Oooh, Shiny! Jori En Artifacts

Commander / EDH Artifact UR (Izzet)

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Artifact (27)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Banshee's Blade
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chimeric Mass
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Ring of Evos Isle
• 1x Riptide Replicator
• 1x Skyblinder Staff
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thran Forge
• 1x Titan Forge
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Instant (1)

• 1x Clockspinning

Creature (24)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Esperzoa
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Hellkite Igniter
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 16x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Trash for Treasure

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Maybeboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Magnetic Theft
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Swerve
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Think Twice

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Merchant Scroll

Artifact (7)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Courier's Capsule
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (5)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Creepy Doll
• 1x Graceful Adept
• 1x Jhoira of the Ghitu
• 1x Soldevi Machinist

Land (3)

• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Seat of the Synod

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So I was watching Commander Vs. series on StarCityGames.com (4/27/16). The theme was movie decks, and they mentioned they considered building a Little Mermaid artifact deck led by Jori En, Ruin Diver - but it wouldn't have been strong enough. I really wanted that deck! So I built one of my own (sort of). I borrowed a build from commandersbrew: Missing Commanders - Izzet Artifacts, lamenting the lack of an izzet artifact commander. I was off and brewing!

So I didn't just stick with the bauble-type artifacts that the Commander Vs. team considered, and I added about $30 to the budget from the Commanders Brew team to create this fun Izzet-artifact build. I stayed away from combo territory, but grabbed Vedalken Orrery, Shimmer Myr, Darksteel Forge, Platinum Angel, & Unwinding Clock for explosive surprises. The basic goal is to use unblockable damage & proliferate to get your shiny creatures through - even Jori can be a threat wielding the Banshee Blade. Many of the cards have triggered abilities when combat damage is dealt. Or be even meaner and use the infect from Viral Drake and then kill everyone by proliferation.

Things to consider/needing help with: Should I include the Isochron Scepter package in the Maybeboard or not? I removed a lot of card draw besides Jori En, Ruin Diver, Bident of Thassa, Tezzeret's Gambit, Rhystic Study & Vedalken Archmage. Do I need to add some back in? Do I need artifact destruction in case my things get taken? Do I need lifegain besides Elixir of Immortality? Anything else in the sideboard better than what I kept? When suggesting additions, please also suggest cards to remove.

Synergies:

Gorgon's Head + Thornbite Staff - pay , kill something, rinse & repeat.

Esperzoa + Ichor Wellspring or Mycosynth Wellspring or Spellbook - Especially with Jori in the mix.

Unwinding Clock + Vedalken Orrery or Shimmering Myr + Unwinding Clock + some mana rocks - fun times, especially if you can play 2 and draw another from Jori. Or just use the clock to proliferate. A lot. Or use Thran Forge to make one of your creatures untap... so many possibilities!

I paid more attention to function than flavor, but of course, Jori is the Little Mermaid, the artifacts are her collection, Bident of Thassa is the trident, Gorgon's Head is supposed to be the sea witch, Stolen Identity because of how Ursula pretends that she was the one who saved the prince, Clockspinning and Unwinding Clock remind us that she's running out of time. After that, it kinda breaks down... I don't think Daretti is her prince charming!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Unwinding Clock + Vedalken Orrery Gorgon's Head + Thornbite Staff Esperzoa + Ichor Wellspring
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Golem 9/9 C, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U
Folders	LibraryJoy Commander Decks
Based on	Missing Commanders - Izzet Artifacts commandersbrew EDH