Ultron by Jo.li

Format: Commander

Commander: Ultron, Artificial Malevolence

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This colorless Commander deck is engineered as a high-velocity artifact combo and stax engine. Helmed by Ultron, Artificial Malevolence, the deck uses its commander primarily as a value multiplier to duplicate key non-token artifacts for two mana, generating extra mana rocks and creature bodies. The core strategy revolves around explosive mana acceleration provided by format-staple rocks, Sol lands, and Mishra's Workshop. The deck leverages proactive disruption such as Trinisphere, Karn, the Great Creator, and Vexing Bauble to slow down opponents while assembling compact infinite combos like Basalt Monolith with Rings of Brighthearth, Metalworker with Staff of Domination, or Mystic Forge with Sensei's Divining Top. Once arbitrary mana and card draw are established, the deck closes the game in a single turn with Walking Ballista or Aetherflux Reservoir. The deck achieves exceptional velocity, resilience, and independent win routes despite the inherent card pool constraints of a colorless color identity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Echoes of Eternity
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Eldrazi Temple
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Kozilek's Command
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Secluded Starforge
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Ugin's Labyrinth
  • 1 Ugin, Eye of the Storms
  • 1 Ugin, the Ineffable
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza's Workshop
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 2 Wastes
  • 1 Worn Powerstone