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Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Counters GWUB Infinite Combo Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (37)

• 1x Aerial Toastmaster
• 1x Angelic Rocket
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Crafty Octopus
• 1x Dirty Rat
• 1x Do-It-Yourself Seraph
• 1x Dr. Julius Jumblemorph
• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Eager Beaver
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Gnome-Made Engine
• 1x Half-Shark, Half-
• 1x Half-Squirrel, Half-
• 1x Jackknight
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Kindly Cognician
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Labro Bot
• 1x Mer Man
• 1x Monkey-
• 1x Mother Kangaroo
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Numbing Jellyfish
• 1x Riveting Rigger
• 1x Robo-
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Serpentine
• 1x Steam-Powered
• 1x Sydri, Galvanic Genius
• 1x Teacher's Pet
• 1x Voracious Vacuum
• 1x Workshop Assistant
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
• 1x Zombified

Augment (7)

• 1x Half-Shark, Half-
• 1x Half-Squirrel, Half-
• 1x Monkey-
• 1x Robo-
• 1x Serpentine
• 1x Steam-Powered
• 1x Zombified

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x By Gnome Means
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact

Land (36)

• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Bottomless Vault
• 1x Calciform Pools
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x City of Shadows
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Fountain of Cho
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 1x Hollow Trees
• 1x Icatian Store
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Peat Bog
• 1x Remote Farm
• 1x Rushwood Grove
• 1x Saltcrusted Steppe
• 1x Sand Silos
• 1x Saprazzan Cove
• 1x Saprazzan Skerry
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Tendo Ice Bridge
• 1x Tolarian Academy
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Host (10)

• 1x Angelic Rocket
• 1x Crafty Octopus
• 1x Dirty Rat
• 1x Eager Beaver
• 1x Gnome-Made Engine
• 1x Labro Bot
• 1x Mer Man
• 1x Mother Kangaroo
• 1x Numbing Jellyfish
• 1x Voracious Vacuum

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Clever Combo
• 1x Finders, Keepers
• 1x Incite Insight

Commander (1)

Artefact (34)

• 1x Aerial Toastmaster
• 1x Angelic Rocket
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Chipper Chopper
• 1x Clock of DOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Do-It-Yourself Seraph
• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Everythingamajig A
• 1x Flayer Husk
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Gnome-Made Engine
• 1x Jackknight
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Kindly Cognician
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Labro Bot
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Pentad Prism
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Riveting Rigger
• 1x Robo-
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Steam-Powered
• 1x Voracious Vacuum
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Instant (3)

• 1x First Pick
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Spell Suck

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Sideboard

Contraptions (28)

• 1x Applied Aeronautics
• 1x Arms Depot
• 1x Bee-Bee Gun
• 1x Deadly Poison Sampler
• 1x Dictation Quillograph
• 1x Duplication Device
• 1x Faerie Aerie
• 1x Gift Horse
• 1x Gnomeball Machine
• 1x Hard Hat Area
• 1x Head Banger
• 1x Hypnotic Swirly Disc
• 1x Insufferable Syphon
• 1x Jamming Device
• 1x Lackey Recycler
• 1x Oaken Power Suit
• 1x Optical Optimizer
• 1x Pet Project
• 1x Rapid Prototyper
• 1x Record Store
• 1x Refibrillator
• 1x Sap Sucker
• 1x Sundering Fork
• 1x Targeting Rocket
• 1x Tread Mill
• 1x Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer
• 1x Twiddlestick Charger
• 1x Widget Contraption

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Maybeboard

Other (9)

• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster

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An Artefact-based combo deck I'm building which heavily features cards from the new Unstable set, namely Contraptions and Host Creatures. The 'sideboard' is the deck of Contraptions.

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I loved the recently released Host and Augment series of creatures, in my opinion a much better successor to the two-card creature concept than Meld proved to be. Unfortunately there weren't a fantastic number to run in Dr. Julius Jumblemorph's colours without delving into the colourless groups, and Selesnya really doesn't offer the best Artefact support. Julio isn't the Commander but still makes an appearance in this deck and can be a real bomb when he hits the field.

I went with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice for the colours and some good synergies, though it does make me feel a little dirty. Nearly all of my mana base uses counters and requires some time to get going, though I'm usually super set for mana from mid- to late-game. A number of creatures work with +1/+1 counters in this deck, and a couple of others (Enclave Cryptologist, Yisan, the Wanderer Bard) work with their own counters and synergise with By Gnome Means and Everythingamajig A, but the counters are mostly there for mana support. I didn't really want to go down the typical 'everything with counters' and superfriends crap that every Atraxa player does ever.

A lot of my deck centres around sacrificing Artefacts and Artefact Creatures for combos or general benefit of the deck. A number of sacrifice outlets are in the deck like Aerial Toastmaster, Blasting Station, Kuldotha Forgemaster and the aforementioned By Gnome Means. If I find I've got an Artefact that's expended its usefulness (or that I can just reanimate) then I'm able to sacrifice it, and if I can first animate the noncreature ones with Karn, Silver Golem or Sydri, Galvanic Genius then that's all the better, triggering Dictate of Erebos, Grave Pact, Monkey- and enabling Arcum Dagsson.

There're also a few Contraptions which turn nonartefact Creatures into Artefacts (Applied Aeronautics, Duplication Device, Optical Optimizer, Tread Mill). It's again useful if I need to sacrifice an Artefact, but can also be used as spot removal on opponents' creatures in conjunction with First Pick or Sundering Fork (or perhaps even Arcum Dagsson in a pinch).

There are some great tutors in the deck such as Arcum Dagsson, Artificer's Intuition, Clever Combo, Do-It-Yourself Seraph, Dr. Julius Jumblemorph, Kuldotha Forgemaster, Teacher's Pet, Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. Considering a number of the tutors specify to search for an Artefact, having Mycosynth Lattice on the field (or putting its text box onto Do-It-Yourself Seraph) is a lovely position to be in.

Artificer's Intuition, Hypnotic Swirly Disc, Numbing Jellyfish can fill up your graveyard while Auriok Salvagers, Dr. Julius Jumblemorph, Junk Diver, Labro Bot, Lackey Recycler, Myr Retriever, Refibrillator, Salvaging Station, Scrap Trawler, Workshop Assistant can reanimate things.

And finally, here are some neat combo pieces that can help gain a huge advantage or potentially win the game: Blasting Station, Clock of DOOOOOOOOOOOOM!, Dross Scorpion, Eager Beaver, Flayer Husk, Half-Squirrel, Half-, Monkey-, Salvaging Station.

Whew. I'm done now. Seeya!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 5 Mythic Rares 33 - 7 Rares 34 - 9 Uncommons 24 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Construct X/X C, Energy Reserve, Faerie Spy 1/1 U, Gnome 1/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Achieved., Silver-bordered.