revised artifact drain by citrusbones

Format: Commander

Commander: Golbez, Crystal Collector

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Dimir artifact-treasure reanimation value deck built around Golbez, Crystal Collector. The plan is to flood the board with cheap artifacts and Treasure/Clue/Food tokens, stock the graveyard with large creatures, then use Golbez's end-step trigger to return a creature to hand every turn once you control four or more artifacts. When you cross eight artifacts, that same trigger drains each opponent for the returned creature's power, turning Deadeye Plunderers, Marut, and Kappa Cannoneer into a table-wide clock. There are no infinite combos in the list; the deck wins through attrition, repeated end-step drains, and combat damage from evasive or growing artifact creatures, with Dark Depths as a slow backup finisher. The commander is the engine and the win condition, so keeping him alive and keeping the artifact count high is the central tension of every game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Another Chance
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cerebral Download
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Counterpoint
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Daily Bugle Newspaper
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deadeye Plunderers
  • 1 Deadly Derision
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Depths of Desire
  • 1 Divergent Equation
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Forger's Foundry
  • 1 Golbez, Crystal Collector
  • 1 Grim Bounty
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hornswoggle
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lumengrid Sentinel
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Marut
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Pactdoll Terror
  • 1 Phyrexia's Core
  • 1 Pirate's Prize
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Rod of Absorption
  • 1 Ruthless Knave
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Sunset Sarsaparilla Machine
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 The Gold Saucer
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Chest
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Wizards of Thay