Osgir: Its Reconstruction, not Recursion

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive RW (Boros) Sacrifice Tap/Untap Tokens

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Beaters (4)

• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Angel of the Ruins

Card Draw (11)

• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Coveted Jewel

Copy (2)

• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sculpting Steel

Fast Mana (4)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Graveyard Protection (3)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Feldon's Cane
• 1x Pull from Eternity

Junk Retriever Combo (4)

• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks

LED Combo (3)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Auriok Salvagers

Lands (28)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Fomori Vault
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 5x Mountain
• 6x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rustvale Bridge
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Temple of Triumph

Life Gain (3)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Looters (8)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Thrilling Discovery
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Trading Post

Mana (11)

• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Sol Talisman
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Coveted Jewel

Misc (4)

• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice

Monolith Combo (3)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Protection (3)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Deflecting Swat

Recursion (8)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Trading Post

Removal (7)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Reprieve
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Wear / Tear
• 1x Angel of the Ruins

Sacrifice Outlet (4)

• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Trading Post

Stax (2)

• 1x Silence
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Token Generation (4)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Battlemage's Bracers
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Anointed Procession

Turbo Mill Package (2)

• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Sands of Time

Tutor (7)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Transmutation Font

Untap (4)

• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Win the Game (1)

• 1x Walking Ballista

Commander (1)

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Hello there! Welcome to the deck tech featuring Osgir, the Reconstructor! Boros/Lorehold has a new Commander that is capable of ramp AND card draw, not just being able to recast spells like Feather, the Redeemed or flipping cards like Winota, Joiner of Forces, but just pure card draw and ramp, from your graveyard of all places! If I've piqued your interest enough, lets get right into it with an explanation of Osgir.

Osgir, the Reconstructor is a 4/4 Giant Artificer with Vigilance, already a pretty solid body, can't get bolted really.

He has 2 activated abilities:

• {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

This is deceptively good. You can theoretically swing in with an unblocked creature, sac a thing and have it deal more than it would have, make your opponents think on their feet.

• {X}, {T}, Exile an artifact with mana value {X} from your graveyard: Create two tokens that are copies of the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery.

The whole crux of the deck is this second activated ability. We want to be using this to our advantage as often and as much as we possibly can. The only downside to this unique ability is that we can't do it during other people's turns, but a plus side is the ability doesn't target, its part of the cost, so we have to make the most of it.

Now, with that out of the way, lets start the deck tech!

Main Game Plan

We want to activate Osgir as many times as we can during our turn and make as many copies of things as possible.

• We can re-activate him with cards like Magewright's Stone and Thousand-Year Elixir(however if we turn Osgir into an artifact with Mycosynth Lattice we can untap him with Manifold Key and Voltaic Key otherwise use the Keys to untap Stone or Elixir).

• To get a TON of stuff of one thing out of the graveyard, we can use cards like Illusionist's Bracers, Battlemage's Bracers and Rings of Brighthearth to make just a ton of token copies(in some cases Sculpting Steel can be used to duplicate). While this requires a bunch of mana, Osgir is made to make the mana for use. (See also Anointed Procession.)

Lets run through some basic mana sculpting.

Mana Sculpting

All of these interactions require Osgir in play, since we don't have a way to give our Giant haste, we have to wait a turn cycle to activate him. Let's assume we play safe and we have a total of 6 mana in resources to cast our commander. A Mountain, a Plains, Sol Ring, Boros Signet, and Darksteel Citadel. Simple enough.

So we untap for the turn and draw, whats the best thing to do without having to worry about whats in hand? A safe, but simple; tried and true method for playing Magic. Just ramp. Always be ramping. We've got 3 things in play that we could sacrifice by paying 1 colorless. So lets just do Sol Ring. This interaction will only cost us 2 mana to do.

1. {T} Sol Ring for {2}, then pay {1} to sacrifice it to Osgir.
2. Tap Osgir for {1} and exile Sol Ring.
3. Reconstruct 2 rings.

Congrats, for 2 mana, you've created 4 mana that you can just use.

But with something as simple as this, we can do so many advanced things in this deck. Like draw 20, 30, 40 cards and make mana seemingly from nowhere.

Lets take things up a notch.

Advanced Mana Weaving Show

Same mana base from before Mountain, Plains, Sol Ring, Boros Signet, and Darksteel Citadel, except now Osgir is equipped with Illusionist's Bracers and Battlemage's Bracers. This will require 3 mana.

1. {T} Sol Ring for {2}, then activate Boros Signet to generate you a total of 3 mana, {C}{R}{W} or just {C}{C}{C} to keep things simple.
2. Sacrifice Sol Ring to Osgir for {1}. {C}{C} leftover.
3. Pay {1} into the {X} for Osgir and exile Sol Ring, but we'll use that leftover {C} to pay for bracers' triggered ability.
4. Once the ability resolves, you'll have made 6 Sol Rings... for 3 mana this turn.

That means we have 15 mana to use with as we please for the rest of the turn, we still have an untapped Mountain, Plains and Darksteel Citadel.

So now we have mana, what else could we do?

Lots of Tokens Show

Let's try to just make a bunch of bracers. We'll use the mana we created this last turn, so our 6 Sol Rings, Boros Signet, Mountain, Plains and Darksteel Citadel. This will require 4 mana.

1. Sacrifice Illusionist's Bracers.
2. Pay {2} into the {X} to tap Osgir exiling the bracers, but be sure to pay {1} for Battlemage's Bracers.
3. Reconstruct 4 Illusionist's Bracers. Optional - Pay 12 mana to equip them to Osgir.

We still have mana to work with if we don't equip our commander, but you could do this to let other players know you aren't doing anything else/interacting with them for now. However, if you do equip, the next time you activate Osgir to reconstruct something, you will be making a minimum of 10 token copies. You could theoretically do the same thing with Battlemage's Bracers and equip them to Osgir on your next turn... but that pretty threatening.

With this in mind, we can essentially activate Osgir a ton.

Advanced Reconstruction Show

So, lets say our grave has Ichor Wellspring in it, and we have 12 mana in resources. 2 Mountains, 2 Plains, Ancient Den, Great Furnace, 2 Sol Rings, Boros Signet and Talisman of Conviction. We've got a card called Magewright's Stone in play. This will require 6 mana total.

1. Pay {2} into {X} to tap Osgir targeting Ichor Wellspring.
2. Reconstruct 2 Wellsprings and draw 2 cards.

Now, for the fun part.

1. Untap Osgir with Magewright's Stone by paying {1} into the stone.
2. Sacrifice Magewright's Stone to Osgir, paying {1} to Osgir.
3. Pay {2} into {X} and tap Osgir, exile the stone in your graveyard.
4. Reconstruct 2 Magewright's Stones.

With this interaction, you've successfully activated Osgir an additional time, and if you have enough mana to use, you can continue to do it 2 more times. Plus, if you sacrifice the Wellsprings you made, you can draw more cards. That means this turn, you've drawn 5 cards(1 for turn, 2 off the Wellsprings, and 2 if you sac them). This is the premier Boros/Lorehold deck that I've personally been waiting for.

Constructing an Engine

We know how to make mana now, and activate Osgir a lot making multiple token copies, what can we do with it all together? Below I'll list some notable combos or cards for Osgir to tinker and interact with.

0 drop activations Show

You can pay 0 and tap Osgir if you have 0 drop artifacts in the grave... so cards like Darksteel Citadel and Lotus Bloom are on the table. At a minimum you make 2 of them. So you do ramp if you target a 0 drop mana source.

Number 1 Standout Show

Easily Zirda, the Dawnwaker, this card makes it to where your permanents that have activated abilities cost 2 less to activate. Absolute powerhouse for this deck. While it can't make it to where Osgir can tap to bring back 1 or 2 drop artifacts for free, it will allow you to bring back artifacts CMC 1, 2 and 3 for {1}. Anything beyond that and you gotta use your big brain.

Card Combos Show

• Rings of Brighthearth+Basalt Monolith = Infinite Mana, requires 5 mana to get started.

Activate Basalt Monolith for {C}{C}{C}, then pay {3} to untap Basalt Monolith, but use rings' triggered ability to copy the ability by paying {2}. This will give you another untap for monolith, so tap it for mana in response. Then it untaps for free. Now, you've got 3 mana in your mana pool, and an untapped Basalt Monolith. Tap it again for {C}{C}{C}, untap it with 3 of your floating mana, pay 2 into Rings of Brighthearth, and tap monolith again for mana, ending the loop with 4 mana in the mana pool. Loop until you are satisfied.

• Zirda, the Dawnwaker+Basalt Monolith = Infinite Mana, better than Rings/Monolith

Zirda makes your activated abilities of permanents cost 2 less, so Basalt Monolith's untap ability costs {1} now. You net 2 mana every time you tap and untap the monolith, easy peasy.

• Scrap Trawler+Junk Diver or Myr Retriever+Krark-Clan Ironworks+Myr Retriever or Junk Diver in the Graveyard = Infinite Mana + Infinite Enter the Battlefield or Death Triggers.

This loop is so involved, like holy crap. You can start it with either of the creatures in the grave, the other in play, and Scrap Trawler in play, with KCI in hand or in play. Cast Ironworks, then sacrifice the creature to generate mana, target the creature in the grave to return to hand and a 0 or 1 mana rock to generate more mana, then cast the creature from the hand, then rinse and repeat.

• Illusionist's Bracers / Battlemage's Bracers / Rings of Brighthearth+Osgir, the Reconstructor = "Double Activations"

This is fun to theorize about. On Osgir's first activation, you make 2 of something. If he's equipped with 1 bracer, you make 4 of something. If he's equipped with 4 bracers, you make 10 of something. So, if you've got 2 Rings of Brighthearth, and he's equipped with 6 Illusionist's Bracers, and 18 Battlemage's Bracers, you could make 54 of one thing. 54 Sol Rings? Nice, 108 colorless mana. 54 Ichor Wellsprings? Fantastic, I'll draw 54 cards. 54 Great Furnaces? Cool, landfall triggers 54 times*. (You can also use Sculpting Steel to enter as a copy of any of these, or use Mirage Mirror as a copy of them as well). The more bracers Osgir wears the more artifacts you can Reconstruct!

*Disclaimer: Does require a Landfall effect on your side of the board, may copy with Mirage Mirror.

• Auriok Salvagers+Lion's Eye Diamond = Infinite Mana

Salvagers and LED work together quite effectively. First you sac LED for 3 white mana, then pay Salvager's ability cost to put LED back to hand and then recast, repeat until you have infinite white/red mana. Dump mana into Walking Ballista or Osgir, or use it to keep bringing 0 and 1 drops back from the graveyard.

• Infinite Mana into Walking Ballista = Shoot the table, clean and easy.

Don't forget Manifold Key and Voltaic Key can untap Magewright's Stone or Thousand-Year Elixir for more activations.

Trading Post and its Versatility Show

So, instead of just sacrificing Trading Post to Osgir, pay 1 to activate the post targeting itself to draw... then reconstruct it for 4 mana with Osgir and now you have 2! If you've got no other way to draw cards or artifacts to get rid of this is a great option.

Traditionally, we can just use it to sacrifice our stuff to draw cards, gain life and recur our artifacts out of the grave. It really is a strong card in this deck.

Ways to Use Osgir(or an Otherwise Streamlined way to Get There)

Sacrifice Outlets Show

Yeah, paying 1 to buff a creature is nice and all. But sacrifice outlets in the deck are a fantastic way to save on mana. Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer, Rusted Slasher and KCI are fantastic sacrifice outlets. Slobad is probably one of the better outlets in the deck that directly synergizes with Osgir.

Card Draw Show

1. Mishra's Bauble, Urza's Bauble, Mind Stone and Ichor Wellspring. Fantastic card draw for minimal mana investment.

2. There is also Trading Post, Solemn Simulacrum, Combustible Gearhulk and Coveted Jewel, albeit mana intensive, gearhulk doesn't draw you cards if your opponents are smart, but it does fuel the graveyard for Osgir and can occasionally do damage.

3. As for non-permanent spells, we have Thrill of Possibility, Thrilling Discovery, Cathartic Reunion, Faithless Looting and Tormenting Voice. All good ways to loot for what you need, and puts things in your grave.

Dealing with Exile Show

1. We've got a unique card in this deck called Pull from Eternity. So, best case scenario, we put this on Isochron Scepter and just bring our stuff back willy-nilly, every chance we get and just make a TON of things constantly. But even by itself, it could just be used to get another quick Ichor Wellspring, bring back a combo piece exiled by graveyard hate/targeted exile, and overall its just a great synergistic instant. Super useful because it puts things straight into the grave. Also useful as a troll card for people that use Dramatic Scepter combo lines.

Icky Stick Show

Isochron Scepter is just such a good card for this deck. Make 4 copies and exile 4 instants from hand and now we have 4 spells we can just cast.

Degeneracy and Nefariousness

Land Exile/Destruction Show

1. Mycosynth Lattice + Angel of the Ruins/Vandalblast: You can just ruin someone's day by playing Mycosynth Lattice and then Vandalblast/Angel of the Ruins. They are ridiculous when it comes to removal, but with everything being an artifact it provides a stupid way to end the game.

Tell someone they can't play anymore Show

Isochron Scepter+Silence. Super rude, but only do it to protect yourself or if someone is being a jerk. Alternatively, you can hold onto all of your cheap instants and make a bunch of scepters.

Make things ridiculously cheap for yourself Show

Create a ton of Cloud Keys (naming whatever), so you can essentially free-cast spells.

Okay, you've gotten this far, whats bad about this deck?

While I do like this deck a lot, coming from someone who loves the red/white color combination, but there are some major drawbacks to it as a whole.

Limited Card Selection Show

Yes, you can reconstruct things out of your grave, but you're limited to only artifacts. This cuts down on deck-building, but there are a lot of good artifacts out there, a lot didn't make this list due to monetary value and a lot didn't make it because it didn't fit the vibe for me.

I've gotten this question from my playgroup, but if there were a way to make nonartifacts into artifacts in zones outside of the battlefield I'm almost 100% certain this deck would see some changes. You wouldn't be restricted to only artifacts and you could have some unique gameplay. Like, having 10 Reckless Fireweavers or 10 Dockside Extortionists. Just some thoughts, but it would be interesting to say the least.

Sorcery Speed Activation Show

Since the deck hinges on Osgir's ability to reconstruct things out of the grave you'll design your deck and strategy to reflect that. Lots of artifacts, lots of mana, and lots of untapping. You'd almost want to play it like a Yisan, the Wanderer Bard or Jaya Ballard, Task Mage deck, where you can activate on other people's turns to be reactive. However, Osgir, the Reconstructor can only used on your turn, at least the tap ability. This does make it "balanced" for group play, but I don't see this being used that regularly in cEDH for the sole reason that you can activate him only during your turn.

Edit: I've had a handful of games where people ask me why I don't activate Osgir during other people's turns, and I have to refer to the commander's textbox. I get a lot of "Ohhhhh" and "Huh, well at least WoTC made it fair" and the like... but he's definitely no Yisan or Jaya.

Graveyard Strategy Show

A Boros/Lorehold deck that draws cards, ramps and interacts with your own graveyard? If you told me this deck could exist one day back in RTR block I would've called you a liar.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), we live in a society where Feather, the Redeemed, Winota, Joiner of Forces and Akiri, Fearless Voyager exist and are all respectable Boros commanders, although Strixhaven brought us something no one could expect. Boros being fantastic, and giving it graveyard capabilities. While this is all good and fun, it has its own problems. If you've got a group that regularly plays graveyard hate pieces like rip/crypt/bog, or stax pieces like orb/totem, or Stony Silence/rod, you may have to slot in cards to deal with that. That or just play another deck. You don't wanna play a game where you're like a Null Rod and just do nothing.

Single Lines of Play Show

Recently I've been seeing combo decks that just do the same thing all the time and that's just boring to me. Tutoring for the pieces you need like every turn, its like a toolbox deck and its all reactive.

I know that if I optimized this deck to do the same thing every time it would be ridiculously expensive and make it to where the deck would lose its mystique. Yes, you can optimize this deck further, but I restricted myself to play combos that could work without all the pieces fitting in the right way. One day I may just want to make Walking Ballista huge and blast the table, but another day maybe I just want to diver/retriever loop with Reckless Fireweaver in play. Or who knows?

Anyways, there are several applications for how to play this deck, and for me it stops being fun when you try to win with it all the time. Plus, there's something just so funny when you accidentally make 30 Coveted Jewels and deck yourself.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my deck! There's finally a level of depth to Boros/Lorehold and I'm 100% here for it; now there's strategy involved, ramp and card draw, and multiple ways to improve and reconstruct to make this deck be the best it can be. Let me know if you have any suggestions or just leave a like!

Update 5/9/2021

So after playing several games in paper with this deck, I've decided to make cuts and additions. Not only is it ridiculous and fun to play, but having the interaction in the deck is necessary. I've been lucky enough to have friends trade me stronger inclusions like Metalworker, Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus and decided on some older cards that make the deck a flavor-win with Vorthos in mind.

Whats Out? Show

Creatures:

• Burnished Hart- too slow, 6 mana tutor for 2 lands, or 9 mana tutor for 4? I can make more Sadbots way faster for cheaper.

• Cathodion- just didn't feel right, stronger inclusions out there.

• Shimmer Myr- while Shimmer Myr is good, it makes it to where I'd play on other people's turns(which I've heard is a pro gamer move. But Osgir can end up taking a lot of long turns since he can only activate at sorcery speed, so I cut it for my own reasons.

Lands:

• Slimmed down to 30 lands, with an average mana value of about 2.6 this deck can play really fast when it wants to. But with 33 or 34 lands I got flooded really easily surprisingly.

Artifacts:

• Thran Dynamo- Faster, cheaper ways to make 3 mana. Plus I'd rather draw into Basalt Monolith.

• Panharmonicon- Decking myself way too quickly with this way equal parts hilarious and bad. Accidentally made 40 of them one game and dropped Ichor Wellspring, decked out and had a good laugh, include this for memes.

• Liquimetal Coating- Felt funny turning people's walkers into artifacts briefly, then wearing it, but ended up being less useful. Just play Mycosynth Lattice.

Daretti:

• Daretti, Scrap Savant- Unfortunately I couldn't include the trash king himself anymore. If something new comes out I might put a walker in here, but as of now I can't see a reason to. Yes it loots for me, but it paints an even bigger target on my back.

What's New? Show

Creatures: Scrap Trawler- 10/10, should've left it in from the precon. The amount of value this thing has is monumental.

Sorceries: Saheeli's Directive- Totally forgot this card existed. Absolute powerhouse with how low to the ground this deck is, and how much mana we can generate this spell can rocket us into the lead or further advance our board. With infinite mana we basically win, but why win when you can just reconstruct more stuff?

Instants: Enlightened Tutor- Was going to include this once I found my copy hiding in the collection. Very good, definitely useful.

Artifacts Show

I was putting off this section like you would not believe. Here we go.

• Arena of the Ancients- Very strong card, taps down Legendary creatures, so it keeps Commanders with activated abilities tapped down and attacking legends tapped indefinitely... unless you can hard untap them with an effect like Magewright's Stone. - Charmed Pendant- Okay so this card. Super useful. If it doesn't mill you an artifact, the worst it does is generate you mana.
• Elixir of Immortality/Feldon's Cane- So I initially thought my deck would be fine without shufflers... boy how wrong I was. These are decent inclusions for the deck, they allow you to shuffle if need be, but most importantly it slaps your grave back into your library. I also figured there's an advanced strategy with Isochron Scepter/Pull from Eternity that allows you to put every card in your exile into the graveyard, then shuffle it back into your library. You know, provided you have enough mana and untaps.
• Jeweled Lotus- Osgir turn 1 is nutty, but even crazier is 2 Jeweled Lotuses on turn 2.
• Lotus Petal- Fast mana, then make a bunch of them with Osgir.
• Mana Crypt- A free Sol Ring that can help cast Osgir turn 1 or 2, basically just fast mana. Just don't reconstruct too many.
• Mycosynth Lattice- I initially didn't want to include this because it helps other people with mana base. My mind has since changed. If someone in a 3 color deck is locked out of a color, it just feels bad. If I've got this in hand I'll use it as political favor... but if there's that off chance they become a threat and benefit too much from it I'll be able to sacrifice the Lattice. Also, Vandalblast is a thing.
• Thought Dissector- Okay this card. I love this so much, it allows Osgir to steal peoples artifacts, and at worst you mill someone for a ton. Provided opponents' decks don't play shuffle effects like the Eldrazi titans, its an effective way to mill people out. Assuming we have the mana and plenty of copies of course. If you hit a blightsteel however, thats a totally different story. (Edit: I forgot the Colossuses are artifacts and prevent shuffling before they even hit the grave from the Dissector, whoops)

• Touchstone- Good card. Love it. Use it to tap down rocks early in the game. Ashnod's Transmogrant wombo-combo to tap down opposing Commanders. Just touch 'em.

Conclusion Show

In my play group I've gotten a lot of good reception to this deck, even with how fast it can go. Its definitely not cEDH at this point, but its very tuned to say the least, now if only I could get my hands on an Anointed Procession or KCI... I'm unsure how Osgir can shape the format as a whole, but its definitely a step in the right direction for the color pie. I think that'll do it for the updates, I'm still open to suggestions as always so don't forget to give the deck an upvote if you liked what you saw! Thanks for checking it out!

Update 5/16/2021

Got a quick one here, drew some inspiration from unstable_anomaly (Thank you, love the Myr Battlesphere/Displacer combo line, really like mixing in Goblin Engineer to tutor your artifacts to the grave! ^-^).

What's Out? Show

Lodestone Golem: Felt rude to do, while we are ahead a lot, its oppressive to just tell people their nonartifacts cost more, 2, 4 or 6 times more usually.

Ashnod's Altar: KCI replacement.

Duplicant: Too complicated to bother with. Yeah, one is fine, but multiple Duplicants in play exiling different targets gets bothersome real fast.

Saheeli's Directive: Never got one in paper, and kinda slow to be honest. Good card, but if I've got a nuts amount of mana already, I don't really need to be casting this.

Swiftfoot Boots: If our commander gets removed, oh well. Counterspell hurts, but I personally don't like the design of countering spells. It creates a rift between you and your opponent and honestly if they are try-harding a casual game/format, more power to them I guess. But on the topic of booties, its a major feel bad when your commander gets removed when you go to equip, so I opt for not using boots. If someone hasn't played against this deck and they only see boots and mana accelerants, you're playing Boros and your opponent thinks you're doing Voltron strategies. While its a viable strat, especially in Boros, we made this a combo/graveyard deck to avoid something as cheesy as commander damage.

What's In? Show

Krark-Clan Ironworks: A replacement for Ashnod's Altar, best option for a predominantly artifact deck.

Anointed Procession: MOAR TOKENS! Actually super effective when it comes to activating Osgir, make 2 times as many, so it checks on resolution of the ability. If you would be making 4 copies of Sol Ring, you make 8 instead. The go-to copy target for Mirage Mirror, or the Procession has become an artifact via lattice you can use Sculpting Steel...

Mox Diamond: So, I got my hands on one of these bad boys. Useful in this deck for accelerating your board state IF you have a land to discard. So, we use this to ramp, then we crack it and make more when we have like 10 lands in hand so we can actually use them if they get reconstructed. Good card overall, and a flavor win for Osgir.

Myr Battlesphere: It was in the precon, took it out for better options, put back in for combo/mana shenanigans. Mainly useful for Eldrazi Displacer but a good way to blast someone if need be. Decent sized beater, and a good card for 7 mana.

Eldrazi Displacer: Combo shenanigans. While we don't have many enter the battlefield synergies on creatures, we do have decent enter the battlefield effects on the creatures we've got. Namely battlesphere. With those 2 creatures, and a sacrifice outlet that gives mana, we can effectively make infinite mana, Myr tokens and depending on board state we could also tutor our deck into our grave with Goblin Engineer. Good card, forgot I had one.

Conclusion Show

Still really enjoying the deck in paper, so much fun to play and see people's reactions to how effective the deck can be. I've had a lot of close games and games where we don't quite get there. This deck is super resilient, but when it goes off it goes HARD. Thanks again for taking the time to read and see where I've come with the deck!

Update 6/5/2021

So, Modern Horizons II looks really good, as for taking things out I'm not entirely certain, but there's a lot of things I want to put in. I'll list them below:

New fun cards? Show

- Esper Sentinel: Like a weaker Rhystic Study, but with Osgir we can pump its power or just make a bunch of them. The only restrictions is that it triggers once per turn and ONLY on noncreature spells.

• Diamond Lion: Weaker Lion's Eye Diamond, but actually affordable and can be used whenever you think its necessary. Not sure I want to include it, but its nice nonetheless.

• Brainstone: I might take Mind Stone out for this, but we'll see.

• Sojourner's Companion: Cute, useful and big. A 4/4 for 7 or less is great for this deck, but to reconstruct one is another story. You'll likely use the Artifact Landcycling ability over anything, but its nice to put in the grave as well. Worth looking into anyways.

• Sol Talisman: Very nice, free with Osgir later on, but overall a great rock early in the game. Worth looking at taking something out for it.

• Rustvale Bridge: Easily could be one of the best lands in the deck. Indestructible, an artifact, and comes in tapped, but it taps for red or white. Very good, very useful.

• Power Depot: Also good, could be useful but does come in tapped. Modular could be fun to play around. Make like a ton of these and sac them all to pump a creature? I dunno, worth thinking about.

That's it for now, but I'll see what works when the cards are released. Thanks for stopping by!

Update 6/25/2021

Been working a new job, so haven't really had a great chance to update fully, back on the computer to give a quick one.

• Updated list based on cards from Modern Horizons II, took out a few cards, notably Eldrazi Displacer and Myr Battlesphere, Mind Stone, 2 basics, Furycalm Snarl, Thought Dissector. Put in more mana accelerants(Mox Tantalite and Sol Talisman), Mesmeric Orb, Grinning Totem because why not, Rustvale Bridge, Power Depot, and Geier Reach Sanitarium(finally).

• Still tinkering around with other options, may include Eon Hub and Sands of Time in this list at some point. I do like the shenanigans with Mesmeric Orb, especially with this deck.

In the future I'll be watching for new cards to include in this deck, otherwise I'll leave it alone for now. The only thing I'd like to see is Basic Artifact lands at some point, then we can really make this deck shine!

Until the next update!

Update 8/10/2021

Making a few adjustments to the decklist, removing a few pet cards and less important cards to make room for more effective/useful inclusions.

What's Out? Show

• Brainstone: Not actually super great for this deck. Yeah, it draws me 3 cards, but I don't want to have to put down a 3 mana investment for it. It's good early game, lets me look for more lands/mana ramp, but its too steep a cost when I have a Mind Stone option that provides colorless mana in a pinch.

• Touchstone: Locks down rocks and heavy swinging (artifact) creatures, but otherwise useless. I just thought it was a decent inclusion because of shenanigans with Mycosynth Lattice, Ashnod's Transmogrant, and Liquimetal Coating... but its not what I had envisioned.

• Ashnod's Transmogrant: I would only use this to turn Osgir into an artifact, but that made him susceptible to artifact destruction (ie. Krosan Grip, Nature's Claim, etc.). I like the card and what it does, but with most of my creatures being artifacts its akin to drawing a dead card.

• Boros Garrison: Bad land drop, plain and simple. Reduces total land count to 29 which I am 100% here for.

• Gilded Lotus: 5 mana for a Coveted Jewel that doesn't draw cards. Also, removed for a new inclusion because why not.

Whats In? Show

• Esper Sentinel: Modern Horizons II proved to be really nice to white for once. Esper Sentinel was a chase card for a time and provides actual card draw for a dead color in commander makes this a super nice inclusion. On top of that, its a damn artifact. I usually don't use Osgir's pay {1} ability, but this will definitely incentivise me to do it more often.

• Faithless Looting: It was in the precon and I decided to take it out, but I ran into a problem during games where I wanted to loot when I couldn't. This is pretty self-explanatory, being able to recast stuff more than once is generally good.

• Auriok Salvagers: Being able to pull cheap artifacts out of the graveyard is pretty good, like getting back Sol Ring or Mishra's Bauble at instant speed seems pretty good.

• Underworld Breach: Thought I could use one. Let's me get cards that aren't artifacts back into play. Seems pretty good for this deck considering we have ways to get our stuff back outta exile. No Storm to combo with LED, but why would anyone ever play Storm?

• Lion's Eye Diamond: I decided to bite the bullet and include this. Excellent card, great effect whenever we want/need to put artifacts into the grave. Goes infinite with Auriok Salvagers and Walking Ballista for the old school Bomberman Combo.

That's all for this update, I didn't really see anything worthwhile from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, but that doesn't mean there aren't any good cards in it! Treasure Vault is a very good inclusion, but I decided against it. There are other great protection Equipment for Osgir, but this isn't an Equipment deck so that's why you won't see cards like that in this list. I will update sections where applicable, notably Combos.

I'll see you after Innistrad: Midnight Hunt spoiler season! Maybe there will be some spooky cards I can throw in here, maybe some more Flashback?

Til next time!

Update 9/24/2021

Made a few more adjustments to the deck after looking at what's new in MID, only 1 card I saw that I really liked for this deck in particular. Let's see what we're taking out.

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• Cloud Key: While I like Cloud Key, it's not much of a benefit. If I can make 4 or 6 of them it lowers the cost of my whole hand (which is 9 times out of 10 mostly artifacts). Yeah that's great and all, but at that point in the game I should already be making infinite mana. Taking it out for a better card.

• Took a couple others out of the list, likely for a good reason, but I can explain it away with the inclusions. The deck will still reflect a 100 card limit, I just don't remember what I removed lol

What's Going In? Show

• Moonsilver Key: This card is fantastic. Arguably better than Wayfarer's Bauble in my book. Let's us fetch any basic for hand, or any rock that gives us mana, including Metalworker, Basalt Monolith and Lion's Eye Diamond. Yeah it's a steep cost at 2 mana, but activating for 1 is amazing. With multiple in play, we can essentially get all of our rocks into hand, combo pieces and artifact lands, this thins the deck and can fill the grave in special cases. Very good card.

• Karn, the Great Creator: Added this a while back. Seemed good to put an exiled card back into play without having to cast Pull from Eternity. Plus Mycosynth stax I suppose.

• Imperial Recruiter: Picked him up while they're cheap. Tutors for Auriok Salvagers or literally any other good targets.

• Recruiter of the Guard: Another good recruiter I forgot I had in my collection, gets me Imperial Recruiter for lols, Metalworker if I can make use of him, or Goblin Engineer to fill the grave with combo pieces.

• Anvil of Bogardan: Card draw and discard, pretty simple. Let's us choose what to discard, and when we have multiple: Draw a ton and fill the grave.

• Plateau: Is good land? I guess so?

Unfortunately, nothing with Flashback struck me on this set for Innistrad, but maybe there will be more in Crimson Vow? Who knows? The biggest takeaway is that there was a huge tutor for this set in Moonsilver Key and I just about crapped my pants when I saw it. We'll see what happens in the next set I guess... until then, see ya!

Update 6/1/2024

Been a bit of time since the last one, but its been worth the wait.

What's Out? Show

• Solemn Simulacrum: Unfortunately Sadbot is just too slow for what I want to be doing, good card for mana fixing, but he had to go at some point.

• A single Mountain.

What's In? Show

Transmutation Font: When this got spoiled I about fell out of my seat. Not only does it generate useful tokens, but it practically SCREAMS to be abused in this deck. When I can crack tapped tokens I've reconstructed to keep the line of play going, it's so broken when this deck goes off.

Fomori Vault: The Mountain substitution. And a heck of a land too! When this crossed my feed, I didn't think too much of it, but in playtesting? WOW. It gives you card selection, plays into the theming and gimmick of the deck, lets you discard artifacts to use later, and did I mention it gives you card SELECTION? I was so impressed, and if you have rings, sign me up please.

Conclusion Show

This deck has come a long way, and has become a lot stronger. My playgroups fear this deck with how fast it can go off and it's versatility when it's behind. I might want to change it up eventually so it can be more reactive with Tibalt's Trickery or some other typical cards for cEDH, but we're not quite there yet. Til the next update!

Update 11/14/2024

Well, its been quiet, but the last commander ban announcement deemed it necessary to update the decklist.

-Mana Crypt Out -Jeweled Lotus Out

This hits the competitive scale kinda hard, which I feel drops this Osgir build from Competitive to High Power. Don't get be wrong, it's still very strong and very fast, but it does slow us down by 1 or 2 turns if we can't get our fast mana.

-Tibalt's Trickery In -Reprieve In

I feel these are much needed inclusions, and honestly the deck could use more counterspell, but it does make for fun interactions with Isochron Scepter!

Anyways.. until the next update!

Top Ranked	Achieved #38 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #28 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tap/Untap 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	10 hours
Exclude colors	UBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.41
Tokens	Blood, Clue, Copy Clone, Copy Clone, Food, Goat 0/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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