Arty Shovelhead's Rube Goldberg Machine

Commander / EDH Bassospades

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TheDracogenius says... #1

That title XDTeferi was kind of a dick back when he was young. I think Karn is one of the generals that profits the most from Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch, aside from Sen Triplets , General Tazri and the Eldrazi Titans.Your Karn build seems especially sweet ! I would love to see another block in the future focuses on the events on Dominaria. Wizards kind of seems to forget its roots.

February 3, 2016 4:24 p.m.

Bassospades says... #2

Thanks! And yeah, I'm really happy with all the colorless love in this block. I would have been happy with just a basic land, but we got so many other goodies to experiment with as well. Now if only they would print a 5-color devoid commander...

February 8, 2016 10:03 p.m.

Plasmarocket says... #3

Devoid does not change a card's color identity, however much I'd like it to.

December 17, 2016 9:49 a.m.

Bassospades says... #4

I know it doesn't, I just meant a 5-color devoid Emrakul would be a cool commander to build around :p

December 17, 2016 4:34 p.m.

Plasmarocket says... #5

I agree.

December 17, 2016 8:43 p.m.

manbearpig01 says... #6

Great deck with sweet combos. Thought about Energy Chamber?

December 31, 2016 10:05 a.m.

Bassospades says... #7

I might just have to test out Energy Chamber one of these days. Putting extra charge counters on Everflowing Chalice and +1/+1 counters on things like Akroma's Memorial is tempting, but I'm not sure if it really contributes enough to what the rest of the deck is trying to do to be worth it. It's starting to get to that point where cutting cards from the deck is really difficult. Thanks for the suggestion!

January 1, 2017 1:35 p.m.

Wasadia123 says... #8

Paradox Engine is a must have. It's almost always a win if you can get it down in a deck like this. As an addition, I'd actually recommend Endless One, and before you bully me out of existence, it's actually a great creature with so many infinite mana combos and practically nothing to spend it on. I'd take out Colossus of Akros for it, and Planar Portal for Paradox Engine or Planar Bridge.

February 5, 2017 10:50 a.m.

Bassospades says... #9

I actually already have both Paradox Engine and Planar Bridge in the deck, I just haven't updated the list yet because I'm still deciding which cards I'll end up permanently cutting to make room for them. I haven't seen Endless One, though. It's neat, but doesn't really do enough on its own, I think. Usually once I get an infinite mana combo online, I already have a way to win almost immediately via infinite tokens, infinite Staff of Nin damage, mass land destruction, drawing my whole deck, etc. There's definitely not a shortage of things to spend infinite mana on in this deck, you just have to get creative with it ;)

February 5, 2017 1:25 p.m. Edited.

Staff of Domination is a mana sink and provides something to do with infinite mana (gain infinite life, draw your deck). Value card overall.

Mycosynth Golem ensures that any of your non-Eldrazi creatures will be either free or have an extremely low mana cost. Helps in the lategame if Karn has been killed a lot, but also the prospect of a truly gigantic Hangarback Walker sounds fun.

Great decklist!

February 8, 2017 6:12 p.m.

Bassospades says... #11

Thanks! Staff of Domination is definitely on my list of cards to get. As for Mycosynth Golem, I keep going back and forth in my head on whether or not it's worth it given the fact that this deck isn't particularly creature-heavy. I might just have to test it out one day...

February 8, 2017 10:07 p.m.

thuzra says... #12

Let me first say how much I love artifact shenanigans, so well done in that regard - and the deck as a whole honestly looks really solid. And my eternal +1 for the lore in the title!

February 14, 2017 12:05 a.m.

UVAFoozle says... #13

I like that you have the ruling bookmarked :P A+

April 16, 2017 10:13 p.m.

Argy says... #14

+1 for awesome name.

April 29, 2017 10:28 a.m.

whatskraken says... #15

You only have one Eldrazi so Eye of Ugin seems a little redundant

May 23, 2017 1:38 p.m.

Bassospades says... #16

You forgot about All Is Dust :P

Really though, it's a leftover from when I used to run way more Eldrazi. I keep it around mainly because, as a combo deck in colorless, I'll take any tutor effect I can get. I'm not kidding when I say that Voltaic Construct is the single most important card in the 99, and being able to search it up has won me the game enough times that I'm really hesitant to cut Eye.

May 23, 2017 8:15 p.m.

Winterblast says... #17

What about Staff of Domination? You have the monolith/rings combo and metalworker and other stuff to produce infinite mana...

June 17, 2017 10:09 a.m.

Naksu says... #18

Have you considered Gargoyle Castle ? Manlands seem good here and it's a flyer, though the transformation has no refunds. Cloud Key with artys chosen can be good too, though you got some ramping going on already.

June 26, 2017 9:16 a.m. Edited.

Bassospades says... #19

Gargoyle Castle actually used to be in an earlier version of the deck. I ended up cutting it once I started acquiring better cards, though. Getting that extra flyer can be useful in the late game, but I just felt like it didn't do enough compared to other effects I could be getting to make it worth it. Honestly, I don't think I ever even actually used the card in a game. Probably why I replaced it so early on :p

Staff of Domination and Cloud Key are definitely two cards I plan to pick up soon. Staff just wins games with infinite mana. Cloud Key will probably end up replacing Foundry Inspector, unless I can make a strong case for running both.

July 15, 2017 10:50 a.m.

bushido_man96 says... #20

I love this list! Looks like a ton of fun to play. I'm wanting to put together a Karn deck, as well, and this is going to help out a lot! Thanks!

July 17, 2017 10:31 p.m.

Naksu says... #21

Well I think you can justify both. It compensates a little on the difficulty of getting all Urza lands online in EDH.

July 18, 2017 7 a.m.
August 29, 2017 1:32 p.m.

how is this nsfw?

September 11, 2017 8:17 a.m.

Corsair93 says... #24

I love this deck. Been playing it non-stop for half a year now. My playgroup is full of artifact hate now. Pretty hard to beat a Kaalia deck with a turn 2 Stony Silence though. Haha

October 11, 2017 9:04 a.m.

Corsair93 says... #25

Also, another win-con.Karn + Volataic Construct + mimic vat + inf = inf token creatures with haste

October 11, 2017 9:12 a.m.

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