Traxos of the Artifact Army

Commander / EDH* Artifact Golem

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Removal (13)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Desert
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Ominous Cemetery
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Underdark Rift
• 1x Null Elemental Blast
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Cityscape Leveler

Flexible Use (8)

• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Voltaic Servant
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Golem Artisan

Protection (7)

• 1x Diamond City
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Welding Jar
• 1x Voyager Staff
• 1x Resurrection Orb
• 1x Cryptothrall
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia

Living Weapons (3)

• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Kaldra Compleat

Replacement (3)

• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cryptic Caves

Lifegain Lands (2)

• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Witch's Clinic

Ramp (12)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Ebony Fly
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Sonic Screwdriver
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Attack Creatures (9)

• 1x Weathered Sentinels
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Scavenged Brawler
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Cybermen Squadron
• 1x Phyrexian Triniform
• 1x Triplicate Titan
• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Metalwork Colossus

Mana Lands (6)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower

Combat Support (5)

• 1x Drannith Ruins
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Ruins of Oran-Rief

Flash Enablers (2)

• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Shimmer Myr

Smoothers (2)

• 1x Fomori Vault
• 1x Lens of Clarity

Commander (1)

Card Draw / Recursion (11)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x War Room
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Sunset Pyramid
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Canoptek Spyder
• 1x Farsight Mask
• 1x Mind's Eye

Mana Sources (6)

• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Karn, Legacy Reforged
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Darksteel Monolith

Token Generators (4)

• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Thopter Assembly

Boardwipes (2)

• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Selective Obliteration

Tutors (2)

• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Urza's Cave

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Removal (15)

• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Lantern of the Lost
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Crook of Condemnation
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Titan's Presence
• 1x Clay Golem
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Introduction to Annihilation
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah

Support Creatures (8)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Night Market Guard
• 1x Skyscanner

Other (4)

• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Thunderstaff
• 1x Ugin's Nexus
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue

Mana Sources (3)

• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Geode Golem

Tutors (3)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster

Flexible Use (2)

• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Lithoform Engine

Card Draw / Recursion (10)

• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Urza's Tome
• 1x Arcane Encyclopedia
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Serum Tank
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Sandstone Oracle

Ramp (8)

• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Laser Screwdriver
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Horizon Stone

Too Expensive (7)

• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia

Evasion (3)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

Too Mean (3)

• 1x Soulless Jailer
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x All is Dust

Flash Enablers (2)

• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Skittering Cicada

Combat Support (1)

• 1x Sandstorm Verge

Attack Creatures (9)

• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Mechtitan Core
• 1x Shambling Suit
• 1x Sparkhunter Masticore
• 1x Lodestone Myr
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Mage-Ring Responder
• 1x Sojourner's Companion
• 1x Sphinx of the Guildpact

Token Generators (9)

• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Orochi Hatchery
• 1x Retrofitter Foundry
• 1x Whirlermaker
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Myriad Construct
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Snake Basket
• 1x Myr Battlesphere

Boardwipes (5)

• 1x Karn's Sylex
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x False Floor
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Perilous Vault

Replacement (4)

• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Salvager of Ruin

Protection (3)

• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mirror Shield

Defense (2)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x The Stasis Coffin

Extra Turns (1)

• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart

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Gameplay Mission: Cast Traxos early to put pressure on your opponents as you create an army of artifact creatures. Ramp up with plenty of colorless mana to summon big creatures and replenish your hand in the mid to late game. Make use of your colorless lands' special abilities to make political offers and forge temporary alliances.

Power Cards (>$10): None

Sleeper Cards: Blinkmoth Urn, Cloud Key, Foundry Inspector, Shimmer Myr, Golem Artisan

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Possible Edits

CHOOSE two more

ADD NE Blast, C Squadron once received

CONSIDER Arid Archway, Sandstorm Verge

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During Game

Use tutors to find Blinkmoth Urn in most cases needing ramp

Use some of the lands' abilities as temporary alliances and political offers (e.g. Detection Tower, Witch’s Clinic, Ghost Quarter)

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Stats

Mana curve has a bell shape with peak at 3

24 creatures + 3 living weapons + 8 token generators

All 11 card draw sources are repeatable

12 ramp to help with higher CMC spells

Only 4 lands that ETB tapped (10% of total)

23 artifacts have tap effects that benefit from Unwinding Clock

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Deck Notes

Options for colorless removal are fairly limited; some are lands that have to be sacrificed in the process

Has additional card draw spells >$5 because of the limited options in colorless

Approx 40% the deck's monetary value is associated with the special lands and colorless card draw

Limited the number of equipment to make the deck less focused on Voltron (living equipment start out as creatures)

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Card Notes

Many of the lands' built-in abilities sacrifice the land in the process (can be offset by additional ramp)

Voyager Staff can also be used for temporary removal / reset of opponents' creatures

Manifold Key can be used to untap creatures or mana rocks

Ratchet Bomb can be used right away against tokens without adding a counter

Unwinding Clock also helps with combat support (pseudo vigilance)

Soul-Guide Lantern can replace itself with another card if graveyard removal isn't needed

Unstable Obelisk can also be used for removal

Doesn’t use Mishra’s Self-Replicator because 8 mana only yields four 2/2 creatures

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	98
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	City's Blessing, Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Golem 3/3 C w/ Flying, Golem 3/3 C w/ Trample, Golem 3/3 C w/ Vigilance, Ox 2/4 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Powerstone, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink