Kurkesh, Onakke Asshat

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Mono-Red

AggroAgro

Creature (19)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Bosh, Iron Golem
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Myr Welder
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Land (29)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Great Furnace
• 21x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bludgeon Brawl

Artifact (43)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Jalum Tome
• 1x Jester's Cap
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Otherworld Atlas
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Rod of Ruin
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Temporal Aperture
• 1x Tower of Fortunes
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (2)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Shrapnel Blast

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Crater's Claws
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Scrap Mastery

Commander (1)

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Artifact Combo Feat. Captain Kurk.

The main strategy is to use Voltaic Key, Kurkesh, and Gilded Lotus to produce an infinite mana combo. From there, you can use the draw and tutor machines to grab everything and endgame with Fireball or similar spells; or if that doesn't work for whatever reason (pro red, likely counterspell) other options are available, such as beating down with big creatures, winning with Hellkite Tyrant, or Milling via Keening Stone.

Even if the main infinite pieces there are destroyed, there is the alternate Rings of Brighthearth/Basalt Monolith infinite combo, as well as plenty of methods to grab enormous amounts of land/mana without an infinite.

The deck proved to be slow in the early game, leading to the inclusion of some of the low CMC Modern-popular affinity-pieces like Arcbound Ravager and Etched Champion; they both provide a chance at a quickly established board state, and can be equally powerful late game, especially when ABR is combined with the forces of Kurkesh, Strionic Resonator, Rings of Brighthearth, and Illusionist's Bracers for an ungodly amount of triggers.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.82
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goat 0/1 W, Pentavite 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink