Creatio Ex Nihilo

Commander / EDH Artifact Competitive Control Infinite Combo Multiplayer WUB (Esper)

lordpercivel

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 3x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

ComboThopter (3)

• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Thopter Foundry
• 1x Time Sieve

Tutor (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor

Draw (12)

• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Opt
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Windfall

Counterspell (9)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Pact of Negation

Removal (6)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rout
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

BrownMana (2)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth

Commander (1)

Utility (10)

• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Ramp (8)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

ArtifactCombo (4)

• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation

CommanderCombo (2)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

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CounterSpell (6)

• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song

MostLikely (3)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Removal (3)

• 1x No Mercy
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Tutor (6)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Transmute Artifact

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (4)

• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Wasteland

Draw (3)

• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Scroll Rack

Ramp (1)

• 1x Mana Crypt

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(Updated 24/10/2024) The plan is to have a EDH deck that i can play with friends (On a scale of 1-10 around a 6-8 difficulty). Enough relaxed cards and combos i can have fun with but still for the more competitive friends give them a run for their money.

Use Custom categories for more detail on what i have used.

Any hints, tips and ideas are more than welcome. Thank you all!!!!

(Pro-tip; click the wording in the panels to drop down the boxes)

UPDATE Maybe boards are card i might put in just depending on money and also if i want to add to the synergies. Urza works pretty decently but is a narrow usage card currently.

Combos and Synergies

Sharuum the Hegemon + anything artifact in your graveyard. Conjurer's Closet or Venser, the Sojourner of course help with this.

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Bitter Ordeal + Phyrexian Metamorph + Sharuum the Hegemon Sharuum is on the field, cast metamorph targetting Sharuum. State based action occurs send Sharuum to the bin then the metamorph(Sharuum copy) targets Sharuum returning her and then sending metamorph... so on and so forth... Then cast Bitter Ordeal. Done. Ended. Winner.

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Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth The usual infinite colourless mana so long as you have a spare 2 mana to start the combo. Good ole Blue Sun's Zenith can be used to make an opponent draw out their library or yourself to get the rest of your cards... Either way.

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Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice Makes everything artifacts and just yours indestructible. Then either Leonin Abunas or Padeem, Consul of Innovation for added hexproof annoyance. On top of this you can use Nevinyrral's Disk to send everyone else to the stone age.

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Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry Create infinite 1/1's as long as you have the mana. This can come from infinite mana combo or just spare mana on someones end step. You can also use Time Sieve to take infinite turns as long as you have a spare 5 mana... Fun.

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There is a lot more synergies than i have listed but these are the main ones that come to mind.

Alternative win conditions

I Have of course included a few "sh*t hits the fan" cards to just act as other ways to win or distract from my main intentions.

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Jace, the Mind Sculptor or Teferi, Hero of Dominaria are indeed a couple of walkers that will do this. Using their abilities for my utility and then potential win cons from the ults. Decided to try an include something different and new in the way of The Eldest Reborn to even bring back the poor guys when they get beaten up for just doing their thing.

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Magister Sphinx he hits the field and BAMMM 30 points of damage effectively done (I know i know its not damage but you get the idea). Nothing to much more needs to be said about this guy except it can also be weirdly used on ones self to keep them alive.

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Maybe a really weird thing could happen and Desertion picks of a win con from someone else... well... yeah i don't have to many other ways to win... awkward...

Drawbacks

I faced a few draw backs from my play testing so far. The lands to mana artifacts seems reasonably balanced though sometimes it can leave you wanting for lands.

It feels it could use a little more draw or tutor but then it cuts in to the potential relaxed area of the deck.

The fun full board artifact combo is somewhat fragile in terms of a board exile. There are of course counterspells which I will hold in case of those. This also leads to an issue of not being able to hold them as sometimes you have to answer other dangers.

$$$COST$$$ Of course this is a major issue. I have got myself a decent few of these cards but still lack things like Mana Crypt and Vampiric Tutor. Have tried to do my best to not put heaps of expensive cards in that i do not already have.

Ending thoughts

I currently have a rather rough outline of this deck (About half the cost from over the years of trading) and it functions in a more casual but still fun way. I really want to amp the deck up to something along these lines but before i just make the investment wanted to share my thoughts and ideas before skipping to the bank.

I Have tried to keep a good mix of counter spells to protect combos, draw cards to get to combos and answers, removal to protect myself and combo and just general utility and alt win cons in case the worst happens.

Once again many thanks to all who have read this a big +1 to you all. Any thoughts, comments and ideas are more than welcome!

Lordpercivel

Date added	9 years
Last updated	1 week
Key combos	Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice Bitter Ordeal + Phyrexian Metamorph + Sharuum the Hegemon
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Thopter 1/1 U
Folders	My Current EDH Decks
Based on	My EDH lordpercivel EDH