The Hug Artist

Commander / EDH Artifact Control Group Hug UR (Izzet)

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Artifact (33)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Battlemage's Bracers
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 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 Shadowspear
• 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 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  ^Flip
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Creature (9)

• 1x Brash Taunter
• 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

Instant (4)

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

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Charisma
• 1x Cowardice
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 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 Training Grounds
• 1x Vanishing

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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Land (16)

• 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 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Rivendell
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Silverbluff Bridge
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Volcanic Island

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Flame of Anor
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Swan Song

Creature (6)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Eruth, Tormented Prophet
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Omen Hawker
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Triskaidekaphile

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thought Lash

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

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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 {1}{U}{R}. 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 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	4 years
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Devil 1/1 R, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Insect 1/1 UR, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure