Stranglehold!

illumfolly:

I had it for a while, but cut it as a meta call. My meta is just too fast for me to get this down when it matters without tempoing myself out of the game. If there were more stax or combo-control (as opposed to more all-in style combo) decks in my meta, I would absolutely be playing it.

Haha right on. I have a friend who plays an oloro deck that is a scourge

You must have had Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient in here at some point. I could see him being vulnerable, but an extra rings of brighthearth really helps resilience, especially when other players have Return to Dust

Kurkesh doesn't go infinite nearly as easily, due to the colored mana requirement. That, combined with costing four and being easier to remove makes him too slow for the deck.

how about Voltaic Construct goes infinite with Metalworker with only 2 artifacts in hand.

It doesn't do anything without Metalworker, and I try to restrict my combo pieces to cards that are useful outside of just the combo potential. Four mana is also quite expensive for a card with such little impact.