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Emry, Lurker of the Loch · U · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 40Instants 14Sorceries 1Artifacts 6Enchantments 1Lands 37
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Strategy
Emry, Lurker of the Loch leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, building an artifact board and cashing it in. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 2.94.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Urza, Lord High Artificer and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Emry, Lurker of the Loch on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Aether Spellbomb is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Sai, Master Thopterist keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Cyclonic Rift for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 2.94 average mana value the top end is middling, which means most turns hold two spells.
Win conditions: Wins through artifact payoffs and the damage or mana they produce.
- Mirran Spy - Core to the plan
- Etherium Sculptor - Core to the plan
- Mishra's Bauble - Core to the plan
- Aether Spellbomb - Interaction
- Foundry Inspector - Core to the plan
- Chakram Retriever - Core to the plan
- Sai, Master Thopterist - Card draw
- Codex Shredder - Core to the plan
~$885.53
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
{T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Creatures (40)
Mirran Spy
Creature — Drone
$0.33
Flying
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may untap target creature.
Etherium Sculptor
Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$0.7
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Foundry Inspector
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.36
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Chakram Retriever
Creature — Elemental Dog
$5.27
Partner with Chakram Slinger (When this creature enters, target player may put Chakram Slinger into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you cast a spell during your turn, untap target creature.
Sai, Master Thopterist
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$0.29
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
Thought Monitor
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.27
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Riddlesmith
Creature — Human Artificer
$0.2
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Trinket Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.31
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Shimmer Myr
Artifact Creature — Myr
$0.34
Flash
You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.
The Reality Chip
Legendary Artifact Creature — Equipment Jellyfish
$4.02
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
As long as The Reality Chip is attached to a creature, you may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.
Reconfigure {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Phyrexian Metamorph
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
$2.1
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Forensic Gadgeteer
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
$1.92
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.
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$15.67
When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Kappa Cannoneer
Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
$0.26
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Ward {4}
Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
Jhoira's Familiar
Artifact Creature — Bird
$1.41
Flying
Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Scrap Trawler
Artifact Creature — Construct
$1.46
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.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
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.
Spellskite
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$6.86
{U/P}: Change a target of target spell or ability to this creature. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Tribute Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$1.16
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Myr Retriever
Artifact Creature — Myr
$1.94
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Walking Ballista
Artifact Creature — Construct
$5.22
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$1.36
Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the artifact with the greatest mana value or tied for the greatest mana value, draw a card.
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter
$7.45
Flash
Flying
You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.
Trophy Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.55
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Vedalken Archmage
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
$12.61
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card.
Laboratory Maniac
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.45
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
Mm'menon, the Right Hand
Legendary Creature — Jellyfish Advisor
$0.31
Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast artifact spells from the top of your library.
Artifacts you control have "{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand."
Diligent Excavator
Creature — Human Artificer
$0.3
Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Displacer Kitten
Creature — Cat Beast
$26.45
Avoidance — Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, exile up to one target nonland permanent you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Glaring Fleshraker
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
$1.21
Whenever you cast a colorless spell, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Whenever another colorless creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Millikin
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.23
{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (Activate only as an instant. To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Hullbreaker Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
$5.72
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Ornithopter of Paradise
Artifact Creature — Thopter
$0.44
Flying
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
$1.47
Whenever Neerdiv becomes tapped, target player mills cards equal to its power.
Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard or activate an ability of a card in your graveyard, draw a card and put a +1/+1 counter on Neerdiv.
Burnished Hart
Artifact Creature — Elk
$0.14
{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Meteor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.16
When this creature enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
Instants (14)
Whir of Invention
Instant
$5.93
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.27
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Fierce Guardianship
Instant
$63.56
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.01
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Swan Song
Instant
$9.85
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Thirst for Knowledge
Instant
$0.17
Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.
Mana Drain
Instant
$51.22
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
High Tide
Instant
$0.81
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.
Intuition
Instant
$362.21
Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle.
Dig Through Time
Instant
$0.29
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Mana Sculpt
Instant
$0.77
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
Sorceries (1)
Fabricate
Sorcery
$6.75
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifacts (6)
Mishra's Bauble
Artifact
$1.24
{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.
Aether Spellbomb
Artifact
$0.32
{U}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
{1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Codex Shredder
Artifact
$0.3
{T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
{5}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Mystic Forge
Artifact
$3.36
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.
Tormod's Crypt
Artifact
$0.41
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard.
Enchantments (1)
Rhystic Study
Enchantment
$67.53
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.
Lands (37)
Inventors' Fair
Legendary Land
$18.95
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1.11
({T}: Add {U}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Urza's Saga
Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga
$36.03
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Buried Ruin
Land
$0.44
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Archway of Innovation
Land
$1.27
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Academy Ruins
Legendary Land
$5.19
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Legendary Land
$58.63
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.
Otawara, Soaring City
Legendary Land
$26.49
{T}: Add {U}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Cephalid Coliseum
Land
$0.34
{T}: Add {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Basic lands: 25 Island
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