Mishra, Eminent One | Artifact nonsense

Commander / EDH Artificer Construct Tokens UBR (Grixis)

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Lands (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 4x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Power Depot
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Combat synergy (4)

• 1x Determined Iteration
• 1x Karlach, Fury of Avernus
• 1x Bloodthirster
• 1x Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

Combo (1)

• 1x Voltaic Construct

Ramp (16)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Illuminor Szeras
• 1x Machine God's Effigy
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone  ^Meld
• 1x Coveted Jewel

Etb & Ltb Synergy (7)

• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Scrap Welder
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Marionette Master

Removal / Board wipes (7)

• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Drach'Nyen
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss

Draw (4)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Nasty Mishra Targets (8)

• 1x The Stasis Coffin
• 1x Hoard Hauler
• 1x Jester's Cap
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Reaver Titan
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia

Protection (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Darksteel Forge

Utility (5)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa

Tutors (4)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Audacious Reshapers
• 1x Arcum Dagsson

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Maybeboard

Other (24)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Clan Crafter
• 1x Determined Iteration
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Rise and Shine
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Anchor to Reality
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Hoard Hauler
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Obeka, Brute Chronologist
• 1x Tezzeret's Gatebreaker
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jester's Mask
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Assert Authority

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Mishra, Eminent One

This is the third draft of this deck, I have tweaked the Mishra targets and also tried to reduce the amount of creature artifacts in the deck.

Why Mishra

A very powerful Grixis commander that cares specifically about non-creature artifacts. With Mishra in play we can benefit from repeatable, powerful, ETB and LTB triggers along with creating copies of cards with powerful {T} abilities. As the token created is called “Mishra’s Warform”, this bypasses the legendary rule, meaning we can copy legendary artifacts without worrying about having to sacrifice them.

Game Plan

The aim is to ramp into Mishra, Eminent One quickly with Artifact ramp.

An ideal opening hand would have 3 lands and a mana rock like Mana Crypt or Sol Ring to get Mishra in play before turn 5.

Once Mishra is in play we can start copying an artifact once per turn. There are a few targets that can really speed up the early game with card draw and ramp and other targets that would be better in the late game, which I will cover later.

The deck aims to win by simply creating too much value for our opponents to deal with and beating them down with combat damage.

Mishra Targets.

Below I will lost each card that synergies very well with Mishra, but before I do, I just want to make 2 points around the rules.

1. Mishra creates copies of Artifacts but gives them a new name, “Mishra’s Warform”, this bypasses the legendary rule.
2. The token copies would have a cmc equal to that of the copied artifact.

Each artifact in the deck should synergise with Mishra, either with an ETB or activated ability.

• Gonti's Aether Heart could create an almost infinite turns loop, it would enter and trigger giving you 2 energy counters. Mishra’s copy would then enter and both would trigger taking your total to 6, you just need 1 more artifact ETB and you can exile Mishra’s warmform and take an extra turn. Repeat next turn.

• Jester's Cap is extremely powerful, especially against combo decks, as it can just straight up remove wincons from opponents decks.

• Portal to Phyrexia can be a one sided board wipe, if cast when Mishra is in play and then copied on the same turn it will get rid of 6 creatures per opponent.

• Nautiloid Ship has been in the list since inception, repeated graveyard hate and a way to recur your opponent’s threats.

• Hoard Hauler is a new addition, in the right situation it could net a lot of treasure tokens.

• Mindslaver - enough said.

• Reaver Titan deals 5 damage to each opponent on attack, this could be very powerful with the extra combat synergies detailed later on.

• The Stasis Coffin can give you repeated protection from EVERYTHING.

• Coveted Jewel draws three on ETB, so has the potential to draw you 6 in one turn.

• The Mightstone and Weakstone   offers removal or card draw, so is very versatile depending on your situation.

• Machine God's Effigy and Cursed Mirror are powerful clone effects.

• Drach'Nyen is repeatable exile.

Combat Synergy

We are also running a few cards that synergise with Mishra’s combat trigger or allow extra combat steps to trigger Mishra multiple times in a single turn.

Determined Iteration & Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer can both create copies of the tokens created by Mishra.

Karlach, Fury of Avernus will gain us 1 additional combat step each turn he attacks and isn’t removed and Bloodthirster could offer multiple combat steps. The more Mishra activations we get the more explosive the deck would be.

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Energy Reserve, Mishra's Warform, Phyrexian Myr 2/1 U, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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