Trains, Planes and Herbie

Commander / EDH Artifact RW (Boros) Theme/Gimmick Vehicle

Prarion

Vehicle (22)

• 1x Aerial Modification
• 1x Aeronaut Admiral
• 1x Aethershield Artificer
• 1x Aethersphere Harvester
• 1x Aradara Express
• 1x Ballista Charger
• 1x Bomat Bazaar Barge
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Consulate Dreadnought
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Daredevil Dragster
• 1x Demolition Stomper
• 1x Gearshift Ace
• 1x Heart of Kiran
• 1x Mobile Garrison
• 1x Peacewalker Colossus
• 1x Renegade Wheelsmith
• 1x Siege Modification
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Start Your Engines
• 1x Veteran Motorist

Dwarf (8)

• 1x Aethershield Artificer
• 1x Duergar Hedge-Mage
• 1x Fairgrounds Warden
• 1x Gearshift Ace
• 1x Renegade Wheelsmith
• 1x Restoration Specialist
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Veteran Motorist

Counter (5)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Illumination
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked

Aggression (4)

• 1x Aethershield Artificer
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Start Your Engines
• 1x Waves of Aggression

Protection (4)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Leonin Abunas

Tutor (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Untap (2)

• 1x Mobile Garrison
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Fog (1)

• 1x Dawn Charm

Land (26)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x New Benalia
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Stone Quarry
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Anthem (9)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Gleam of Battle
• 1x Glory of Warfare
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Tempered Steel
• 1x True Conviction

Ramp (7)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wild-Field Scarecrow

Life (4)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x True Conviction

Regen (4)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Jhoira's Toolbox
• 1x Open the Vaults

MAD (2)

• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Vandalblast

WinCon (2)

• 1x Start Your Engines
• 1x Waves of Aggression

Commander (1)

Destruction (10)

• 1x Ballista Charger
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Duergar Hedge-Mage
• 1x Fairgrounds Warden
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Draw (8)

• 1x Daredevil Dragster
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Quicksmith Genius
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Veteran Motorist

Drug (6)

• 1x Aerial Modification
• 1x Golem Artisan
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Siege Modification
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

Recover (5)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Frantic Salvage
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Restoration Specialist
• 1x Trading Post

Brick (3)

• 1x Aradara Express
• 1x Consulate Dreadnought
• 1x Demolition Stomper

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Trading Post

Control (1)

• 1x Renegade Wheelsmith

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Sideboard

Other (26)

• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Argivian Archaeologist
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Dwarven Weaponsmith
• 1x Fleetwheel Cruiser
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Irontread Crusher
• 1x Mine Excavation
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Ovalchase Dragster
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Renegade Freighter
• 1x Roar of Reclamation
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Sky Skiff
• 1x Slag Fiend
• 1x Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Soulscour
• 1x Speedway Fanatic
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Thopter Engineer
• 1x Toolcraft Exemplar

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CHALLENGE: Building a Vehicle Deck.

The objective of this deck is to build a commander deck that facilitated and used the specific trait of vehicles, including the transitions between artifact into creature.

MECHANICS: The objective is to build a vehicle presence as quickly as possible with the aid of anthem cards such as Chief of the Foundry, Steel Overseer, Glory of Warfare, Tempered Steel and Gleam of Battle. Because the focus is on vehicles there are plenty of cards that either give the vehicles hexproof/shroud such as Leonin Abunas, flying with Aeronaut Admiral and restore artifacts backs such as Jhoira's Toolbox and Scarecrone.

WINNING CONDITIONS: Because this deck is a mixture between aggressive play and Stompee winning condition cards fall onto Darksteel Juggernaut with the aid of Golem Artisan for dealing mass of damage with flying and/or trample.

Once enough vehicles are onto the board A combination of Start Your Engines and Waves of Aggression to deal repetitive damage while Skysovereign, Consul Flagship and Renegade Wheelsmith disables the opponents defenses with the aide of True Conviction.

Because Vehicles are not really creatures mass wipe spells that specifically target creatures are annulled from effecting vehicles while Peacewalker Colossus ensure that vehicles can be recalled into defence or battle. We can further take advantage of this with Scourglass or/and Open the Vaults. To prevent milling there is also Frantic Salvage.

COUNTERS: Because of the heavy reliance of artifacts cards such as Merciless Eviction are threats. Therefore counter spells are mandatory. Although rare in these colours we have Null Brooch and a fun risk taking Mages' Contest to respond to sorceries and instant board wipes. For Enchantment or Artifact spells we have Illumination and for target spells there is Rebuff the Wicked.

DRAW: To keep up with having a hand Depala, Pilot Exemplar ensures that dwarves and vehicles are allowed to be quickly picked, opening up for Sram, Senior Edificer for improve drawing chances along with Smuggler's Copter. Quicksmith Genius also aids in cycling through the deck for certain cards if required.

FEEDBACK: Always appreciated, decks i'm building tend to be themed and therefore some choices are dedicated more to suiting the content than efficiency. I hope this deck is interesting and thank you for reading.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	UBG
Splash colors	WR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 38 - 14 Rares 39 - 5 Uncommons 9 - 5 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Energy Reserve, Goat 0/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C