Cranial Crusher

Modern Artifact Counters WUB (Esper)

ZhonLord

Creature (21)

• 3x Arcbound Crusher
• 2x Etched Champion
• 2x Etched Oracle
• 1x Ethersworn Shieldmage
• 2x Hovermyr
• 4x Ornithopter
• 2x Steel Overseer
• 1x Triskelion
• 4x Vedalken Engineer

Land (21)

• 2x Forest
• 6x Island
• 4x Plains
• 5x Swamp
• 4x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Inexorable Tide

Artifact (16)

• 3x Cranial Plating
• 3x Energy Chamber
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 2x Prototype Portal
• 2x Skeleton Shard
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Kaldra
• 3x Welding Jar

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtcast

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Etherium Sculptor

Artifact (2)

• 2x Accorder's Shield

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Playing lots of spells is fun. Letting opponents think you're playing affinity is fun. But the most fun the look on people's faces when a giant Arcbound Crusher + Cranial Plating is barreling down on them.

This deck cranks out artifacts like a factory, buffing the Crusher and Plating while making Steel Overseer more effective every turn. Prototype Portal creates a variety of abuse opportunities, Etched Champion acts as a powerful defense, and Etched Oracle gives the deck enough card draw to play something every turn. Sword of Kaldra and Kusari-Gama hit the board for last resort if the opponent's defenses can keep up.

Along with regeneration, damage prevention, and graveyard retrieval options, this deck is a versatile tool that can answer a variety of strategies. All the artifacts synergize and work together like a well-oiled machine to crush everything underfoot.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Arcbound Crusher + Cranial Plating
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 21 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 4 Commons
Cards	62
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	Good Ideas, cranial crusher by zhonlord, Looks Cool!