The Hug Artist

Commander / EDH Artifact Control Group Hug UR (Izzet)

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Artifact (34)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thran Turbine
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 12x Island
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spawning Bed
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Valakut Stoneforge
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Creature (10)

• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Leveler
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Charisma
• 1x Cowardice
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x March of the Machines
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Psychic Possession
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Thought Reflection
• 1x Vanishing

Instant (4)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Reality Shift

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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Land (12)

• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Volcanic Island

Artifact (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thought Lash
• 1x Training Grounds

Instant (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Swan Song

Creature (2)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Thassa's Oracle

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Nin, the Pain Artist has found a strange new way to experiment... with hugs! This deck ramps quickly to build up Nin, a source of powerful political removal that removes problem creatures and is generous with draw. We get to hide behind janky group hug as we control the table and try to deck ourselves.

Nin is just 2 CMC but her activated ability gets expensive very quickly, so we're running a ton of artifact ramp. Less popular mana rocks like Mox Amber, Braid of Fire, and Thran Turbine are gems to us, along with staples like Sol Ring, Thought Vessel, and Thran Dynamo.

Nin is the most important card in our deck, so naturally she gets the best protection. You probably already know Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, and Darksteel Plate, but we want even more. Pemmin's Aura, Vanishing, and Riptide Laboratory help us make sure Nin stays safe no matter what. Though Nin works perfectly well for removal, we need to draw cards too. With Darksteel Plate, Nin can experiment on herself! We also have Stuffy Doll, Toothy, Imaginary Friend, and The Locust God tokens.

We don't want to have to be paying 10+ mana into Nin to take out beaters, so we need to grease the wheels. Gorgon Flail, Gorgon's Head, and Basilisk Collar give Nin deathtouch, so removal costs just . Illusionist's Bracers and untapping effects like Freed from the Real let us activate Nin multiple times per turn. Karn, Silver Golem has the ability to animate troublesome artifacts to put them in Nin's range. We will often be faced with creatures that we simply must remove, but our opponents impudently protect them. Arcane Lighthouse, Detection Tower, and Glaring Spotlight erase hexproof and shroud, and Shadowspear beats indestructible for a paltry 1 mana.

Late game, Nin fights dirty with cards like Willbreaker, Charisma, and Dismiss into Dream. To protect ourselves, The Locust God gives us loads of flying blockers as we draw tons of cards each turn. It may take this deck some time to win, but we'll get there. Our wincon is of course Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. But no infinite combos! If we can't draw ourselves out the long way, Leveler eats our entire library in one fell swoop.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	2/2 Morph, 2/2 Manifest, 1/1 Eldrazi Scion, 1/1 Insect, 1/1 Devil, Treasure
Folders	Uncategorized