Zirda Monolith

Commander / EDH Combo Equip Infinite Combo RW (Boros) Tap/Untap

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Mana Combo (18)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Surestrike Trident
• 1x Toymaker
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Voltaic Construct

Land (24)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 5x Mountain
• 6x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Treasure Vault

ETB (10)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reito Sentinel
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

Protection (7)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Cloudsteel Kirin
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Combat Combo (6)

• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

Fetch Land (5)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Scalding Tarn

Draw Combo (4)

• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Auriok Salvagers

Coloring (2)

• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Chromatic Star

Response (17)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Oswald Fiddlebender
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Toymaker
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Reito Sentinel
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Voltaic Construct
• 1x Stonehewer Giant

Destroyer (15)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Mana Piece (11)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Auriok Salvagers

Untap (7)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Voltaic Construct

Draw (6)

• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice

Recover (5)

• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Reito Sentinel
• 1x Auriok Salvagers

Damage Effect (3)

• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant

Hate Grave (2)

• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Reito Sentinel

Commander (1)

Tutor (16)

• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Oswald Fiddlebender
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

Rock (13)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Anti Stax (8)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

WinCon (7)

• 1x Fireball
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Reito Sentinel
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant

Combat Phase (5)

• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

Artifact Land (4)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Treasure Vault

Life (2)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Heliod's Intervention

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Zirda's Monoliths it's a infinite mana combo based deck.

We use the infinite mana to help the tutors to bring us the combo pieces.

1) Infinite Mana

There are several mana combos and interactions in the deck. We try to priorize bring them to Battlefield by their pieces quantity and Zirda's interaction.

Zirda's Pieces

1- One Piece:

·Basalt Monolith + Zirda, the Dawnwaker ;

·Grim Monolith + Zirda, the Dawnwaker ;

2- Two Pieces:

·Palladium Myr + Umbral Mantle + Zirda, the Dawnwaker ;

·Metalworker + Umbral Mantle + Zirda, the Dawnwaker *;

·Palladium Myr + Voltaic Construct + Zirda, the Dawnwaker ;

·Metalworker + Voltaic Construct + Zirda, the Dawnwaker *;

·Metalworker + Staff of Domination + Zirda, the Dawnwaker *;

3- Three Pieces:

· Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Mana Vault + Toymaker + Umbral Mantle ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Mana Vault + Staff of Domination + Toymaker ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sol Ring + Toymaker + Umbral Mantle ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Umbral Mantle ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Staff of Domination ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Karn, the Great Creator + Sol Ring + Umbral Mantle ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Paradise Mantle + Umbral Mantle ;

·Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Goblin Welder + Mana Vault + Umbral Mantle ;

Mana Combos

1- Two Pieces:

· Auriok Salvagers + Lion's Eye Diamond ;

· Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth ;

· Metalworker + Voltaic Construct *;

2- Three Pieces:

·Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Voltaic Construct ;

·Basalt Monolith + Karn, the Great Creator + Voltaic Construct ;

·Grim Monolith + Karn, the Great Creator + Voltaic Construct ;

·Mana Vault + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct ;

·Basalt Monolith + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct ;

·Grim Monolith + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct ;

*Need one or more artifacts in the hand or graveyard.

2) Using Mana

After we achieve the infinite mana combo, depending on the kind of combo we have several uses for it.

Infinite Damage

We can simply use the Fireball or Walking Ballista if available and finish the game.

Infinite Draw

The option, if it's not possible just end the game is search for a Win Condition. The easily way will be the infinite Draw.

To do that, there are four main options:

1- Pay and Draw: use the Staff of Domination or a Diviner's Wand to do that, but the Wand will require a creature.

2- Egg Hatcher Salvagers: the Auriok Salvagers + Chromatic Star do this function perfectly;

3- Puresteel Displacer: you can blink the Lion Sash or Cloudsteel Kirin with Eldrazi Displacer + Puresteel Paladin to draw;

4- The Goblin Welder mana combo is also a draw combo if Chromatic Star is in the grave;

Mill to the Very End

Remembering the Eldrazi Displacer ability to reuse creatures Enter the Battlefield (ETBs) triggers, our lovely hate grave Reito Sentinel can also mill the other players.

Gaining Time

An option is use the Heliod's Intervention to gaining time against a Not Combo Aggro deck. You gain a billion of life and grant you some time to find the combo pieces.

3) Tutoring

The second aspect of this deck is it capacity to dig the pieces of combo, synergies, responses and Win Conditions into it's depths.

Mana Digging

At the early game, its very important to rush with mana. For this purpouse we do fetchs lands and recycle them with Crucible of Worlds. We also can dig for mana rocks with Urza's Saga or Goblin Engineer, search the double lands with Expedition Map and spend the Stoneforge Mystic ability to take the Paradise Mantle or Sword of Feast and Famine.

Summoning Creatures

Run for the Arms

Response Casting

4) God Hands

Because of the synergy between Zirda and the monoliths the God Hand need just few cards. If the Jeweled Lotus came at hand, we just need to a Mana Combo and a Damage Combo.

The perfect hand is:

Grim Monolith + Jeweled Lotus + Mana Crypt and Walking Ballista, Staff of Domination or Diviner's Wand.

We can also replace the three remaining slots of the hand by a red mana producer (a land or the Mox Opal) and cast Fireball, or by the available rocks and Basalt Monolith if it's the case. There are some God Hands combinations afterall.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Auriok Salvagers + Lion's Eye Diamond Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Metalworker + Voltaic Construct Grim Monolith + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Basalt Monolith + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Palladium Myr + Voltaic Construct + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Palladium Myr + Umbral Mantle + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Basalt Monolith + Karn, the Great Creator + Voltaic Construct Grim Monolith + Karn, the Great Creator + Voltaic Construct Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Voltaic Construct Mana Vault + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct Basalt Monolith + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct Grim Monolith + Toymaker + Voltaic Construct Metalworker + Umbral Mantle + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Metalworker + Voltaic Construct + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Metalworker + Staff of Domination + Zirda, the Dawnwaker Mana Vault + Toymaker + Umbral Mantle Mana Vault + Staff of Domination + Toymaker Sol Ring + Toymaker + Umbral Mantle Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Umbral Mantle Karn, the Great Creator + Mana Vault + Staff of Domination Karn, the Great Creator + Sol Ring + Umbral Mantle Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Paradise Mantle + Umbral Mantle Goblin Welder + Mana Vault + Umbral Mantle Auriok Salvagers + Chromatic Star Eldrazi Displacer + Puresteel Paladin Grim Monolith + Jeweled Lotus + Mana Crypt
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.54
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Treasure