335
2/13/2025
Oswald, Some Assembly Required
Deck Size: 100
Commander
Legal
Est deck cost: $520.88
Salt sum: 37.44
335
2/13/2025
Compare
Deck filters

Choose your preferred layout. You can change this at any time using the Deck filters / View as options above.

Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $2.79
Oswald Fiddlebender

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Oswald Fiddlebender (afr) 28

Commander

(CTRL to add secondary)

Land

Qty: 34 (35 w/ MDFC)Price: $48.90
Ancient Den

{T}: Add {W}.

Artifact Land
Ancient Den (brc) 172
Blast Zone

This land enters with a charge counter on it. {T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on this land. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this land.

Land
Blast Zone (cmm) 987
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (mb2) 107
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (otc) 283
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (blb) 370
Treasure Vault

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.

Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (afr) 261
Urza's Mine

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Mine (cmm) 1051
Urza's Power Plant

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Power Plant (cmm) 1052
Urza's Tower

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Tower (cmm) 1053
Urza's Workshop

{T}: Add {C}. Metalcraft — {T}: Add {C} for each Urza's land you control. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Urza's Workshop (brc) 28
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (mkc) 310

Land

(CTRL to add secondary)

Recursion

Qty: 7 Price: $6.81
Brilliant Restoration

Return all artifact and enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Brilliant Restoration (neo) 7
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (onc) 147
Junk Diver

Flying When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Junk Diver (mh3) 293
Mistveil Plains

({T}: Add {W}.) This land enters tapped. {W}, {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library. Activate only if you control two or more white permanents.

Land
Mistveil Plains (plst) UMA-247
Sanctum Gargoyle

Flying When this creature enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Sanctum Gargoyle (j22) 236
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
Scrap Trawler (moc) 373
Workshop Assistant

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Workshop Assistant (cmr) 348

Recursion

(CTRL to add secondary)

Draw

Qty: 5 Price: $50.45
Coveted Jewel

When this artifact enters, draw three cards. {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls attack you and aren't blocked, that player draws three cards and gains control of this artifact. Untap it.

Artifact
Coveted Jewel (blc) 268
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Eye of Vecna

When Eye of Vecna enters, you draw a card and you lose 2 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {2}. If you do, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.

Artifact
Eye of Vecna (afr) 243
Ichor Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brc) 143
Lembas

When this artifact enters, scry 1, then draw a card. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.

Artifact
Lembas (ltr) 694

Draw

(CTRL to add secondary)

Leftovers

Qty: 5 Price: $42.45
Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {3}

Artifact
Illusionist's Bracers (rvr) 260
Magewright's Stone

{1}, {T}: Untap target creature that has an activated ability with {T} in its cost.

Artifact
Magewright's Stone (plst) DIS-162
The Mightstone and Weakstone

When The Mightstone and Weakstone enters, choose one — • Draw two cards. • Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. {T}: Add {C}{C}. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. (Melds with Urza, Lord Protector.)

Artifact
The Mightstone and Weakstone (bro) 238a
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271
Ugin's Nexus

If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. If Ugin's Nexus would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, instead exile it and take an extra turn after this one.

Artifact
Ugin's Nexus (ktk) 227

Leftovers

(CTRL to add secondary)

Removal

Qty: 10 Price: $18.96
Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (mkc) 56
Dismantling Wave

For each opponent, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment that player controls. Cycling {6}{W}{W} ({6}{W}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Sorcery
Dismantling Wave (plst) C20-25
Dispatch

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

Instant
Dispatch (nec) 83
Duplicant

Imprint — When this creature enters, you may exile target nontoken creature. As long as a card exiled with this creature is a creature card, this creature has the power, toughness, and creature types of the last creature card exiled with it. It's still a Shapeshifter.

Creature Artifact
Duplicant (cmm) 946
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Return to Dust

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Return to Dust (lcc) 136
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (blc) 109
Unidentified Hovership

Flying When this Vehicle enters, exile up to one target creature with toughness 5 or less. When this Vehicle leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner manifests dread. Crew 1

Artifact
Unidentified Hovership (dsk) 37
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

Removal

(CTRL to add secondary)

Empire Control

Qty: 5 Price: $13.57
Crown of Empires

{3}, {T}: Tap target creature. Gain control of that creature instead if you control artifacts named Scepter of Empires and Throne of Empires.

Artifact
Crown of Empires (plst) M12-203
Manifold Key

{1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Manifold Key (clb) 319
Scepter of Empires

{T}: This artifact deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. It deals 3 damage instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Throne of Empires.

Artifact
Scepter of Empires (m12) 216
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (blc) 283
Throne of Empires

{1}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Create five of those tokens instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Scepter of Empires.

Artifact
Throne of Empires (m12) 221

Empire Control

(CTRL to add secondary)

Protection

Qty: 9 Price: $57.31
Apostle's Blessing

({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Target artifact or creature you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Instant
Apostle's Blessing (plst) MM2-8
Blacksmith's Skill

Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. If it's an artifact creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Blacksmith's Skill (mh2) 6
Lavaspur Boots

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste and ward {1}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Lavaspur Boots (otj) 243
Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (mrd) 199
Loran's Escape

Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Mithril Coat

Flash Indestructible When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control. Equipped creature has indestructible. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mithril Coat (ltr) 245
Reprieve

Return target spell to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 477
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
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 (blc) 286

Protection

(CTRL to add secondary)

Station Combos

Qty: 12 Price: $90.54
Blasting Station

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: This artifact deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a creature enters, you may untap this artifact.

Artifact
Blasting Station (plst) 5DN-107
Clock of Omens

Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Untap target artifact.

Artifact
Clock of Omens (plst) M13-202
Dross Scorpion

Whenever this creature or another artifact creature dies, you may untap target artifact.

Creature Artifact
Dross Scorpion (mrd) 164
Grinding Station

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards. Whenever an artifact enters, you may untap this artifact.

Artifact
Grinding Station (5dn) 127
Lotus Petal

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

Artifact
Lotus Petal (tmp) 294
Mishra's Bauble

{T}, 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 (ima) 221
Myr Retriever

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Myr Retriever (plst) CM2-203
Myr Turbine

{T}: Create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token. {T}, Tap five untapped Myr you control: Search your library for a Myr creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Artifact
Myr Turbine (mbs) 117
Salvaging Station

{T}: Return target noncreature artifact card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Whenever a creature dies, you may untap this artifact.

Artifact
Salvaging Station (5dn) 148
Summoning Station

{T}: Create a 2/2 colorless Pincher creature token. Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may untap this artifact.

Artifact
Summoning Station (5dn) 158
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Flying Whenever you cast a historic spell, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle (cmm) 65
Welding Jar

Sacrifice this artifact: Regenerate target artifact.

Artifact
Welding Jar (2xm) 307

Station Combos

(CTRL to add secondary)

Kaldra Voltron

Qty: 3 Price: $28.27
Helm of Kaldra

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste. {1}: If you control Equipment named Helm of Kaldra, Sword of Kaldra, and Shield of Kaldra, create Kaldra, a legendary 4/4 colorless Avatar creature token. Attach those Equipment to it. Equip {2}

Artifact
Helm of Kaldra (plst) 5DN-131
Shield of Kaldra

Equipment named Sword of Kaldra, Shield of Kaldra, and Helm of Kaldra have indestructible. Equipped creature has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) Equip {4}

Artifact
Shield of Kaldra (dst) 139
Sword of Kaldra

Equipped creature gets +5/+5. Whenever equipped creature deals damage to a creature, exile that creature. (Exile it only if it's still on the battlefield.) Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Sword of Kaldra (mrd) 251

Kaldra Voltron

(CTRL to add secondary)

Ramp

Qty: 9 Price: $160.83
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Archaeomancer's Map

When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Artifact
Archaeomancer's Map (c21) 12
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Mox Opal

Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Artifact
Mox Opal (2xm) 275
Mycosynth Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Mycosynth Wellspring (brc) 150
Prized Statue

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Artifact
Prized Statue (clb) 334
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129
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 (blc) 284

Ramp

(CTRL to add secondary)

Maybeboard

Qty: 9 Price: $33.63
Kaldra Compleat

Living weapon Indestructible Equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has first strike, trample, indestructible, haste, and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, exile that creature." Equip {7}

Artifact
Kaldra Compleat (cmm) 958
Lithoform Engine

{2}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {3}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}, {T}: Copy target permanent spell you control. (The copy becomes a token.)

Artifact
Lithoform Engine (brc) 146
Marble Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 320
Market Gnome

When this creature dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card. When this creature is exiled from the battlefield while you're activating a craft ability, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Market Gnome (lci) 22
Monumental Henge

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Land
Monumental Henge (mh3) 222
Razor Golem

Affinity for Plains (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Plains you control.) Vigilance

Creature Artifact
Razor Golem (dst) 137
Thousand Moons Smithy

Artifact
Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand (lci) 39Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand (lci) 39
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317
Wurmcoil Engine

Deathtouch, lifelink When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.

Creature Artifact
Wurmcoil Engine (2xm) 308

Maybeboard

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck stats

25 pips - 19 cards
34 mana - 32 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
23 mana - 13 cards
CategoriesQtyOdds
Click charts to focus on cards
Deck extras (0)

Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck was built around the concept of cards that reference other cards. It began as a multi-colored deck, but I ultimately cut it down to mono-white to help it run more efficiently. The deck has three main strategies to win, and I’ll likely play through them in this order:\n\nPhase 1: Voltron\nUsing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sword of Kaldra"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shield of Kaldra"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Helm of Kaldra"}},{"insert":", I’ll suit up Oswald and look to beat down my opponents. If that fails, I’ll move to phase 2. \n\nPhase 2: Control\nUsing the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crown of Empires"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Throne of Empires"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scepter of Empires"}},{"insert":", I’ll take control of my opponents creatures and build up an army to secure victory. And if this option fails me, we move into phase 3.\n\nPhase 3: Combo\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasting Station"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grinding Station"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Salvaging Station"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Summoning Station"}},{"insert":" is the primary objective here, as the four can combo off all on their own. But if that's disrupted, there are some more combos in the deck.\n"}]}
Unable to load comments
AutoNew CategoryMaybeboardSideboard