Pilgrimage of the Sword

Commander / EDH Artifact Burn Group Slug Mono-Red Voltron

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Artifact (42)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x Pyrite Spellbomb
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Ring of Valkas
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Scythe of the Wretched
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Forge

Creature (10)

• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Smokebraider
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar

Land (30)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 22x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Pia's Revolution
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Fiery Emancipation

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Saheeli's Directive
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Insult / Injury

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

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Creature (3)

• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Artifact (3)

• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Contagion Engine

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x All is Dust

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This deck aims to set up Ashling with a varied selection of ways to win, outright commander damage, her activated ability, pyrite spellbomb combo, and burn are all win conditions. Voltron is the main core, Blackblade Reforged , Tenza, Godo's Maul , and Hammer of Nazahn all allow commander damage to be an achievable win-con.

Draw is aided by Diviner's Wand , Infiltration Lens , Scroll Rack , Sensei's Divining Top , Tamiyo's Journal , Wheel of Fortune , and in a sense Ugin, the Ineffable and Karn, Scion of Urza .

As Ashling's activated effect damage is rather lacking when everyone has 40 hp, there are cards to improve the effectiveness of it, Repercussion , and damage doublers such as Gratuitous Violence as well as lifelink and deathtouch all allow her activated ability to be much more impactful. Cards like Smokebraider , Heartstone , Illusionist's Bracers make activations much more frequent and reliable. Another way we can improve her activated ability is we improve the ways we can put +1/+1 counters on her, Blade of the Bloodchief is amazing versus token strategies, Sword of Truth and Justice is another way to get more counters but requires you to deal combat damage with her to be effective, and Ring of Valkas is a bit slow but is guaranteed unlike the other options, both Opal Palace and Forge of Heroes allow you to put counters on her the turn she gets cast.

Artifacts are obviously another huge theme of the deck. Artifact recursion is achieved by cards like Goblin Welder , Scrap Trawler , Trash for Treasure , Buried Ruin and especially Pia's Revolution after you get a few damage doublers up, opponents will be wary of taking that damage. In this deck we have several cards that can reduce or 'cheat' out artifacts like, Ugin who gives a nice reduction of on all colorless spells, Saheeli's Directive which can easily be cast for = + by tapping equipment, Foundry Inspector and Jhoira's Familiar both reduce the costs by 1.

And finally, the pyrite spellbomb combo is explained best here -

Top Ranked	Achieved #44 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #32 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Slug 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Spirit 2/2 C
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