A Gathering of Golems

Commander / EDH Artifact Golem Theme/Gimmick

loricatuslupus

Artifact (39)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Golem's Heart
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Karn's Sylex
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dread Statuary
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Mishra's Foundry
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Urza's Factory
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Urza's Workshop
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wastes
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (1)

• 1x All is Dust

Commander (1)

Creature (24)

• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Golem Artisan
• 1x Karn, Legacy Reforged
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Phyrexian Triniform
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
• 1x Triplicate Titan
• 1x Voltaic Construct
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Helm of Kaldra
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Sword of Kaldra

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Maybeboard

Artifact (20)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Golem Foundry
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Rocket Launcher
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Smelting Vat
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Titan Forge
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Ward of Bones
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Wondrous Crucible

Creature (15)

• 1x Abstruse Archaic
• 1x Colossus of Sardia
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Mage-Ring Responder
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Mirror Golem
• 1x Precursor Golem
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Sundering Titan
• 1x Teeka's Dragon
• 1x The Peregrine Dynamo
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Environmental Sciences
• 1x Expanded Anatomy
• 1x Introduction to Annihilation
• 1x Introduction to Prophecy
• 1x Mascot Exhibition

Land (10)

• 1x Cloudpost
• 1x Glimmerpost
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mirrex
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Stalking Stones
• 1x Wasteland

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Living Legacy
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Echoes of Eternity

Instant (1)

• 1x Null Elemental Blast

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Fun to play but not seriously competitive, this was originally just a stopgap that filled my obsessive need to have played an EDH deck in every colour combination (or, in this case, lack thereof). Since then, however, it's become one of my favourite decks to use in casual multiplayer because it rarely seems threatening until it is too late to do anything. While "Golem Tribal" sounds like janky junk, no-one underestimates it twice.

Despite the apparent lack of lands there ARE enough mana rocks and alternative strategies to work around this. Blessed be the Blinkmoth Urn! Use this to your advantage and power out the big boys before someone can dig for an answer as a well-timed Vandalblast will put this deck out of the running for good.

Combos involving Karn, Silver Golem, Golem Artisan and Voltaic Construct getting some rocks off or Metalworker + Staff of Domination with three artifacts in hand will net infinite mana, life, and cards. Utilise Planar Portal to search up win cons like Walking Ballista or use the Artisan to make all your artifacts infinitely large creatures with haste, trample and flying! The Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice pairing means every one of your permanents laughs off anything barring mass exile such as Merciless Eviction or Farewell. Both the Lattice and Liquimetal Coating/Liquimetal Torque also allow Karn to kill off lands by turning them into 0/0 artifact creatures, slowing your opponents down while your metal horde assembles itself. Apparently this is now a thing in Modern, but original non-planeswalker Karn was doing it first.

The Kaldra set, Lightning Greaves and Argentum Armor in the sideboard are for Karn, the Great Creator: people don't usually have an issue with me using them as a flavourful wishboard but they can also be swapped out for stax pieces in lower powered pods. Not running Eldrazi is a deliberate decision in order to stay more on theme, and as they can't go infinite with my artifacts they can stay in my E-Tron deck for Modern. All is Dust is pretty much the only option for a colourless board wipe so I've kept that.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Key combos	Metalworker + Staff of Domination Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 4 Rares 20 - 1 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.56
Tokens	4/4 C Token Legendary Creature Avatar, Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, City's Blessing, Construct 0/0 C, Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Golem 3/3 C w/ Flying, Golem 3/3 C w/ Trample, Golem 3/3 C w/ Vigilance, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Golems, Commander