Traxos of the Artifact Army

Commander / EDH* Artifact Bracket 2 Golem

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Card Draw / Recursion (14)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x War Room
• 1x Adaptive Omnitool
• 1x Investigator's Journal
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Sunset Pyramid
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Canoptek Spyder
• 1x Farsight Mask
• 1x Mind's Eye

Attack Creatures (9)

• 1x Weathered Sentinels
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Scavenged Brawler
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Cybermen Squadron
• 1x Phyrexian Triniform
• 1x Triplicate Titan
• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Metalwork Colossus

Protection (5)

• 1x Diamond City
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Voyager Staff
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia

Token Generators (4)

• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Thopter Assembly

Replacement (3)

• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cryptic Caves

Lifegain Lands (2)

• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Witch's Clinic

Removal (14)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Desert
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Ominous Cemetery
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Underdark Rift
• 1x Volatile Fault
• 1x Null Elemental Blast
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Cityscape Leveler

Flexible Use (8)

• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Voltaic Servant
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Golem Artisan

Mana Sources (6)

• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Karn, Legacy Reforged
• 1x The Eternity Elevator
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Boardwipes (3)

• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Karn's Sylex
• 1x Selective Obliteration

Flash Enablers (3)

• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Tutors (2)

• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Urza's Cave

Commander (1)

Ramp (11)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Ebony Fly
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Combat Support (6)

• 1x Drannith Ruins
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Ruins of Oran-Rief
• 1x Sandstorm Verge

Mana Lands (4)

• 1x Arid Archway
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

Living Weapons (3)

• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Kaldra Compleat

Smoothers (1)

• 1x Lens of Clarity

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Removal (16)

• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Lantern of the Lost
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Crook of Condemnation
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Titan's Presence
• 1x Clay Golem
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Introduction to Annihilation
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah

Token Generators (9)

• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Orochi Hatchery
• 1x Retrofitter Foundry
• 1x Whirlermaker
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Myriad Construct
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Snake Basket
• 1x Myr Battlesphere

Too Mean (6)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Soulless Jailer
• 1x Scrawling Crawler
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Scytheclaw
• 1x All is Dust

Evasion (3)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

Mana Sources (3)

• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Geode Golem

Defense (2)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x The Stasis Coffin

Card Draw / Recursion (10)

• 1x Urza's Tome
• 1x Arcane Encyclopedia
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Serum Tank
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x The Endstone
• 1x Wondrous Crucible

Attack Creatures (9)

• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Mechtitan Core
• 1x Shambling Suit
• 1x Sparkhunter Masticore
• 1x Lodestone Myr
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Mage-Ring Responder
• 1x Sojourner's Companion
• 1x Sphinx of the Guildpact

Support Creatures (8)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Night Market Guard
• 1x Skyscanner

Replacement (4)

• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Salvager of Ruin

Flash Enablers (3)

• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Skittering Cicada
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Protection (3)

• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mirror Shield

Flexible Use (2)

• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Lithoform Engine

Too Expensive (10)

• 1x Field of the DeadGC
• 1x Fomori Vault
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Resurrection Orb
• 1x Cryptothrall
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Darksteel Monolith
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia

Ramp (9)

• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Laser Screwdriver
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sonic Screwdriver
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Horizon Stone

Boardwipes (6)

• 1x Karn's Sylex
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x False Floor
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Extinguisher Battleship

Other (4)

• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Thunderstaff
• 1x Ugin's Nexus
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue

Tutors (4)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster

Mana Lands (3)

• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower

Extra Turns (1)

• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart

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Gameplay Mission: Cast Traxos early to put pressure on your opponents as you create an army of artifact creatures. Ramp up with plenty of colorless mana to summon big creatures and replenish your hand in the mid to late game. Make use of your colorless lands' special abilities to make political offers and forge temporary alliances.

Power Cards (>$10): None

Sleeper Cards: Blinkmoth Urn, Cloud Key, Foundry Inspector, Shimmer Myr, Golem Artisan

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Possible Edits

REMOVE R Orb, Cryptothrall, F Vault, W Powerstone, S Screwdriver

ADD V Orrery, SG Wreckage, E Elevator, A Omnitool, T Vessel, one more land

CONSIDER Endstone, E Battleship

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During Game

Use tutors to find Blinkmoth Urn in most cases needing ramp

Use some of the lands' abilities as temporary alliances and political offers (e.g. Detection Tower, Witch’s Clinic, Ghost Quarter)

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Stats

Mana curve has a bell shape with peak at 3

24 creatures + 3 living weapons + 8 token generators

All 11 card draw sources are repeatable

12 ramp to help with higher CMC spells

Only 4 lands that ETB tapped (10% of total)

23 artifacts have tap effects that benefit from Unwinding Clock

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Deck Notes

Options for colorless removal are fairly limited; some are lands that have to be sacrificed in the process

Has additional card draw spells >$5 because of the limited options in colorless

Approx 40% the deck's monetary value is associated with the special lands and colorless card draw

Limited the number of equipment to make the deck less focused on Voltron (living equipment start out as creatures)

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Card Notes

Many of the lands' built-in abilities sacrifice the land in the process (can be offset by additional ramp)

Voyager Staff can also be used for temporary removal / reset of opponents' creatures

Manifold Key can be used to untap creatures or mana rocks

Ratchet Bomb can be used right away against tokens without adding a counter

Unwinding Clock also helps with combat support (pseudo vigilance)

Soul-Guide Lantern can replace itself with another card if graveyard removal isn't needed

Unstable Obelisk can also be used for removal

Doesn’t use Mishra’s Self-Replicator because 8 mana only yields four 2/2 creatures

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 day
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	City's Blessing, Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Golem 3/3 C w/ Flying, Golem 3/3 C w/ Trample, Golem 3/3 C w/ Vigilance, Ox 2/4 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Powerstone, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink