{"ops":[{"insert":"\tSpelljammer is named after "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Possibility Storm"}},{"insert":" (with, of course, a nod to the D&D setting), because when it is on the battlefield it will \"jam\" the spells of your opponents, causing them to cast random spells instead. Possibility Storm is comboed with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mishra, Artificer Prodigy"}},{"insert":", because while PS will jam your opponent's spells, Mishra will make your artifacts immune to the Spelljammer, and not only that, will cause all of your artifacts to retrieve a random artifact off the top of your deck, as well. This is quite an old combo, so it is undoubtedly one many players will have seen before, but for those uninitiated the combo is laid out below.\n\n\tWith Mishra and PS on board, the combo works like this:\nCast an artifact spell."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Trigger Mishra, searching your deck and graveyard for a spell with the same name as that artifact."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Trigger Possibility Storm, exiling the spell you cast and cards from the top of your deck until you exile a card which shares a card type with the spell you cast."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast the last-exiled card without paying its mana cost, and put the remaining cards on the bottom of your deck in a random order to resolve Possibility Storm's effect."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resolve Mishra's effect. The first artifact you cast is now in your deck. Therefore, Mishra will play it for free."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tCentral to this deck is getting enough mana to cast the big spells you have in your hand (in the 4-7 CMC range) and keeping your hand full in order to get the most out of PS.\n\n\tAn alternative to Possibility Storm is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Neera, Wild Mage"}},{"insert":". She is almost the same, but instead of grabbing a card with the same type she will grab a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"nonland"},{"insert":" card. She also doesn't affect the spells of your opponents, so she isn't a Spelljammer. This has the effect of either giving you a free artifact or effectively tacking an extra ETB effect on to the artifact you just cast if you hit something like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Terminate"}},{"insert":". An added downside of Neera is she only triggers once per turn. But, as an alternative to playing expensive searchers, she works just fine.\n\n\tSpeaking of tutors, there are only a few tutors in the deck which search Possibility Storm, one being "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brainspoil"}},{"insert":". Fun fact, there are only 14 cards with the Transmute ability, and only one which has a CMC of 5, that being Brainspoil. It's a good thing that in addition to being a searcher it can also turn any artifact creature into "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Noxious Gearhulk"}},{"insert":" if it's hit off Neera.\n\n\tThe other searcher which grabs the Jammer is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Portal"}},{"insert":". I debated using this or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Bridge"}},{"insert":". While Bridge is technically cheaper to get most things into play, Portal lets me bring something to hand when I have the Jammer up so I have more things to cast.\n\n\tThere's nothing else that directly searches for the Jammer. I did include "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scour for Scrap"}},{"insert":" as a way to search the Portal, to search the Jammer, however. Something you'll note about this deck is that is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"very"},{"insert":" slow to get started and requires "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"a lot"},{"insert":" of mana. I liken it to a gargantuan construct Mishra is building that takes years and immense power, but is extremely powerful and oppressive once it's awake.\n\n\tCurrently I don't have very much disposable income and my favorite MTG content creator, The Trinket Mage, has in the past stated that building budget versions of your commander decks can help focus it since you can't be allured by expensive good cards which have less synergy with your deck than some obscure cards. I started out using this deck as a ~80% proxied version with every expensive tutor and as many expensive really good artifacts as I could find. It wasn't very good. So, to the end of making a deck which will function well and will be fun to play while also being affordable in my nearly-broke state, I have come up with this $20 budget list. As of the time of writing I have not bought these cards yet, but in the coming month when my budget renews and I have some cash to spend again I will purchase these cards and play with a commander deck that I actually own all of the cards to for the first time in a long time.\n\n\tI have started buying cards using store credit at my LGS, though I have run out. In July I will have more pocket money and will continue to buy cards. We're getting closer!\n\n I have finally gotten in all of the cards in the main deck. I made a few swaps in and out of the maybeboard based on observations made in the past month or so. I'll consider the description of the deck done, and all further updates will be reflected in the comments.\n"}]}