Artifact lock Deck by CavalierGabriel

Format: Commander

Commander: Emrakul, the Exigent Doom

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This colorless prison deck pairs explosive vintage acceleration with an oppressive suite of stax pieces to dismantle opposing strategies and secure decisive combo finishes. Utilizing premium fast mana such as Mishra's Workshop, Ancient Tomb, Sol Ring, and Mana Vault, the deck establishes early resource dominance by deploying asymmetrical hate pieces like Trinisphere, Winter Moon, Chalice of the Void, and Cursed Totem on Turns 1 and 2. These pieces paralyze opponent mana development and suppress competitive combo attempts. While opponents struggle under resource taxes, the deck digs toward its primary win conditions using engines like The One Ring and Inventors' Fair. On Turn 4, the deck achieves victory by locking the table completely with Karn, the Great Creator and Mycosynth Lattice, or by assembling infinite mana through Basalt Monolith and Rings of Brighthearth to eliminate all opponents simultaneously with Walking Ballista.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blast Zone
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chalice of the Void
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desecrate Reality
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Devourer of Destiny
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Eldrazi Temple
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Eye of Ugin
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 HELIOS One
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Karn, Silver Golem
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lodestone Golem
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memory Jar
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Oblivion Stone
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scorched Ruins
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Sphere of Resistance
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
  • 1 Thorn of Amethyst
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Ugin's Labyrinth
  • 1 Ugin, Eye of the Storms
  • 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 4 Wastes
  • 1 Weathered Runestone
  • 1 Winding Canyons
  • 1 Winter Moon