stax (5)

• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Rule of Law

Wipes (5)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x FarewellGC
• 1x Ondu Inversion
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Wrath of God

Equipment (20)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Cloudsteel Kirin
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Support (10)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Emeria's Call
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Remember the Fallen
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC
• 1x Valorous Stance
• 1x War Room

Tutor (5)

• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Relic Seeker
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Taj-Nar Swordsmith

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Emeria's Call
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Ondu Inversion
• 21x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Skyclave Cleric
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wasteland

Removal (5)

• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Valorous Stance

Walker (1)

• 1x Nahiri, the Lithomancer

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Other (20)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Forge Anew
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Halvar, God of Battle
• 1x Ichorclaw Myr
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Necropede
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Razorgrass Ambush
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Strict Proctor
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Sword of Once and Future

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My mono white equipment EDH. With Balan, Wandering Knight being the commander, it's mainly a voltron startegy. This deck was based originally upon the C14 EDH preconstructed, but at this point only a couple of its cards remain in the deck.

Infect effects such as Grafted Exoskeleton, Ichorclaw Myr or Plague Myr could be added to add a different flavor to this deck. I chose not to include Infect, as it isn't exactly the easiest strategy to pull off and it generates a lot of threat/hate towards us. Balan can very easily stack enough equipment to oneshot people, which we are aiming for, because the less time she spends on the field, the less chances of being blown out.

I'm currently leaning into stax strategy, because we can endure symmetrical restrictions much better than most decks. It helps us regain lost momentum "wasted" on casting/equiping equipment.

Assault Suit could be a very interesting card in this deck, as with it in play you can start negotiating with other players on who will get your Balan, Wandering Knight to smash faces for the turn, essentially giving you "free" combat steps (accumulating commander damage for example).

This deck can be mana-starved - I'm working on ways to mitigate that.

Good interactions

• formerlyHammer of Nazahn + Stonehewer Giant + any equipment able to protect creatures= removal denial
• formerlyNahiri, the Lithomancer+ Skullclamp= free 2 cards per turn
• Balan, Wandering Knight pairs very well with effects triggering on combat damage, as he gains double strike fairly quickly (eg. the Sword cycle)
• Balan, Wandering Knight+ Hammer of Nazahn+ Cloudsteel Kirin+ any shroud/ hexproof/ protection= nearly unstoppable platinum angel
• Balan, Wandering Knight+ either Blackblade Reforged or Colossus Hammer threatens lethal commander dmg very quickly

Deck weaknessess

Main weakness is of course artifact hate. We can protect our artifacts with cards such as Indomitable Archangel (which unfortunately also shrouds Etched Champion or Cloudsteel Kirin and Lion Sash, if we ever need them) and Leonin Abunas. We can also recur artifacts from the graveyard with the help of Nahiri, the Lithomancer, Remember the Fallen. Then, because of a relatively low creature count, any Grave Pact effect is going to hurt us particularly. The only card that would solve that is outside our color identity (Sigarda, Host of Herons), so unfortunately we have to remain vulnerable in that field.

This deck will work just fine with any other equipment focused commander.

You can also find this deck on Archidekt: https://archidekt.com/decks/116012#Hundred-Handed_Cat

...on Moxfield: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ewSdUKodgUu1XYn1NdAsWA

...and on deckstats: https://deckstats.net/decks/189799/2224989-hundred-handed-cat

All feedback appreciated :)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Stoneforged Blade
Folders	Equipment, EDH, Things I Like, deck, Temptation, Decks I Wanna Try