Kurkesh Artifact Ramp

Commander / EDH Artifact Mono-Red Multiplayer Ramp Tron

Killer_Manfred

Ramp (28)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Arcane Signet *f-etch*
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Solar Transformer
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron

ManaDenial (5)

• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue

Lands (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 14x Mountain
• 1x Planar Nexus
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Urza's Factory
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Urza's Workshop
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Disruption (10)

• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Emrakul, the World Anew

Commander (1)

CardAdvantage (14)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mishra's Research Desk
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Reckoner Bankbuster
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x The One RingGC
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Planar Bridge *f-etch*
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Misc. (6)

• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Darksteel Forge

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Other (1)

• 1x Mystic Forge

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This deck started off as a value machine back in 2016 with loads of targets for Kurkesh and a charge counter subtheme. As it was soft to artifact hate, I started cutting fluff and added disruption in the form of land destruction and mana taxing. After loads of (understandable) hate from my playgroups, the current version keeps the mana taxing but omits the land destruction. This gives the deck the opportunity to play around with the Tron pieces and the new Urza lands. With many ways to tutor them up and Kurkesh's ability to double effects like Expedition Map, this approach is surprisingly consistent. For the (more powerful) land destruction version, click here: Kurkesh Land Destruction Ramp

The deck can produce infinite mana with Basalt Monolith and Forsaken Monument or with Gilded Lotus and Voltaic Key while Kurkesh is out. It can then finish the game with Walking Ballista.

If you want to make this deck more competitive, I'd suggest adding more cheap interactive cards like Pyroblast or Bolt as well as more infinite combos and additional ways to search them up (e.g., Painter's Servant + Grindstone).

I am happy about suggestions and other feedback and will continue updating the list. Since this is my pet deck, I've started blinging it out, playing as many old-border-/retroframes as possible and getting the foil and Japanese versions. Thanks for checking it out!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Energy Reserve, Pilot 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	untap decks to try