{"ops":[{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"*Fear Factory plays loudly in the background*"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"TL;DR:"},{"insert":" Big artifacts, big punches.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Game Plan"},{"insert":"\nThere's a lot of cool artifact creatures out there... and we're going to play the ones that swing the hardest. This deck doesn't really need its commander for anything other than the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"rulebreaker"},{"insert":" mechanic, but copying artifact creatures isn't a bad fallback.\n\nWhile the gameplay isn't the most 'cerebral', artifact creatures have always been a pretty consistent strategy, with powerful drops across every point on the mana curve. "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Rulebreaker"},{"insert":" gives you quite a bit more flexibility than traditional colorless decks, and we take advantage of that here with value pieces throughout the color pie. \n\nCost reducers are your best friend and most effective starting point in this build, significantly shortcutting your path to the ramp pieces that will really put you ahead. There are enough 'little guys' to discourage early aggro in your direction, and you won't need many setup turns to start windmill slamming creatures that will both effectively deter attacks and threaten big chunks of damage to anyone unable to block. In addition to a strong ramp package, you also have a suite of Urza lands that can completely tilt the game in your favor if you happen to get a couple on the board. \n\nAs you work towards your finishers, it should go without saying that artifact removal is your biggest threat. With decks like this, it's hard not to fear cards like Vandalblast, and there's no arguing that a well timed artifact wipe will send you back to the stone age. To help offset this, three of our key finishers are indestructible, and one of them (Krang) extends that, plus some other badass keywords, to the rest of your team. We also run Darksteel Forge, which is expensive, but pretty hard to deal with once its out. Cryptothrall and Bronze Guardian help prevent single target removal, and Triplicate Titan, Wurmcoil engine, and Tri-Sentinel are fine with being sent to the bin. We run a small amount of recursion with Scrap Trawler and Trading Post, but in most cases you're just better off pivoting as you incur various amounts of interaction. \n\nBeyond the obvious play-line of closing with combat damage from battlecruiser creatures, we can fall back on Cyberdrive Awakener, which can turn the entire board into an alpha strike. We also have Bosh, who can fling your high mana value creatures for additional lethality. If your opponents get a huge threat out before you, clone it with Phyrexian Metamorph, or one-up it with Auton Soldier, which adds insult to injury with myriad.\n\nThe deck's removal suite is woefully high mana-costed, but colorless does have its limits. On the plus side, some of our interaction effects can double as game-ending damagers on subsequent turns. All is Dust and Ugin, Eye of Storms are typically considered pretty spicy cards, but given the context, the utility can't be ignored. This strategy has enough weaknesses that it seems justified, in any case. The same can be said for Blightsteel Colossus, but if your meta looks down upon Infect, feel free to swap that for something more innocuous. \n\nIf your draws allow, you can supercharge everything above with copy effects from Ultron, Iron Man, Cybermen Squadron, or your (admittedly over-costed) commander.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Powering Up ⚡"},{"insert":"\nThere are a couple absolute heaters in the 2026 release pipeline that will definitely help optimize this deck's ability to close. The first is Craterclaw Colossus, an artifact-themed overrun enabler, joining us in early October with the Reality Fracture release. The second is Crystalline Entity, another asymmetrical boardwipe from Star Trek that favors artifacts and comes with a very respectable stat line. \n\nAs far as things that already exist, if you happen to own a Metalworker, I would drop Worn Powerstone for it in a second. Ugin, Spirit Dragon provides another colored permanent board wipe option, and Darksteel Monolith can give you a huge leg up on dropping additional high-cost pieces if you get it out early enough. \n\nI probably wouldn't run Ethersworn Canonist in B2 metas, but if you decide to slot in things like The One Ring and Ancient Tomb and bump this up to a 3, feel free to toss some light stax in along with them. \n\nEnjoy! \n\nCheck out the other decks from this series:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25091973/joven_and_chandler_the_kids_need_new_shoes"},"insert":"Joven and Chandler"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25519812/uugguu_the_omniplasm_where_my_slimes_at"},"insert":"Uugguu, the Omniplasm"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25132419/the_unluckiest_planeswalker_cursed_energy"},"insert":"The Unluckiest Planeswalker"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25445588/the_weaver_king_grave_sense_of_humor"},"insert":"The Weaver King"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/24959071/tresserhorns_lord_eldritch_harvest"},"insert":"Tresserhorn's Lord, Returned"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25085691/grizzlegom_land_master"},"insert":"Grizzlegom, Hurloon Hero"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25167210/maular_the_next_evolution_apex_apocalypse"},"insert":"Maular, the Next Evolution"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25171858/whtz_the_bibliophile_pocket_library"},"insert":"Whtz, the Bibliophile"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/25312156/homer_the_hermit_crab_rave"},"insert":"Homer, the Hermit"},{"insert":"\n\n\n\n\n"}]}