Dagsson Danger

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Competitive Mono-Blue

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Creature (26)

• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Myr Sire
• 1x Opaline Unicorn
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Voltaic Construct
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x March of the Machines

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Artifact (26)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Reconstruction
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Short
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Remand
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Whir of Invention

Land (26)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 18x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod

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Sideboard

Land (1)

• 1x Dark Depths

Artifact (1)

• 1x Orochi Hatchery

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Temporal Mastery

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Maybeboard

Land (1)

• 1x Academy Ruins

Artifact (1)

• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos

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Arcum Dagsson was my second commander deck. I started in Beta and was always a casual gamer, my favourite colour being Blue i ended up with some truly great cards over the decades. I never bothered with EDH till pretty much every other game in my group died off and i wanted to build something competitive and back breaking. I wanted to make people cry! So they truly could understand how evil some combos and cards could be.

The deck is capable of consistently producing the desired result on the second turn with only a single piece of acceleration, though third turn wins are significantly more common, and fourth turn wins are performed reasonably often.

The gameplan is to tap Arcum and grab Paradox Engine, then cast any spell from hand to untap Arcum, typically an a ZERO cost artifact creature. This untaps Arcum and allows you to tutor out Citanul Flute, which you then tap for zero to get Ornithopter or Memnite. Casting those untaps Arcum again, which lets you use Arcum to go grab whatever you like at this point in time- a mana rock, etc.. If you grab a Monolith or Mana Vault, you can tutor out Myr Retriever and Junk Diver/Scrap Trawler via Flute and produce infinite mana, as each loop of casting them costs 5 mana, but you produce 6). This gives you as much mana and as many tutors from Arcum as you want. Cast Walking Ballista and end the game with lots of damage at each player.

Combo list: 1. Scrap Trawler or Junk Diver + Myr Retriever + Basalt Monolith/Grim Monolith/Mana Vault or any combination of rocks/dorks that totals up to 3 mana or more: Infinite mana with Paradox Engine untaps, and Citanul Flute finds basically all of these pieces (even if you need to Trinket Mage for Mana Vault).

1. Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith = Infinite mana, tutor Ballista and win.

2. Rings of Brighthearth + Grim Monolith = Infinite mana, tutor Ballista and win

3. Peregrin Drake + Deadeye Navigator = Infinite Mana

4. Paradox Engine + Sensei's Divining Top + Voltaic Key + Any mana rock or combination of mana rocks/dorks that produce at least 2 mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Basalt Monolith) = Draw your whole library. You activate the Top to draw a card and put it on top of your library, and respond to the activation by using Voltaic Key to untap the Top and do it again, resulting in a net gain of 1 card each loop. Casting the Top untaps all of your nonland permanents, allowing you to do it again.

Theres more combos!

There multiple ways to duplicate artifacts in the deck, plenty of counterspells and board control/tempo cards.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 2 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Marit Lage, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G