Breya, Combo Carapace

Commander / EDH

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Creature (14)

• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Glint-Nest Crane
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Land (34)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Island
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Wandering Fumarole
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Artifact (23)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Etherium Astrolabe
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Thopter Foundry
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (15)

• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Commander (1)

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When I first saw Breya, Etherium Shaper, I was overwhelmingly disappointed. I'd just seen Atraxa and Yidris and I was thinking, "wow! These guys are really pushed! I can't wait to see the artificer from Esper!" And then we got this. What was I supposed to do with this? She looked terrible to me. But of course, inevitably, I came to the same conclusion that everybody else did... infinite combos! Thus, I give you...

Breya, Combo Carapace!

Primer undergoing compleation. We appreciate your patience.

What are we trying to do? Show

This is at its core a soft combo control deck. That means we control the board and eliminate threats while using an infinite combo to finish off the game. In our case, that means trying to abuse the ETB and activated abilities of Breya, Etherium Shaper to combo off and kill the table. That involves making infinite mana, and thopters. We also have some a backup combo involving taking infinite turns, but that should only be used if every other combo has been exhausted.

The Combos Show

So, when we try to do broken stuff with Breya, we have two options: ETB or activated ability. Well, thanks to our good friend Eldrazi Displacer, we can do both at the same time, making infinite thopters and sacrificing them all to kill the table with lightning bolts! Here are our combos!

Ashnod's Altar + Breya, Etherium Shaper + Eldrazi Displacer Or Breya, Etherium Shaper + Eldrazi Displacer + Krark-Clan Ironworks Are immediate kills, and our flagship combos for this deck. Sacrifice Breya's Thopters, activate Displacer to blink Breya, get two more thopters, repeat. You will save mana each time, and eventually, you can keep one thopter on the field when you activate the ability. Theoretically, you can keep saving up mana and thopters until you have well over 10,000. Once this happens, simply use your infinite mana to sac all of your thopters and lightning bolt the table until they've died. Or gain infinite life if somebody is hexproof. Your choice.

Ashnod's Altar + Breya, Etherium Shaper + Nim Deathmantle is also an immediate kill, but this one is slightly easier to disrupt. You equip Breya to the Deathmantle, sacrifice Breya and a thopter to the altar, pay four to revive Breya, get two more thopters and repeat. You then proceed to kill the table in similar fashion to the first combo. Ironworks acts as a substitute for this combo as well.

Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry is a classic combo engine that is seeing play in both modern and legacy. While not as powerful in EDH, it can still win the game in conjunction with Ashnod's Altar or Krark-Clan Ironworks. Make a thopter by saccing sword, re-equip sword from your graveyard to the thopter, then sac the thopter to the altar and repeat. Produces infinite mana, life and thopters and is another insta-kill with Breya.

Conjurer's Closet + Mnemonic Wall + Time Warp is our last combo, and one that should only be tried once every other option has been exhausted or you're going to die. Do not try and tutor for this combo unless there is no other choice!Anyway, disclaimer aside, the combo is simple, but requires a correct sequence to be played correctly. Cast Time Warp, play Conjurer's Closet. Pass the turn to yourself. Untap, play Mnemonic Wall, get back Time Warp and recast it, flickering Wall on end step to infinitely recur Time Warp. You then proceed to lock everyone else out of the game and eventually kill the table. The problem with this combo is that it is incredibly mana-intensive and folds as soon as either combo piece is removed from the board. Do not attempt unless they've exiled every other combo and win condition in the deck.

The most important thing to note about all of these combos is that you should not attempt them until the coast is clear or you have a counterspell. Do not try any of these combos unless you can stop someone from stopping you or your opponents are out of mana. If you get shut down by a well-aimed Vindicate, then you are going to have an uphill battle to try and win again. DOn't run out the combo until you know it will go off, and don't drop a combo piece without having the others. Use good judgement, and make sure you don't do anything stupid.

The Part That Says NO! Show

Now we get to the "control" part of combo control. Here are all of our removal spells and countermagic. These are the bread and butter spells that keep us alive while we dig for our combo pieces.

The counterspells

In addition to the classic Counterspell, we are running Stoic Rebuttal as a backup hard-counter. We also have the all-important modular spells such as Cryptic Command and Mystic Confluence, which are more versatile and can do more per card then the aforementioned countermagic. Finally, we have the almighty Counterflux as a catch-all hard counter that is impervious to counters itself. Counterflux is especially useful for shutting down storm decks, as well as multiple counters targeting your spells.

The thing you need to remember about counterspells is when to use which one. Don't drop a Cryptic Command when you could use a Stoic Rebuttal. Always save your non-vanilla counters until you absolutely need them.

The Removal

Here are the things we use to remove problematic permanents that are trying to ruin our day. We use Go for the Throat, Dispatch, Terminate, Swords to Plowshares and Malicious Affliction as our primary sources or creature removal, alongside Breya's ability, of course.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #41 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	G
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Breya, Etherium Shaper + Eldrazi Displacer Breya, Etherium Shaper + Eldrazi Displacer + Krark-Clan Ironworks Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry Ashnod's Altar + Breya, Etherium Shaper + Nim Deathmantle Conjurer's Closet + Mnemonic Wall + Time Warp
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Thopter 1/1 U, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Breya, Ideas