The metal sphinx

Commander / EDH Affinity Artifact Control Reanimator WUB (Esper)

RustedIsaac

Creature (21)

• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Sen Triplets
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind

Instant (11)

• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Despark
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Masterful Replication

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 6x Plains
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x One with the Machine
• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Tempered Steel
• 1x Mechanized Production

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Skeleton Shard
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Myr Incubator

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge

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This is the very first deck I assemble when getting into the format, intended to be a Sen triplets deck it turned out just as a value/ recursion artifact deck. In Esper colors control comes easy, this decks as any control deck in commander tries to ramp as fast as it can to have a rein on the game either removing dangerous stuff that threatens you or countering heavy hitters... pretty much an average control deck.

When It shines (I think) is in its very flexible methods of winning for a control type strategy, it doesn't settle on a single wincon, rather on vary different ones that can adapt through the course of the game.

Wincons include swarming the board in value, artifact creatures that hit really hard with stuff like Tempered Steel, comboing off with the Classic Ornithopter and Time sieve combo, flashing stuff with Shimmer Myr on Board so the Time Sieve combo can steal a game out of nowhere. Mechanized Production and Masterful Replication can win a game on the spot as well generating copies of the ecnhanted artifact; Masterful Replication works perfectly with Myr Incubator as a powerfull finisher attempting to exile cards from your deck on endstep so you can flood the board with myr creatures later to be converted in copies of a powerful Flying Crature.

And with the control shell you cn protect combo pieces like Krark clan Ironworks, Unwinding Clock or Shimmer Myr.If you manage to swarm the board in thopters or artifacts of all kinds Tezzeret Master of the Bridge becomes an instant threat that can oneshot more than one player at once.

As always, constructive suggestions and criticism are welcome, this deck has been through many iterations and changes and as far as I know improving it will never cease to be an option.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Golem 3/3 C, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C