She likes her Artifacts like her water: recycled - Emry, Lurker of the Loch by masonx17

Format: Commander

Commander: Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact combo deck uses Emry, Lurker of the Loch as an efficient graveyard recursion engine and affinity enabler. By deploying cheap artifacts and fast mana on early turns, the deck rapidly casts Emry to mill key resources into the graveyard. The primary strategy focuses on assembling an untap loop using creatures like Mirran Spy or Chakram Retriever alongside zero-mana artifacts like Lotus Petal to generate infinite colored mana and storm. Once established, the deck finishes the game immediately on the same turn using Brain Freeze, Aetherflux Reservoir, or Thassa's Oracle. If the commander is removed, alternative combos powered by Mystic Forge, Sensei's Divining Top, or Urza, Lord High Artificer provide seamless redundancy. Robust interaction, including free counterspells like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship, protects critical combo windows while disrupting opposing game plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chakram Retriever
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirran Spy
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Whir of Invention