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Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive Primer UR (Izzet)

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Artifact (31)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Goblin Cannon
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Vexing Bauble
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Moon

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Underworld Breach

Land (28)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 6x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Silverbluff Bridge
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (13)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Enthusiastic Mechanaut
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Forensic Gadgeteer
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Hydroelectric Specimen  ^Flip
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x The Reality Chip
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer

Commander (1)

Instant (20)

• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Galvanic Blast
• 1x Into the Flood Maw
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

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Maybeboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Trinisphere

Land (2)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Training Center

Instant (1)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Virtue of Knowledge

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I feel like Tony Stark would love infinite combos, don't you?

Strengths

• Like Oswald Fiddlebender, Iron Man, Titan of Innovation has great toolbox power and can pivot from staxing other deck's wincons to winning the game seamlessly.

• Unlike Oswald Fiddlebender, Iron Man has access to blue and red cards, which means a proper counterspell suite and more efficient stack interaction.

• Can play Blood Moon and Winter Moon while breaking parity, which have become stronger stax effects since the banning of Dockside Extortionist.

• Due to the counterspell suite, the stax package can be reduced to the most efficient pieces only.

• The deck's stax pieces can be removed easily if they're no longer effective, as they can be upgraded into game winning combo pieces with Iron Man's ability.

• Iron Man's Birthing Pod effect is a triggered ability, so it is not turned off by Cursed Totem and Yasharn, Implacable Earth, but this is a double edged sword as it also means the deck has a harder time retriggering the effect (needs additional combat steps or trigger copies to take advantage of it multiple times in a turn).

Weaknesses

• Null Rod hurts. Luckily, it does not turn off Iron Man, but it makes the deck way slower. Most decks get much slower with a null rod on the board though, and Iron Man can pod away useless artifacts for appropriate stax pieces instead and join the value grind game.

• Vulnerable to Opposition Agent and Aven Mindcensor, so removal should be saved for those if opponents are running them.

• Iron Man is a higher CMC commander at {3}{U}{R}, so he is reliant on fast and/or highly interactive opening hands to be competitive against turbo decks. It helps that the infinite mana combo pieces like Basalt Monolith and Grim Monolith help power him out faster, but 5 CMC is still a big ask at higher powered tables since the banning of Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt, and Dockside Extortionist.

• Iron Man does not have any built in protection, so the pilot must use the deck's stax and interaction package to keep him safe. Haste and treasure creation on attack means that he refunds some of the cost to play him and gives him immediate value the turn he is played, which helps him get back up and running quickly even if removed from play.

Infinite Mana Combos:

• Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth or Forensic Gadgeteer = Infinite mana

• Grim Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth + Forensic Gadgeteer = Infinite mana

• Metalworker + Staff of Domination + 3 Artifacts in hand = Infinite mana (not currently included in deck)

• Metalworker + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key + 2 Artifacts in hand = Infinite mana (not currently included in deck)

• Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal + Artifacts that generate at least {3} = Infinite mana (not currently included in deck)

Underworld Breach Combos:

• Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune = Infinite draw and looting for all players

• Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will = Infinite draw and looting for all players

• Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze = Infinite self mill, and near infinite colored mana, opponent mill, and storm count

• Underworld Breach + Grinding Station + Mox Opal or other mana positive mana rock = Infinite self mill and a whole bunch of mana (not currently in deck)

Infinite Mana Outlets:

• Infinite Mana + Goblin Cannon = Infinite damage

• Infinite Mana + Walking Ballista = Infinite damage (not currently included in deck)

• Infinite Mana + Staff of Domination = Infinite life, creature tap/untaps, card draw

• Infinite Mana + Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge, Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass, The Reality Chip, or Harnfel, Horn of Bounty   = Infinite card draw

• Infinite Mana + Sensei's Divining Top + Rings of Brighthearth = Infinite card draw

• Infinite Mana + Urza, Lord High Artificer = Play entire deck

Other Combos:

• Sensei's Divining Top + Any cost reducer + Mystic Forge, Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass, The Reality Chip, or Harnfel, Horn of Bounty   = Infinite card draw

• Ugin's Nexus + Esoteric Duplicator + Grinding Station = Infinite turns (not currently included in deck)

• Ugin's Nexus + Esoteric Duplicator + Iron Man, Titan of Innovation = Infinite turns (not currently included in deck)

• The One Ring + Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Grinding Station or Iron Man, Titan of Innovation = Infinite protection (not currently included in deck)

Stax Toolbox:

• Grafdigger's Cage, Vexing Bauble, Winter Moon, Damping Sphere, Sphere of Resistance, and Blood Moon

Date added	2 weeks
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.07
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Fish 1/1 U, Treasure