Cruel Thesis

Commander / EDH* Artifact Counterspell Crew Hatebears Stax Vehicle WU (Azorius)

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Artifact (23)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Heart of Kiran
• 1x High-Speed Hoverbike
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mobilizer Mech
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Peacewalker Colossus
• 1x Prodigy's Prototype
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Surgehacker Mech
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Ugin's Nexus

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Windfall

Creature (19)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Hotshot Mechanic
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant *f-etch*
• 1x Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer *f-etch*
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (13)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Suit Up
• 1x Swords to Plowshares *f-etch*
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa *f-etch*
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 11x Island
• 1x Mech Hangar
• 1x Misty Rainforest *f-etch*
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista *f-etch*
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn *f-etch*
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Walking Ballista

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

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Suggestions are welcome! Looking to make this into stax vehicles.

Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista = Infinite Ping

Shorikai, Genesis Engine (Crewed) + Silver Myr + Intruder Alarm = Infinite Draw, Creatures, ETB

Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith = Infinite Mana

Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal = Infinite Mana

Mechanized Production + Ugin's Nexus = Infinite Turns left uncheck

Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant + Ugin's Nexus + Master Transmuter = Infinite Turns

Top Ranked	Achieved #34 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #28 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counterspell 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Crew 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	27 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh, Pilot 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Looking (Respectfully), Thought Experiments