{"ops":[{"insert":"Since the release of MH2 and its 10 artifact lands, one of my pet paper decks has been a pile of 100 artifacts (plus honorary artifact "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Umori, the Collector"}},{"insert":"). With "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Golos, Tireless Pilgrim"}},{"insert":" banned, it's a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ramos, Dragon Engine"}},{"insert":" deck that plays every "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cranial Plating"}},{"insert":" and a few additional \"power equal to the number of artifacts you control\" options, winning through combat/commander damage (or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Alibou, Ancient Witness"}},{"insert":" triggers).\n\nThe deck can have explosive starts, but overall it's slow and fragile, with a number of notable drawbacks:\n\nThere are only 7 untapped lands."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Channeling "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirrorshell Crab"}},{"insert":" is the only answer to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stony Silence"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Collector Ouphe"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karn, the Great Creator"}},{"insert":" and mass artifact exile ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Farewell"}},{"insert":" et al.)."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Walls of Ba Sing Se"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darksteel Forge"}},{"insert":" are the only good answers to mass artifact destruction ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bane of Progress"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vandalblast"}},{"insert":"/etc.), but at least 11 of the 19 lands are indestructible!"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIn an attempt to compensate, there are some lopsided stax effects ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Storage Matrix"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ethersworn Canonist"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lodestone Golem"}},{"insert":") and all the game changers are fast mana ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chrome Mox"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Vault"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grim Monolith"}},{"insert":").\n\nDespite the low land count, all your starting hand really needs is to be able to get to 2 mana so you can start casting rocks, which is the reason for cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeweled Amulet"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mox Tantalite"}},{"insert":". I rarely have to mulligan more than once with this deck.\n\nPlaying all the signets and talismans in addition to everything else is too many rocks, and the deck doesn't need green mana, so all the green signets and talismans have been cut. Still need a 5-color commander so you have enough lands, though (and for Umori)!\n\nTwo double-faced artifacts with artifact lands on the back have been printed, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools"}},{"insert":", but because the most important thing is to get to 2 mana, they don't actually help, and the Well isn't even in the deck. Barracks of the Thousand is nice for pumping out giant tokens, though.\n\nThere are lots of ways to build a 100-artifact pile, so I've used the maybeboards to highlight a few of the card packages that I've either had in or considered for the deck at some point.\n"}]}