Artificial Riddles (First EDH Deck)

Commander / EDH* Artifact Multiplayer WUB (Esper)

Grimblade

Land (38)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Watery Grave

Boardwipe (4)

• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Supreme Verdict

GoodStuff (11)

• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Skeleton Shard
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Voltaic Key

Ramp (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mistvein Borderpost
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Tutor (10)

• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

Beater (8)

• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Commander (1)

Draw (10)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x One with the Machine
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reverse Engineer
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Underworld Connections

Removal (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Utter End

Cheatengines (5)

• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Shape Anew

WinCon (4)

• 1x Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Magister Sphinx

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Maybeboard

Other (47)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Board the Weatherlight
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Emergency Powers
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Shieldmage
• 1x Faerie Mechanist
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rona, Disciple of Gix
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Sphinx Sovereign
• 1x Sphinx's Herald
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Spoils of the Vault
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Thopter Foundry
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Traumatic Visions
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Boardwipe (1)

• 1x Wrath of God

Removal (1)

• 1x Mortify

Ramp (1)

• 1x Obelisk of Esper

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This is my First EDH Deck

Two Rules for Suggestions:

• Only Modern legal cards
• No infinite combos

The Deck

The deck is about artifacts and cool sphinxes in Esper colors.

Ramp

To start fast

• Azorius Signet ramp + color fixing
• Chromatic Lantern for perfect color fixing
• Dimir Signet ramp + color fixing
• Expedition Map is a tutor for cards like Bojuka Bog , Buried Ruin
• Fieldmist Borderpost ramp + color fixing
• Gilded Lotus huge colorless ramp
• Mind Stone colorless ramp + cycling
• Mistvein Borderpost ramp + color fixing
• Orzhov Signet ramp + color fixing
• Solemn Simulacrum ramp + blocker + card draw

Card Advantage

to never be out of cards

• Consecrated Sphinx thicc beater with huge card draw attached
• Mind's Eye repeatable card draw
• Notion Rain surveil could help with graveyard shenanigans
• One with the Machine big one time use (depends on artifacts)
• Phyrexian Arena repeatable card draw over time
• Pull from Tomorrow scaleable one time card draw
• Reverse Engineer big one time use (depends on artifacts)
• Sphinx's Revelation lifegain + card draw in instant speed
• Thirst for Knowledge better Divination
• Underworld Connections repeatable card draw over time

Removal

• Anguished Unmaking answers anything (EXILE)
• Dismember kills even some indestructible creatures like Sliver Hivelord
• Dispatch kills a creature (EXILE)
• Dispeller's Capsule destroys an artifact or enchantment (is tutorable because it is an artifact)
• Executioner's Capsule kills a creature (is tutorable because it is an artifact)
• Go for the Throat kills a creature
• Noxious Gearhulk lifegain and a threat with bad evasion (is tutorable because it is an artifact)
• Path to Exile kills a creature (EXILE)
• Return to Dust destroys an artifact or enchantment (EXILE)
• Utter End answers anything (EXILE)

Boardwipes

to keep the board clear of threats

• Cataclysmic Gearhulk is tutorable and a creature
• Merciless Eviction flexible boardwipe (EXILE)
• Scourglass is tutorable because it is an artifact
• Supreme Verdict uncounterable boarwipe

Cheatengines

To get the expensive sphinx and beaters on the field

• Kuldotha Forgemaster
• Master Transmuter
• Polymorph
• Proteus Staff
• Shape Anew

Beaters (evasiv, efficient)

• Azor, the Lawbringer is a Sphinx's Revelation on a stick
• Enigma Sphinx value with cascade
• Filigree Angel lifegain
• Inkwell Leviathan shroud can be very useful
• Sharding Sphinx token generator
• Sphinx of the Steel Wind super fun to play :D
• Sphinx of Uthuun card drwa + selection
• Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign helps casting the other sphinx

Winconditions

• Brilliant Ultimatum
• Cranial Plating
• Darksteel Colossus
• Magister Sphinx

Other Goodstuff

• Ethersworn Adjudicator removal o an evasive flyer
• Lightning Greaves protection for spinx
• Obzedat's Aid graveyard recursion
• Open the Vaults graveyard recursion
• Phyrexian Metamorph very good clone effect in every situation (tutorable because it is an artifact)
• Sai, Master Thopterist token generator for blockers and for Polymorph / Shape Anew / Proteus Staff
• Sculpting Steel very good clone effect in every situation (tutorable because it is an artifact)
• Shimmer Myr gives flash to every artifact
• Skeleton Shard graveyard recursion
• Swiftfoot Boots protection for spinx
• Voltaic Key pretty useful, I think

Tutor

• Artificer's Intuition
• Fabricate
• Muddle the Mixture
• Open the Armory
• Reshape
• Sphinx Summoner
• Treasure Mage
• Trinket Mage
• Trophy Mage
• Whir of Invention

This is my first EDH deck, so I do not really know where to set priorities in the card choices. Therefore I would appreciate your suggestions/help to reduce this mess to a functional and fun 99 card deck :)

PS: in the maybeboard are some cards I can easily sustitute with the cards in the deck

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	111
Avg. CMC	3.90
Tokens	Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U