The Literal Glass Cannon Deck

Commander / EDH Affinity Artifact Combo WUB (Esper)

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Artifact (35)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
• 1x Mindlock Orb
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Voltaic Key

Creature (27)

• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist SL
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Muzzio, Visionary Architect
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sanctum Gargoyle
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Artificer's Intuition

Instant (1)

• 1x Paradoxical Outcome

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Roar of Reclamation

Commander (1)

Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 4x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

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Creature (7)

• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sydri, Galvanic Genius
• 1x Voltaic Construct

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Thopter Foundry

Instant (1)

• 1x Second Sunrise

Land (3)

• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Tolarian Academy
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Telepathy

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Head Games

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This deck is named The Literal Glass Cannon Deck because it's win condition is literally a glass cannon, Aetherflux Reservoir, which has art of a massive glass structure that apparently blasts people's faces off. I'll update this deck's description in the future, but currently it's intended to be Esper artifacts fun stuff, updated with the best artifacts from Kaladesh. This was the third EDH deck I ever built actually back in 2011 but I put it on hiatus in 2014 for a couple years as I kept wanting to make changes to it. It didn't really have much of a wincon all those years, so when Glass Cannon (Aetherflux Reservoir) was printed it was great to finally have a closer.

Yes, I'm aware that Tolarian Academy is banned in EDH but I'm hoping that some day it will be unbanned and I can finally play it. Gaea's Cradle and Serra's Sanctum are both legal and abusable, and while Academy is arguably more busted, they can all lead to degeneracy. I don't think the blue one should be banned because of this as there are plenty of ways to be degenerate in EDH and Academy would be a really fun card to play. Also, it's relatively inexpensive, especially compared to Cradle, although I recognize that it's price would undoubtedly skyrocket if it was unbanned.

I want to add more basics because I really love the Shards of Alara basics painted by Chippy and they just feel like Esper. I have a bunch of them in foil too so I'd like to use them but I have to balance that with a functional 3 color manabase. As has been discussed in the comments, I'm aware that Sydri, Galvanic Genius is actually the superior general for a deck where the wincon is Aetherflux Reservoir, but Sen Triplets just has a special place in my heart, and I love the art.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goat 0/1 W, Thopter 1/1 U, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	commander, Things, Shard/Clan Decks, sigarda, Xmage, Amazing Artificial Reign, EDH Decks, Decks