Kurkesh Scrap Engines

Commander / EDH

Nebel_Omichli

Artifact (38)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Retrofitter Foundry
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key

Land (34)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 18x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Madcap Experiment
• 1x Saheeli's Directive
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Enchanter's Bane

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Copper Gnomes
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Hellkite

Instant (3)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Starstorm

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Artifact (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Jalum Tome
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Creature (7)

• 1x Cogwork Assembler
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Treasure Nabber

Land (2)

• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Terrain Generator

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (1)

• 1x Volcanic Offering

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Deck Currently Under Revision (Adding Commander 2018 cards and more)

Description

The current state of the deck, despite stereotypes surrounding Red decks, is not very aggressive. Almost all large interactions need Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient to function... so don't be too hasty in casting him (same goes for Voltaic Key). You should focus on maximizing you mana first (going infinite if you can), and if possible having Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves to protect the commander.

Mana Combos

• Gilded Lotus + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Voltaic Key - Tap Lotus for 3 red, pay 1 generic and a red to tap voltaic key (targeting itself and the Lotus) and repeat. Nets 1 extra red every cycle. Goes infinite.
• Basalt Monolith + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Mycosynth Lattice - Tap the Monolith for 3 colourless, then pay 3 generic and 1 red to double up its untap ability. Tap twice more for 6 colourless. You will have 6 mana after the first cycle, then 8, 10, etc. Goes infinite, but without the Lattice you can still generate an impressive amount of colourless mana.

Draws, Cycling and Looting

• Endless Atlas, Tamiyo's Journal, Trading Post: straight card draws with little difficulty. Skull Clamp tends to rely on other cards to work.
• Key to the City, Jalum Tome, Daretti, Scrap Savant: Looting engines. Faithless Looting, Forgotten Cave, Smoldering Crater, Starstorm: One-off cycling or looting.
• Hedron Archive, Mind Stone, Commander's Sphere: Disposable ramp; only cash in for cards if you are confident in your current mana base.

Tutors

Inventors' Fair, Tamiyo's Journal, Hoarding Dragon: All very conditional tutors, the only advice I have here is don't draw attention to the first two so they don't get destroyed; work around exile effects so you don't lose the tutored card for the last one.

Winning Strategies

• Goblin Charbelcher + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Voltaic Key - double the belcher's ability, double untap and repeat if you have the mana. Very much luck based; but keep in mind you can whittle down life totals, or if you're lucky get 40+ damage from an activation. Works better if you have ways to repeatedly fetch lands, e.g. a recurring Burnished Hart.
• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Prototype Portal + Voltaic Key - lots of artifacts to copy, Darksteel Juggernauts can be fun for that. Keep doubling the portal's ability and untapping as long as you have mana.
• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Retrofitter Foundry - if you've been sinking your mana into servos (or better yet thopters) before you got your kurkesh out: then you can start building your army pretty fast. Orochi Hatchery and Thopter Squadron or other ways to spam tokens.
• Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Myr Welder + Thousand-Year Elixir - You want the elixir to be in the graveyard: use Welder's ability to 'absorb' artifacts on the elixir (works with Volataic Key too, but you generally want that intact). Tap the welder with its untap ability (targeting itself) then let the first untap resolve; then tap for whatever ability you want; then let it untap again. It can absorb and use most of the other combos this way, e.g. Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Myr Welder + Gilded Lotus + retrofitter foundry: gets around a need for a Voltaic Key or Unwinding Clock.
• Darksteel Forge + Hellkite Tyrant + Mycosynth Lattice - the lattice and forge are indeed powerful, but if you win by stealing everything on the board then the sweeter the victory. Steel Hellkite also likes this setup, but varies in power depending on the consistency of the enemy's cmc. Oh, and Vandalblast is always a thing.

Analysis and Possible Improvements

• Deck Analysis: slow, janky, but can still affect the board. Your best bet is to sneak in a win while other players deal with the current biggest threat. If you are lucky enough to draw a Copper Gnomes + Darksteel Forge + Nevinyrral's Disk in your opening hand or one of the infinite combos then you have a solid chance of winning early game.
• To Add(This list is currently being revised): Walking Ballista, Rings of Brightearth, Ashnod's Altar, Tawnos's Coffin, Helm of Possession, Heartseeker, Jester's Cap, Mindless Automaton, Teferi's Puzzle Box + Scroll Rack, Journeyer's Kite
• If you happen to have a spare 900 buckaroos, Candelabra of Tawnos + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient is an infinite mana source. 1,400 for Mishra's Workshop.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUBG
Key combos	Basalt Monolith + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Mycosynth Lattice Gilded Lotus + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Voltaic Key Goblin Charbelcher + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Voltaic Key Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Prototype Portal + Voltaic Key Darksteel Forge + Hellkite Tyrant + Mycosynth Lattice Candelabra of Tawnos + Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Myr Welder + Thousand-Year Elixir Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Retrofitter Foundry Copper Gnomes + Darksteel Forge + Nevinyrral's Disk
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Clue, Construct 4/4 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goat 0/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Mono-Color Artifacts