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[INCURSION-LORE]The Avengobs, Daretti and team

Commander / EDH Artificer Bracket 1 Goblins Mono-Red

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Commander: Daretti, Scrap Savant

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This is my personal take on a goblin-themed fluff deck. It’s definitely not optimized—this one’s all about fun and storytelling.

After wandering across different planes for some time, Daretti came up with a grand scheme of revenge. His plan: to construct a “Grand-Oeuvre,” an engine of destruction that would annihilate everyone from his home plane. To accomplish this, he roamed through other worlds, abducting—or convincing—various goblins to join his cause, whether they were tinkerers, laborers, or mad scientists. He gathered anyone who had ever shown signs of the spark, since their potential was already proven. Together, they would become known as The Avengobs.

  • The first goblin to answer his call was Grenzo, Havoc Raiser. While nowhere close to igniting a spark, Grenzo was the nearest thing Daretti had to a friend. Remembering the help he gave back on Fiora, Daretti brought him along to other planes, where Grenzo could spread chaos to his heart’s content.
  • After separating Bosh, Iron Golem and Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer from Slobad, Iron Goblin’s twisted Phyrexian form, Daretti offered Slobad the chance to change his and Glissa’s fate. He promised him a chance to go back in time and exact vengeance on Memnarch—and even on Karn, whose absence had cost Slobad his spark. Slobad agreed to join and helped Daretti bring the Krark clan to heel. The clan would eventually pay for killing him, but vengeance on Memnarch came first. Though they managed to recover Bosh’s old body, it was just an empty shell—no soul, no memories. Faced with this hollow result, Slobad abandoned the idea of asking Daretti to bring back Glissa, fearing her soul might be lost forever in the same way.
  • To Krenko, Baron of Tin Street, Daretti promised the chance to gain a spark—on the condition that Krenko lend him his endless swarm of minions, in exchange for using the scraps from Daretti’s experiments.
  • To Squee, the Immortal, Daretti vowed to use the machine’s power to finally end his eternal suffering—even if it meant going back in time to smother him in his cradle.
  • On Kamigawa, he sought out Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, but left him behind—too primitive, too bound to his shamanistic traditions. Still, Daretti managed to steal shards of his mirror, allowing him to recreate the legendary mirrorcraft from other planes and histories.


With this ragtag crew, Daretti roams from plane to plane, piecing together terrifying engines of war. Along the way, they pick up new techniques—like the Vulshok methods of forging Darksteel and liquidmetal on Zhalfir—while still pursuing their own personal goals. And soon, all will come to fear Weatherlight, the stolen mechanical warship they now call home.

  • Blightsteel Colossus : Though the team mastered the Vulshok processes of darksteel and liquidmetal, they could never replicate the Phyrexian compleation. Slobad might have wanted to experiment for a way to restore Glissa, but Daretti would never allow it—he despises Phyrexian creations and finds them ugly and soulless.
  • Slobad, Iron Goblin : In this story, the Iron Goblin shell was dismantled by Daretti, restoring Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer and the husk of Bosh, Iron Golem. Since that form no longer exists, it can’t be included. Plus, Daretti would never tolerate a Phyrexian creature among his ranks.
  • Squee, Goblin Nabob : With two other Squee cards already here, this one added nothing new. His General's Regalia also appears on Squee, Dubious Monarch’s artwork, so the Nabob was an easy cut.
  • Kaldra Compleat : First, Kaldra served Memnarch in Slobad’s tale. And as a Phyrexian avatar, it would be doubly inappropriate for this deck.
  • Mycosynth Golem : The mycosynth represents corrupted, unnatural machinery—far from anything goblin ingenuity could ever produce.
  • Myr, Hedrons, Arcbounds : None of these really fit the lore. Myr would be aligned with Memnarch, and Slobad might never have joined if he saw them aboard the Weatherlight. Hedrons are carved stone relics, not goblin inventions. Arcbounds could have worked, but I simply chose not to include them.
  • Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, Lotus Petal, and other non-mechanical mana rocks : Aside from Mox Opal, I avoided them. I imagine Daretti’s workshop would be filled with smoke, gears, and metalworks—not polished arcane stones. The exception is for tribal ritual pieces brought in by the Kuldotha faithful through Slobad.

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If you’d like to take part in the story, I’d love to hear suggestions—especially if you can back them up with a little lore or fluff.

Have a great day,

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