Arcum Dagsson cEDH Primer by narbalz

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcum Dagsson

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 82

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck is built around Arcum Dagsson, utilizing dense fast mana and inexpensive artifact creature fodder to cheat game-ending noncreature artifacts directly onto the battlefield. The primary strategy focuses on assembling the infinite mana and card-draw combo of Chromatic Orrery and Filigree Sages on Turn 3. Once infinite mana of all colors is established, the deck draws its entire library, creates an arbitrarily large flying token army using Hangarback Walker and Krark-Clan Ironworks, grants haste via Crashing Drawbridge, and eliminates the entire table in a single combat step. Alternatively, Arcum can tutor devastating stax pieces like Portal to Phyrexia and God-Pharaoh's Statue to strip opposing boards and severely tax their spells. The list is heavily reinforced by format-ceiling free counterspells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Pact of Negation) and redundant artifact tutors, making it a fast, resilient, and proactive cEDH powerhouse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Combat Courier
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Corridor Monitor
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Filigree Sages
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Invasion Submersible
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Machine God's Effigy
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nexus of Becoming
  • 1 Night Scythe
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Shield Sphere
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skateboard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tidal Bore
  • 1 Tomb Trawler
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Twiddle
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Voltaic Servant