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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Litter Master One"},{"attributes":{"align":"center","header":1},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"\"Please excuse the smell, I'm just building a perpetual motion machine out of soggy garbage.\" Welcome to Litter Master One, the deck that proved you do not need shiny new toys when the bottom of the lake is full of perfectly good scrap. While your opponents are busy calculating complex combat math, Emry is literally just dredging the loch for rusty baubles and broken clocks to assemble an unstoppable doomsday device.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase One: Bottom-Feeding for Fun and Profit"},{"insert":" We do not play fair Magic. We use enablers like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Frantic Search"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Thirst for Knowledge"},{"insert":" to pitch our absolute worst artifacts directly into the muddy waters. Then, we drop cost-reducers like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Etherium Sculptor"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Foundry Inspector"},{"insert":" so our literal garbage costs exactly zero mana. We are essentially just running a highly efficient, underwater waste management facility.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase Two: Reduce, Reuse, Infinite Loop"},{"insert":" Emry acts as our chief sanitation engineer. We set up an untap engine on the board using "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mirran Spy"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Chakram Retriever"},{"insert":", and cast a zero-mana piece of junk—like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mishra's Bauble"},{"insert":"—from the graveyard. The spy untaps Emry. We sacrifice or destroy the junk, tap Emry, and cast it again. We repeat this infinite loop of throwing the exact same piece of trash away and picking it back up while our opponents slowly realize the game is fundamentally broken.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase Three: Weaponizing the Rummage Sale"},{"insert":" So, what does digging through the trash an infinite number of times actually accomplish? Well, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sai, Master Thopterist"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Efficient Construction"},{"insert":" watch you play with garbage and get so inspired they build an infinite swarm of flying thopters out of spare parts. Alternatively, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Kappa Cannoneer"},{"insert":"—a literal turtle—watches this dumpster fire, gets infinitely massive, gains unblockable, and just casually walks over someone for guaranteed lethal damage.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase Four: Lethal Littering"},{"insert":" If we do not feel like attacking with our scrap-metal token army or our giant turtle, we have non-combat options. "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Diligent Excavator"},{"insert":" triggers on every single cast, burying our opponents' decks under the sheer volume of our infinite junk and milling them out completely. Or, we just drop "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mirrodin Besieged"},{"insert":" on Phyrexian mode. We passively load 15 pieces of literal litter into the graveyard, point at an opponent at the end of the turn, and they just instantly lose the game, crushed under the inescapable weight of our recycling bin.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase Five: The Dumpster Fire Genius"},{"insert":" And if all else fails, we rely on everyone's favorite resident crazy person: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Laboratory Maniac"},{"insert":". Since we are already digging through the trash an infinite number of times, we can just point that "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Diligent Excavator"},{"insert":" at ourselves or infinitely sacrifice baubles. We literally throw our entire deck into the dumpster, attempt to draw a card, and let the Lab Maniac declare us the winner simply because we completely lost our minds and ran out of garbage to dig through.\n"}]}
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (eoc) 71

Commander

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Chromatic Sphere
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color. Draw a card. (Activate only as an instant.)
Artifact
Chromatic Sphere (jmp) 462
Chromatic Star
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Artifact
Chromatic Star (tsr) 263
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (tle) 159
Mishra's Bauble
, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Artifact
Mishra's Bauble (2xm) 274
Mystic Forge
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.
, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.
Artifact
Mystic Forge (m3c) 302
Reverse Engineer
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Reverse Engineer (cmm) 116
Riddlesmith
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Creature - Human Artificer
Riddlesmith (nec) 96
Thirst for Knowledge
Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.
Instant
Thirst for Knowledge (eoc) 48
Thought Monitor
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Thought Monitor (mkc) 121
Thoughtcast
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.
Sorcery
Thoughtcast (moc) 242
Treasure Cruise
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for
.)
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Treasure Cruise (tdc) 169
Unctus, Grand Metatect
Other blue creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card."
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue artifact in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only as a sorcery. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature Artifact - Vedalken Phyrexian
Unctus, Grand Metatect (one) 75

Draw

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Diligent Excavator
Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Creature - Human Artificer
Diligent Excavator (dom) 51
Kappa Cannoneer
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Ward

Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Warrior Turtle
Kappa Cannoneer (mh3) 270
Laboratory Maniac
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
Creature - Human Wizard
Laboratory Maniac (inr) 71
Mirrodin Besieged
As this enchantment enters, choose Mirran or Phyrexian.
• Mirran — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.
• Phyrexian — At the beginning of your end step, draw a card, then discard a card. Then if there are fifteen or more artifact cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses the game.
Enchantment
Mirrodin Besieged (mh1) 57

Finisher

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Dross Scorpion
Whenever this creature or another artifact creature dies, you may untap target artifact.
Creature Artifact - Scorpion
Dross Scorpion (mrd) 164
Grinding Station
, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards.
Whenever an artifact enters, you may untap this artifact.
Artifact
Grinding Station (5dn) 127
Lavaspur Boots
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste and ward
. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lavaspur Boots (otj) 243
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (trc) 496
Mirror of the Forebears
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a copy of target creature you control of the chosen type, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Artifact
Mirror of the Forebears (c17) 54
Rocket-Powered Goblin Glider
When this Equipment enters, if it was cast from your graveyard, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has flying and haste.
Equip

Mayhem
Artifact - Equipment
Rocket-Powered Goblin Glider (msc) 825
Thousand-Year Elixir
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
,
: Untap target creature.
Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

Incoming Swaps

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Buried Ruin
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Land
Buried Ruin (pip) 254
Darksteel Citadel
Indestructible
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (c21) 285
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tla) 283
Lonely Sandbar
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Lonely Sandbar (eoc) 166
Mystic Sanctuary
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Island
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Phyrexia's Core
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice an artifact: You gain 1 life.
Land
Phyrexia's Core (c21) 309
Seat of the Synod
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (eoc) 176

Land

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Encroaching Mycosynth
Nonland permanents you control are artifacts in addition to their other types. The same is true for permanent spells you control and nonland permanent cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
Artifact
Encroaching Mycosynth (one) 47
Perpetual Timepiece
: Mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Exile this artifact: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.
Artifact
Perpetual Timepiece (otc) 263
Shimmer Myr
Flash
You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.
Creature Artifact - Myr
Shimmer Myr (nec) 157
Welding Jar
Sacrifice this artifact: Regenerate target artifact.
Artifact
Welding Jar (2xm) 307

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Cloud Key
As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Cloud Key (tsr) 265
Commander's Sphere
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dmc) 181
Etherium Sculptor
Artifact spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature Artifact - Artificer Vedalken
Etherium Sculptor (nec) 92
Everflowing Chalice
Multikicker
(You may pay an additional
any number of times as you cast this spell.)
This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.
: Add
for each charge counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Everflowing Chalice (eoc) 137
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (tdc) 318
Foundry Inspector
Artifact spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Foundry Inspector (plst) KLD-215
Jhoira's Familiar
Flying
Historic spells you cast cost
less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Creature Artifact - Bird
Jhoira's Familiar (2xm) 265
Millikin
, Mill a card: Add
. (Activate only as an instant. To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature Artifact - Construct
Millikin (tdc) 321
Mind Stone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Moonsilver Key
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with a mana ability or a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Moonsilver Key (mid) 255
Ornithopter
Flying
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
Silver Myr
: Add
.
Creature Artifact - Myr
Silver Myr (mrd) 241
Sky Diamond
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Sky Diamond (clb) 337
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (eoc) 57
Solemn Simulacrum
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Solemn Simulacrum (tdc) 325
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (who) 255
Wayfarer's Bauble
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (scd) 287

Ramp

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Codex Shredder
: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Artifact
Codex Shredder (cmr) 304
Metalwork Colossus
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control.
Sacrifice two artifacts: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Metalwork Colossus (cmm) 960
Scrap Trawler
Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Scrap Trawler (c21) 260

Recursion

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Aether Spellbomb
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Aether Spellbomb (jmp) 456
Disruption Protocol
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay
.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Disruption Protocol (neo) 51
Louisoix's Sacrifice
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a legendary creature or pay
.
Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or noncreature spell.
Instant
Louisoix's Sacrifice (fin) 59
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Reality Shift
Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)
Instant
Reality Shift (drc) 39
Resculpt
Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.
Instant
Resculpt (cmm) 115
Stoic Rebuttal
Metalcraft — This spell costs
less to cast if you control three or more artifacts.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Stoic Rebuttal (mm2) 59
Wizard's Retort
This spell costs
less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Wizard's Retort (plst) DOM-75

Removal

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Efficient Construction
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Enchantment
Efficient Construction (aer) 33
Sai, Master Thopterist
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Sai, Master Thopterist (nec) 97

Tokens

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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 42
Repurposing Bay
,
, Sacrifice another artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Repurposing Bay (dft) 56
Scour for Scrap
Choose one or both —
• Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
• Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Scour for Scrap (eoe) 73
Trinket Mage
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Wizard
Trinket Mage (plst) DDU-41
Trophy Mage
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Wizard
Trophy Mage (ddu) 42

Tutor

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Chakram Retriever
Partner with Chakram Slinger (When this creature enters, target player may put Chakram Slinger into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you cast a spell during your turn, untap target creature.
Creature - Elemental Dog
Chakram Retriever (bbd) 15
Corridor Monitor
When this creature enters, untap target artifact or creature you control.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Corridor Monitor (2xm) 46
Mirran Spy
Flying
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may untap target creature.
Creature - Drone
Mirran Spy (mbs) 26

Untap

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (znc) 23
Master of Etherium
Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
Creature Artifact - Wizard Vedalken
Master of Etherium (nec) 94
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the artifact with the greatest mana value or tied for the greatest mana value, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Artificer Vedalken
Padeem, Consul of Innovation (kld) 59
Reality Heist
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal up to two artifact cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Instant
Reality Heist (neo) 75
Secrets of the Dead
Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Secrets of the Dead (c19) 95
Soul-Guide Lantern
When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Soul-Guide Lantern (eoc) 143
Tormod's Crypt
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard.
Artifact
Tormod's Crypt (m21) 241

Outgoing Swaps

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