Nin the Combo Artist

Commander / EDH*

rpshea14

Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 8x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (11)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myr Welder
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (20)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (14)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Rhystic Study

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

---

Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Sculpting Steel

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Stranglehold

Instant (2)

• 1x Kozilek's Return
• 1x Mogg Salvage

---

Nin The Pain Artist

Change Log

April 28, 2018 Show

ADD: Tezzeret the Seeker - seems like a better tutor than reshape.

ADD: Jhoria, Weatherlight Captain - drawing cards on cast of artifacts is very good. Especially if Nin gets shot offline.

MINUS: Stranglehold - was testing over reshape. Never really seemed to do much, and the decks that it did stop had good answers.

MINUS: Kuldotha Forgemaster - Being a tutor is nice, being able to be hit with Nin is also nice. However getting rid of mana rocks to do it is extremely bad.

Basic Idea

Play nin, Draw with nin, combo

Why Nin

As a two drop commander, NIN is essentially an X cost draw spell you can always use and abuse. Dont stop drawing, much like the hit song from Journey - "Don't Stop Believing".

Combos

The Main Combo Show

The goal of the deck is to run into ISOCHRON SCEPTER and DRAMATIC REVERSAL, draw the deck with NIN and resolve a WALKING ATLAS to win the game, or use the commander to hit your opponents for deck total +1.

Alternate Combos Show

The goal of the deck is to create infinte mana (or at least a lot of mana). Having said that, the combos are set into a few categories:

ISOCHRON SCEPTER + ANY SPELL + PARADOX ENGINE + 3 mana in rocks = infinite mana, infinte imprinted spell casts. Really fun with a draw spell like brainstorm in it.

PARADOX ENGINE + SENSEI'S TOP= While not infinite mana, creates quite a bit of mana. Especially with NIN on board and an INDISTRUCTABLE CREATURE.

GRIM MONOLITH + POWER ARTIFACT = INFINITE MANABASALT MONOLITH + POWER ARTIFACT = INFINITE MANABASALT MONOLITH + RINGS OF BRIGHTHEARTH = INFINITE MANA

METALWORKER + STAFF OF DOMINATION = INFINITE MANA + INFINITE STAFF OF DOMINATION, must have 3 artifacts in hand to work.

MYR WELDER - pretty much a one card swiss army knife. Imprint staff of domination, untap for one, imprint any rock that adds 2 or more, untap for one = infinite mana... also fun good synergy with goblin welder. Can also imprint a walking ballista if you dont wanna fight the counter war.

PARADOXICAL OUTCOME + PARADOX ENGINE= Lots of mana. Again, not infinite, but its close enough, and if you dont get there either play a snapcaster or transmute to him and snap the paradoxical outcome and target the rocks and him, draw a ton float a lot more, and reuse him for a draw spell in the yard...

Other Cards

Card Draw Show

NIN - your commander comes down early and draws you lots of cards. If anyone tries to play the counter war dont worry its cheap enough to just play again. JHORIA, WEATHERLIGHT CAPTAIN - slow draw the entire game. WHEEL, TIMETWISTER, WINDFALL - most efficient way to draw cards in izzet. Use when needed. If caught between these and commander opt for commander.KEFNET - indestructible flyer that draws cards AND can be hit by nin? Yes Please! Also infinite mana out.STAFF OF DOMINATION - It's a wincon... it draws cards.PARADOXICAL OUTCOME - Really synergistic with PARADOX ENGINE. but great to draw cards and evasion... probably my favorite swiss army knife in the deck.BRAINSTORM, GITAXIAN PROBE, PONDER, PREORDAIN - cantrips. very good with PARADOX ENGINE.

Artifact Choices Show

Spoiler content

Utility Choices Show

Spoiler content

Removal Choices Show

Spoiler content

Author's Notes

Notable Exclusions Show

Spoiler content

The 101'st Card - Cards that Didn't make the cut but could have Show

Spoiler content

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.28
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Manifest 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C