Dramatic Locust

Commander / EDH* Artifact Competitive Infinite Combo Primer Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Utility (25)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

WinCons (8)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phantasmal Image

Control (20)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vandalblast

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 20x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

Ramp (14)

• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Other (3)

• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Transmute Artifact

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The Primer

High-Level Overview

Reading this decklist

This decklist is organized, by default, into my custom categories. Cards intended at the high level to have cross-category functionality will appear in multiple categories.

• Land: Self-explanatory.

• Utility: The tutor, draw, and recursion effects that improve the deck's function and support its fast, efficient style.

• Control: The counterspells and removal spells that allow me to respond to opponents' plays and control the game.

• Ramp: The ramp spells and permanents that allow me to accelerate mana production and outpace my opponents. Ramp is critical to winning before my opponents do, and it fuels the control elements in the deck so tempo isn't lost when responding to threats.

• WinCons: The win conditions used to achieve victory.

The sideboard is a working list of cards that are in the deck, but are being considered for elimination based on performance and developing theory.

The maybeboard is a working list of cards that are not in the deck, but are being considered for inclusion pending testing and developing theory.

Archetype - Artifact Combo

Why ?

Why The Locust God?

Strengths

Weaknesses

Why this deck is a strong deck

Card Choices Explained

Criteria for card selection

Lands

Ramp

Control

Utility

Win Conditions

Omissions

The Strategy

General strategy

Stage 1 - Early Game

Stage 2 - Mid Game

Stage 3 - Late Game

Mulligans

Tutoring

The Combos

Introduction to the combos

Preparing to combo

Using the combo cards

Want to Build This Deck?

Understanding the deck

On a budget?

Other Information

Possible cuts

Possible additions

Game history

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WBG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.18
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Insect 1/1 UR, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	decks, Combo