Fiddlebended by Monkeyflip

Format: Commander

Commander: Oswald Fiddlebender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white artifact stax and combo build commanded by Oswald Fiddlebender. Oswald acts as a repeatable Birthing Pod for artifacts, converting low-cost fodder like 0-drop creatures, artifact lands, and mana rocks into silver-bullet stax pieces and combo components on curve. The primary game plan seeks to disrupt opponents during early turns using asymmetrical hate pieces such as Winter Moon, Torpor Orb, Drannith Magistrate, and Ensnaring Bridge, often reinforced by a Lantern Control package (Lantern of Insight, Codex Shredder, Ghoulcaller's Bell) to manipulate opponent draws. Once the table's velocity is restrained, Oswald climbs the mana curve to assemble the infinite colorless mana combo of Basalt Monolith and Rings of Brighthearth. Infinite mana is then immediately channeled into Walking Ballista or Staff of Domination to eliminate all three opponents on Turn 4 to 5 without passing the turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Relic
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ensnaring Bridge
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
  • 1 Glasses of Urza
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grindclock
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Lantern of Insight
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magewright's Stone
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Millstone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 19 Plains
  • 1 Prized Statue
  • 1 Pyxis of Pandemonium
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Sands of Delirium
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Millennium Calendar
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Voltaic Servant
  • 1 Voyager Staff
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow