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3/19/2025
Instruments of War
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Est deck cost: $191.15
Salt sum: 37.19
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Commander

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Liberty Prime, Recharged

Vigilance, trample, haste Whenever Liberty Prime attacks or blocks, sacrifice it unless you pay {E}{E} (two energy counters). {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: You get {E}{E} and draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Liberty Prime, Recharged (pip) 5

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Draw

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Armory Paladin

Trample Whenever you cast an Aura or Equipment spell, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until the end of your next turn.

Creature
Armory Paladin (pip) 93
Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Creature
Forensic Gadgeteer (mkm) 57
Glimmer of Genius

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Instant
Glimmer of Genius (pip) 176
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain (brc) 126
One with the Machine

Draw cards equal to the highest mana value among artifacts you control.

Sorcery
One with the Machine (pip) 179
Puresteel Paladin

Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may draw a card. Metalcraft — Equipment you control have equip {0} as long as you control three or more artifacts.

Creature
Puresteel Paladin (pip) 170
Synth Eradicator

Haste Whenever this creature attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may get {E}{E} (two energy counters). If you don't, you may play that card this turn. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: This creature deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature Artifact
Synth Eradicator (pip) 67
The Key to the Vault

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may exile a nonland card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost. Equip {2}{U}

Artifact
The Key to the Vault (otj) 54
Thopter Spy Network

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Enchantment
Thopter Spy Network (nec) 98
Tune the Narrative

Draw a card. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Instant
Tune the Narrative (mh3) 75

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Protection

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Bastion Protector

Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.

Creature
Bastion Protector (mic) 80
Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2. As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Champion's Helm (pip) 228
Codsworth, Handy Helper

Commanders you control have ward {2}. {T}: Add {W}{W}. Spend this mana only to cast Aura and/or Equipment spells. {T}: Attach target Aura or Equipment you control to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact
Codsworth, Handy Helper (pip) 14
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (c21) 92
Gift of Immortality

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Return this card to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Gift of Immortality (ths) 14
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (pip) 233
Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick

Vigilance, lifelink Exile Paladin Danse: Each creature you control that's an artifact or Human gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick (pip) 20
Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact
Silent Arbiter (c20) 250
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (snc) 62
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (pip) 242

Protection

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Tokens

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Automated Assembly Line

Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you get {E} (an energy counter). Pay {E}{E}{E}: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Robot artifact creature token.

Artifact
Automated Assembly Line (pip) 10
Crimson Caravaneer

Double strike, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Creature
Crimson Caravaneer (pip) 56
Phyrexian Ironworks

Whenever you attack, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Phyrexian Ironworks (mh3) 130

Tokens

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Board Wipe

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Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (lcc) 220
Single Combat

Each player chooses a creature or planeswalker they control, then sacrifices the rest. Players can't cast creature or planeswalker spells until the end of your next turn.

Sorcery
Single Combat (pip) 172
Slash the Ranks

Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers except for commanders.

Sorcery
Slash the Ranks (cmr) 47

Board Wipe

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Evasion

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Aqueous Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked. Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Brotherhood Regalia

Equipped creature has ward {2}, is an Assassin in addition to its other types, and can't be blocked. Equip legendary creature {1} Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Brotherhood Regalia (acr) 71
Maul of the Skyclaves

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and first strike.(It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Equip {2}{W}{W}

Artifact
Maul of the Skyclaves (onc) 80
Silver Shroud Costume

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equipped creature can't be blocked. Equip {3}

Artifact
Silver Shroud Costume (pip) 142

Evasion

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Pump

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All That Glitters

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.

Enchantment
All That Glitters (pip) 155
Bloodforged Battle-Axe

Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this Equipment. Equip {2}

Artifact
Bloodforged Battle-Axe (pip) 226
Brotherhood Scribe

Metalcraft — {T}: You get {E} (an energy counter). Activate only if you control three or more artifacts. Whenever you get one or more {E} during your turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Brotherhood Scribe (pip) 13
Dr. Madison Li

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay {E}: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Dr. Madison Li (pip) 3
Fireshrieker

Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Fireshrieker (pip) 232
Nettlecyst

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control. Equip {2}

Artifact
Nettlecyst (moc) 367
Razorfield Ripper

Whenever this creature or equipped creature attacks, you get {E} (an energy counter), then it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of {E} you have. Reconfigure—Pay {2} or {E}{E}{E}. (Pay {2} or {E}{E}{E}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Razorfield Ripper (m3c) 94

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Copy

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Shaun, Father of Synths

Whenever you attack, you may create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of target attacking legendary creature you control other than Shaun, except it's not legendary and it's a Synth artifact creature in addition to its other types. When Shaun leaves the battlefield, exile all Synth tokens you control.

Creature
Shaun, Father of Synths (pip) 119

Copy

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Finisher

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Gonti's Aether Heart

Whenever Gonti's Aether Heart or another artifact you control enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Pay eight {E}, Exile Gonti's Aether Heart: Take an extra turn after this one.

Artifact
Gonti's Aether Heart (m3c) 294

Finisher

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (pip) 224
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Equip {3}

Artifact
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus (moc) 45
Conversion Apparatus

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Add three mana in any combination of colors.

Artifact
Conversion Apparatus (m3c) 128
Enthusiastic Mechanaut

Flying Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Enthusiastic Mechanaut (neo) 218
Explorer's Scope

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Explorer's Scope (pip) 231
Foundry Inspector

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (cmr) 310
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (pip) 239
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
Solemn Simulacrum (pip) 240
Storm the Vault

Enchantment
Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan (rix) 173Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan (rix) 173
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (pip) 243
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (pip) 244
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (pip) 249

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Counters

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Assaultron Dominator

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Whenever an artifact creature you control attacks, you may pay {E}. If you do, put your choice of a +1/+1, first strike, or trample counter on that creature.

Creature Artifact
Assaultron Dominator (pip) 54
T-45 Power Armor

When this Equipment enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {E}. If you do, untap equipped creature, then put your choice of a menace, trample, or lifelink counter on it. Equip {3}

Artifact
T-45 Power Armor (pip) 145

Counters

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Land

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Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (pip) 258
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (pip) 259
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (pip) 264
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (pip) 266
HELIOS One

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: You get {E} (an energy counter). {3}, {T}, Pay X {E}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value X. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
HELIOS One (pip) 149
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (pip) 319
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (pip) 323
Mystic Monastery

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.

Land
Mystic Monastery (pip) 275
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (pip) 279
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (pip) 317
Razortide Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (pip) 281
Rustvale Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Artifact Land
Rustvale Bridge (pip) 285
Silverbluff Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Artifact Land
Silverbluff Bridge (pip) 290
Spire of Industry

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

Land
Spire of Industry (pip) 293
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (pip) 294

Land

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Removal

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Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (pip) 225
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (pip) 189
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (mh2) 267
Crush Contraband

Choose one or both — • Exile target artifact. • Exile target enchantment.

Instant
Crush Contraband (pip) 158
Dispatch

Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Instant
Dispatch (pip) 159
Electrosiphon

Counter target spell. You get an amount of {E} (energy counters) equal to its mana value.

Instant
Electrosiphon (pip) 104
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (moc) 224
Plasma Caster

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Pay {E}{E}: Choose target creature that's blocking equipped creature. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, exile the chosen creature. Otherwise, this Equipment deals 1 damage to it. Equip {2}

Artifact
Plasma Caster (pip) 64
Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Shiny Impetus (clb) 194
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (pip) 173

Removal

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Tokens & Extras

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Clue

{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.

Artifact Token
Clue (tpip) 11
Junk

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact Token
Junk (tpip) 15
Phyrexian Germ

Creature Token
Phyrexian Germ (tmoc) 19
Phyrexian Golem

Creature Artifact Token
Phyrexian Golem (tmoc) 39
Robot

Creature Artifact Token
Robot (tpip) 16
Thopter

Flying

Creature Artifact Token
Thopter (tpip) 17
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tpip) 18

Tokens & Extras

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Deck Info

Deck stats

22 pips - 19 cards
30 mana - 26 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
27 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
17 pips - 16 cards
24 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
9 mana - 8 cards
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