Sludge Strider: the artifact's dance

Pauper EDH Artifact Budget Pauper WUB (Esper)

MacCoy928

Creature (29)

• 1x Aegis Automaton
• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Architects of Will
• 1x Arsenal Thresher
• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Cabal Paladin
• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Court Homunculus
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Darklit Gargoyle
• 1x Defiant Salvager
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Shieldmage
• 1x Gearsmith Prodigy
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Glaze Fiend
• 1x Glint Hawk
• 1x Guardians of Koilos
• 1x Leonin Elder
• 1x Moriok Replica
• 1x Neurok Replica
• 1x Nim Lasher
• 1x Nim Shrieker
• 1x Sage of Lat-Nam
• 1x Salvage Scout
• 1x Spire Serpent
• 1x Thraben Inspector
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Instant (7)

• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Depths of Desire
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Machinate
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Override
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 8x Island
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 5x Plains
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x Mine Excavation
• 1x Pirate's Prize
• 1x Remember the Fallen
• 1x Resourceful Return
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Artifact (20)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Cluestone
• 1x Cogworker's Puzzleknot
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Courier's Capsule
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Golem Foundry
• 1x Implement of Examination
• 1x Implement of Improvement
• 1x Implement of Malice
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Necrogen Spellbomb
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Skyshaper
• 1x Welding Jar

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I have seen people make some decks known as Pauper Commander decks which I find fun and cheap for a filthy causal like me.

Pauper Commander rules: (encase you didn't know) a deck must be a 100 card deck with a commander. all cards except the commander are common cards. the Commander can be any uncommon creature. other than that it has all the same rules as Commander.

I picked my commander to be Sludge Strider because it is in my favorite colors and has an artifact theme.

My deck is all about cards entering and leaving of the battle field example returning artifacts to hand (examples:Aegis Automaton, Ancestral Statue, Glint Hawk and Guardians of Koilos) and sacrifice artifacts (examples:Defiant Salvager, Moriok Replica, Neurok Replica, Sage of Lat-Nam and many more).

If I am sacrificing creatures I will need a way to bring them back so I have cards like Frantic Salvage and Drafna's Restoration which are great for getting multiple artifact cards from graveyard with the only "draw" back being that they get put on top of my deck but you do get to choose which ones and in what order. I also have some other cards that grant me recursion to my hand like Fortuitous Find, Mine Excavation, and Remember the Fallen.

There are a couple of cards that do "stuff and things" when artifacts enter the battlefield and cast Sludge Strider, Ancestral Statue, Architects of Will, Arsenal Thresher, Artificer's Assistant, Cabal Paladin, Ethersworn Shieldmage, Glassdust Hulk, Glaze Fiend, Glint Hawk, Leonin Elder, Thraben Inspector, Cogworker's Puzzleknot and Golem Foundry.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Clue, Golem 3/3 C, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Interesting Decks, PDH