Jhoira's Glass Cannon | PRIMER {EDH}

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Primer Ramp UR (Izzet)

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Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 4x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip

Artifact (25)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Whir of Invention

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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Glass-cannon artifact value deck centered around big plays and drawing cards. The deck can go over the top very fast, but is also fragile.

Wincons

The deck usually wins by massively overwhelming the opponent with card advantage, there are some incidental combos in the deck, however.

• Mycosynth Lattice + Vandalblast destroys all opponent's permanents.
• Mycosynth Lattice + Darksteel Forge + Nevinyrral's Disk destroys all opponent's permanents.
• Academy Ruins + Mindslaver locks one opponent out of the game.
• Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Mindslaver locks one opponent out of the game.

Protection

While the deck can be very fast and go over the top easily, it's also extremely fragile. (Mass) Artifact removal and consistent spot removal on Jhoira can leave you completely helpless. This interaction is mainly used to stop your opponents from completely ruining your boardstate.

• Force of Will is the most obvious choice as it will allow you to still make your plays without needing to leave mana open.
• Disallow isn't a counterspell I'm happy to run as three mana is just awful, but the fact that it can Stifle certain abilities (namely, this deck's nemesis; Bane of Progress) makes it a must-have inclusion.
• Swan Song and Arcane Denial serve as cheap interactions.

Recursion

The deck doesn't nescessarily play the Graveyard deck, but recursion is required to bring back valueable artifacts that got destroyed, or ocassionaly to cheat in something big.

• Goblin Welder and Goblin Engineer serve as their own engine, being able to recycle artifacts.
• Emry, Lurker of the Loch can reanimate artifcts.
• Academy Ruins is a bit slow but can bring back essential artifacts.
• Buried Ruin instantly brings back a key piece if needed.

Specific Answers

The deck runs a number of cards that don't necesarrily work with the decks gameplan, but are required deal with specific situations. Being a glass cannon doesn't mean that there should be no outs.

• Platinum Emperion protects your life total against hyper aggro decks.
• Wurmcoil Engine is a solid source of lifegain, which can be required in more grindy games.
• All Is Dust and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon allow dealing with permanents that are normally out of reach for these colors.
• Walking Ballista is an excellent and versitaile creature that can remove certain threats or provide extra reach.
• Tormod's Crypt deals with GY-centered decks. Can be recurred with the Goblins or Emry.

Mana Sinks

The deck is capable of assembling massive amounts of mana relatively easy. Spending this mana optimal requires some mana sinks.

• Blue Sun's Zenith and Pull from Tomorrow draw large amounts of cards, keeping the deck's momentum going.
• Expansion / Explosion is a better, albeit more costly Blue Sun's Zenith that also functions as a counterspell, removal spell, ramp spell, and many more.
• Walking Ballista, as mentioned earlier, can either machine gun the opponents creatures or kill lower-life opponents in the late-game.
• Urza, Lord High Artificer isn't the most reliable mana sink, but an option alas.

Where is card X?

After a lot of testing, I removed some cards that seem like an obvious inclusion.

• Hellkite Tyrant is extremely powerful and might come back in, but it usually felt clunky and people could see it coming from miles away. I had it connect a couple of times and it immediately won me the game from there, but this happened only 1-2/10 games. The other games it was a card that you weren't happy to see.
• Hellkite Igniter was a lot of fun and caused the most styleful wins. But just like the Tyrant, it's slow and clunky. Most games the card felt like a win-more play.
• Blightsteel Colossus is obviously very powerful and wins games easily. The issue with the card is that both for me or the opponent it just felt bad, like a cheap win. For this reason I excluded it.
• Trash for Treasure is a solid card, but rather slow. Both Goblins and Emry do this better and repeatedly.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	23 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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