Artifacts [Current list] (duplicated from Ozean603) by Ozean603

Format: Commander

Commander: Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant and Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck leverages the partner pairing of Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant and Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter to create a four-color spellslinger engine centered on artifact token generation. By chaining cheap cantrips, artifact baubles, and low-cost ramp, the deck routinely triggers Elmar's second-spell ability each turn to untap Hargilde or mana dorks while generating Clue tokens. Hargilde provides colorless acceleration specifically tailored for activating Clues, casting artifact spells, or equipping tools like Skullclamp. The deck compounds token production through Academy Manufactor, Third Path Iconoclast, Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, and Vraska, Soul of Stone. It translates token volume into a decisive finish via Draconic Visitor—transforming every Clue, Food, and Treasure into a 5/5 flying Dragon—or through Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer and Reckless Fireweaver burn. Backed by efficient 1-mana removal and counterspells, the deck presents a resilient midrange clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vraska, Soul of Stone
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought