<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magda, Brazen Outlaw" href="#" target="_blank">Magda, Brazen Outlaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/maniaks">Slawomir Maniak</a></em></p>
<p>Do you enjoy playing typal decks, going all-out on a single creature type and pushing it to its limits? Do you miss playing with sideboards, wishing you could slot in silver bullets to take down any and every matchup that comes your way? Do you despise the color blue and everything it stands for?</p>
<p>Well, if you answered yes to some or all of those questions, then may I introduce to you <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magda, Brazen Outlaw" href="#" target="_blank">Magda, Brazen Outlaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - cEDH's premier typal commander.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Magda, Brazen Outlaw"></div></div>
<h2>What Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magda, Brazen Outlaw" href="#" target="_blank">Magda, Brazen Outlaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</h2>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Magda is a legendary 2/1 Dwarf Berserker with one static, one triggered, and one activated ability. They are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0.</li>
<li>Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.</li>
<li>Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.</li>
</ul>
<p>Together, these three abilities present a threatening package. First, assemble an army of Dwarves - they'll get a significant boost in power, making even the most minuscule attacker into something opponents will think twice about blocking (noone wants to lose an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Sentinel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> while blocking a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dwarven Armorer" href="#" target="_blank">Dwarven Armorer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>).</p>
<p>Second, swing in with those Dwarves to create a stockpile of Treasures. Third, when the time is right, trade those Treasures for some game winning pieces. All this for just <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> tucked away in the command zone.</p>
<h2>Key Cards for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magda, Brazen Outlaw" href="#" target="_blank">Magda, Brazen Outlaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<h3>Dwarves</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dwarven Trader"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bloodfire Dwarf"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Adaptive Automaton"></div></div>
<p>Dwarves in this deck can be sorted largely into three buckets:</p>
<ol>
<li>Dwarves that have no function other than being Dwarves (<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dwarven Trader" href="#" target="_blank">Dwarven Trader</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is literally just a 1/1 for <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, for example).</li>
<li>Dwarves that have some function - but not much - beyond being Dwarves (<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bloodfire Dwarf" href="#" target="_blank">Bloodfire Dwarf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can clear a board of small creatures when the time is right).</li>
<li>Dwarves that are also artifacts (meaning that they can be found off of Magda's activated ability and, importantly, be untapped via <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clock of Omens" href="#" target="_blank">Clock of Omens</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>).</li>
</ol>
<p>Zooming out, these three classes of Dwarf all ultimately serve the same role: make a bunch of Treasure by being tapped.</p>
<h3>Treasure Support</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Xorn"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Knuckles the Echidna"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Roaming Throne"></div></div>
<p>Next up, cards that help make more Treasure per Magda trigger. In this deck, more is always better, and these cards excel at "more." <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Xorn" href="#" target="_blank">Xorn</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> doubles Treasure production, since its replacement effect applies to each Magda trigger individually, making two Treasure tokens whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped.</p>
<p>Knuckles makes an extra Treasure each combat while also serving as a potential win condition, though you'll rarely need it.</p>
<p>Roaming Throne is both an artifact that is a Dwarf while in play as well as a trigger doubler for all your Dwarves, thus also doubling Treasure production.</p>
<h3>Silver Bullets</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pithing Needle"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Damping Sphere"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Portal to Phyrexia"></div></div>
<p>Lastly, the artifacts - both cheap and expensive - which Magda can tactfully search up across the course of the game to deal with any and every threat that comes its way.</p>
<p>Sure, this deck has its fair share of stack interaction a la <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pyroblast" href="#" target="_blank">Pyroblast</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and the like, but <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Portal to Phyrexia" href="#" target="_blank">Portal to Phyrexia</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a much more exciting card.</p>
<h2>How Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magda, Brazen Outlaw" href="#" target="_blank">Magda, Brazen Outlaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Win?</h2>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clock of Omens" href="#" target="_blank">Clock of Omens</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p>Magda is a toolbox deck that can close out the game a bunch of different ways depending on exactly which artifacts and Dragons the deck runs, but the core to all of this is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clock of Omens" href="#" target="_blank">Clock of Omens</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-4" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, this artifact brings with it the crucial activated ability "Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Untap target artifact."</p>
<p>In this deck, this ability is immediately abusable if you control Magda, Clock of Omens, and any artifact Dwarf. Here's how:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tap Clock of Omens and the artifact Dwarf to activate Clock of Omens, targeting the artifact Dwarf. This will result in a Magda trigger being put onto the stack, as the artifact Dwarf became tapped. Additionally, once the ability of Clock of Omens has resolved, your artifact Dwarf will also be untapped.</li>
<li>Tap your untapped Treasure token and the newly-untapped artifact Dwarf to activate Clock of Omens, again targeting the Dwarf. Just as before, this will result in the creation of a new Treasure token, plus the untapping of the artifact Dwarf.</li>
<li>Repeat this process an arbitrarily large number of times. Once the loop is complete, you'll have an arbitrarily large number of tapped Treasure tokens, one untapped Treasure token, and an untapped artifact Dwarf.</li>
<li>From here, sacrifice Treasure tokens in batches of five to piece together whatever combo best suits the current board state.
<ul>
<li>For example, tutoring up <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Roaming Throne" href="#" target="_blank">Roaming Throne</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, having it name Dwarf, then restarting the Treasure-production loop will result in infinite untapped treasures, as each instance of making one Treasure is now doubled. Since this provides access to infinite mana (as the untapped Treasure tokens can be sacrificed to provide <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, this opens up mana-intensive combo lines such as the three-card combo <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Legion Extruder" href="#" target="_blank">Legion Extruder</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sculpting Steel" href="#" target="_blank">Sculpting Steel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Barkform Harvester" href="#" target="_blank">Barkform Harvester</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Use Sculpting Steel to copy Legion Extruder, have the real Legion Extruder sacrifice the copy to make a Golem, use Barkform Harvester to put Sculpting Steel on the bottom of your library, then use Magda to search for Sculpting Steel to put it into play (as a copy of Legion Extruder), rinse and repeat. Each time Legion Extruder (or a copy of it) enters the battlefield, you'll deal two damage to an opponent.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Magda, Brazen Outlaw cEDH Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Magda cEDH" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
[/Commander]
[Instants]
*1 Abrade
*1 Bottle-Cap Blast
*1 Chaos Warp
*1 Dead // Gone
*1 Deflecting Swat
*1 Galvanic Blast
*1 Lightning Bolt
*1 Pyroblast
*1 Pyrokinesis
*1 Red Elemental Blast
*1 Redirect Lightning
*1 Return the Favor
*1 Sudden Shock
*1 Tibalt&#039;s Trickery
*1 Untimely Malfunction
*1 Zoyowa&#039;s Justice
[/Instants]
[Creatures]
*1 Adaptive Automaton
*1 Axgard Cavalry
*1 Barkform Harvester
*1 Battered Golem
*1 Bloodfire Dwarf
*1 Dwarven Armorer
*1 Dwarven Bloodboiler
*1 Dwarven Grunt
*1 Dwarven Scorcher
*1 Dwarven Trader
*1 Enslaved Dwarf
*1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
*1 Knuckles the Echidna
*1 Liberated Dwarf
*1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
*1 Metallic Mimic
*1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
*1 Plundering Barbarian
*1 Professional Face-Breaker
*1 Roaming Throne
*1 Simian Spirit Guide
*1 Spark Mage
*1 Three Tree Mascot
*1 Twinshot Sniper
*1 Universal Automaton
*1 Xorn
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Chrome Mox
*1 Clock of Omens
*1 Clown Car
*1 Damping Sphere
*1 Disruptor Flute
*1 Firdoch Core
*1 Flywheel Racer
*1 God-Pharaoh&#039;s Statue
*1 Grafdigger&#039;s Cage
*1 Legion Extruder
*1 Lifecraft Engine
*1 Liquimetal Torque
*1 Lotus Petal
*1 Mana Vault
*1 Maskwood Nexus
*1 Mox Opal
*1 Peter Parker&#039;s Camera
*1 Pithing Needle
*1 Portal to Phyrexia
*1 Relic of Legends
*1 Sculpting Steel
*1 Smuggler&#039;s Copter
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Springleaf Drum
*1 Stalactite Dagger
*1 The One Ring
*1 Torpor Orb
*1 Unlicensed Hearse
*1 Vexing Bauble
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Jeska&#039;s Will
*1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
*1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
[/Sorceries]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
[/Planeswalkers]
[Lands]
*1 Ancient Tomb
*1 Barbarian Ring
*1 Cavern of Souls
*1 City of Traitors
*1 Command Beacon
*1 Gemstone Caverns
*1 Great Furnace
*1 Hammerheim
*1 Holdout Settlement
*1 Kavaron, Memorial World
*6 Mountain
*1 Mutavault
*1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
*1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
*1 Survivors&#039; Encampment
*1 Talon Gates of Madara
*1 Treasure Vault
*1 Urza&#039;s Saga
*1 Volatile Fault
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>That wraps up Magda! No <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhystic Study" href="#" target="_blank">Rhystic Study</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, no <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silence" href="#" target="_blank">Silence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, no <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ad Nauseam" href="#" target="_blank">Ad Nauseam</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - just a pile of Dwarves, Treasure tokens, and one really broken Clock.</p>
<p>It may not seem like much at first, but this deck has taken down enough tournaments to more than prove itself.</p>


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Building Magda, Brazen Outlaw for cEDH