Precon Primer - Paradox Power

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Davros, Dalek Creator" href="#" target="_blank">Davros, Dalek Creator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art By <a href="https://www.monsterart.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simon Dominic</a> |<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer" href="#" target="_blank">Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.daarken.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daarken</a> | <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.chasestoneart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chase Stone</a>)</h6>
<p>Hey friends, Beth, the Queen of Cardboard here, with the Precon Upgrade Guide for Masters of Evil, the Doctor Who Commander Deck. These decks are incredibly powerful and synergistic untouched, so I've chosen to focus on the face commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Davros, Dalek Creator" href="#" target="_blank">Davros, Dalek Creator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and use Daleks and Cybermen with a little artifact help from the Universes Within.</p>
<p>With the changes we're making, we'll overtake our opponents with an army of artifact creatures, while using their abilities to frustrate our opponents and stall their decks.</p>
<h2>Exterminate!</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Davros, Dalek Creator"></div></div>
<p>Davros is looking for you to make your opponents lose life, but by creating Daleks with menace it swings towards being a combat-based deck that focuses on artifact token creation. In this deck, we're not primarily looking to drain the board via spells or abilities, instead we're going to swing in for big beats and overtake our opponents with a wide board state. Keeping in mind cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dalek Squadron" href="#" target="_blank">Dalek Squadron</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Dalek Emperor" href="#" target="_blank">The Dalek Emperor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cult of Skaro" href="#" target="_blank">Cult of Skaro</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, I've included <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer" href="#" target="_blank">Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a necessary card for this deck.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer"></div></div>
<p>Brudiclad gives all our creature tokens haste and creates Myr tokens as well. The best part of this card, however, is the ability to turn all tokens into a copy of any token you control. This means the tokens that Brudiclad and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oni-Cult Anvil" href="#" target="_blank">Oni-Cult Anvil</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> create can also become 3/3 Daleks with menace, or you could choose to lean even further into token creation and turn everything into Dragons, Angels, or even Pegasi. With tokens, there is a myriad of options to choose from.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ashad, the Lone Cyberman" href="#" target="_blank">Ashad, the Lone Cyberman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can create a token copy of the first nonlegendary artifact spell we cast each turn, giving more options for Brudiclad to transform every token into. Imagine a board full of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Auton Soldier" href="#" target="_blank">Auton Soldier</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>s; or don't, it's a little scary, to say the least.</p>
<h2>Artificers Through Time and Space</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Padeem, Consul of Innovation"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Workshop Elders"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Master Transmuter"></div></div>
<p>With all of the scary things happening on our board, we'll need to be prepared to act quickly and have a defense plan. To lower the cost of our artifact spells I've added in <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Etherium Sculptor" href="#" target="_blank">Etherium Sculptor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Enthusiastic Mechanaut" href="#" target="_blank">Enthusiastic Mechanaut</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Because these creatures are also artifacts themselves, it will only add synergy to what the deck is trying to do.</p>
<p>For some protection, we have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Padeem, Consul of Innovation" href="#" target="_blank">Padeem, Consul of Innovation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Padeem is extremely helpful in not only giving almost the entire board hexproof, but also allowing us to draw if we control the artifact with the highest mana value each upkeep. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Workshop Elders" href="#" target="_blank">Workshop Elders</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, the only other non-artifact creature I added to the deck, gives our artifact creatures flying. If I've learned anything from Limited, it's that flying is good. Many decks struggle to deal with flying, and since we plan to create a large board state, this will help us swing in and kill faster.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Karn, Legacy Reforged"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Master Transmuter" href="#" target="_blank">Master Transmuter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allows us to pick up any artifact we control and replace it with one in our hand. It's going to feel extremely good to replace a 1/1 Construct with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karn, Legacy Reforged" href="#" target="_blank">Karn, Legacy Reforged</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Finally, we have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge" href="#" target="_blank">Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. While not an artifact himself, Tezzeret helps us cast every other creature spell we have for little to nothing, as well as deal damage to each opponent equal to the number of artifacts we control. Did I say we weren't doing that? Oops. While this isn't the primary goal of the deck, Tezzeret is just too good not to be included here. In addition to the +2 ability, his -3 recurs any artifact from the graveyard to hand, and if we're so lucky as to get to -8 we'll be able to exile the top 10 cards of our library and put any artifact within straight to the battlefield. There's a good chance for big drops here as most of the spells in this deck are, in fact, artifacts.</p>
<p>Rounding out the additions to the deck are our support spells. I focused on adding spells that would provide value without detracting from the overall focus of the deck. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kuldotha Forgemaster" href="#" target="_blank">Kuldotha Forgemaster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> tutors any artifact directly to the battlefield. Because we'll have to sacrifice something to do so, we also have the additional recursion from <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scrap Trawler" href="#" target="_blank">Scrap Trawler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept" href="#" target="_blank">Silas Renn, Seeker Adept</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mystic Forge" href="#" target="_blank">Mystic Forge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allows us to cast off the top of the library or help us by exiling a card to get through the deck faster. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lithoform Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Lithoform Engine</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can copy any spell, ability, or permanent, because one thing is great, but two is better. Finally, I added mana rocks, but these are optional slots that you could choose instead to include even more powerful options.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Urza, Lord High Artificer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dockside Extortionist"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shimmer Myr"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Masters of Evil Cards Added" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Artifacts]
*1 Izzet Signet
*1 Lithoform Engine
*1 Mystic Forge
*1 Oni-Cult Anvil
*1 Relic of Sauron
*1 Talisman of Creativity
[/Artifacts]
[Creatures]
*1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
*1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
*1 Etherium Sculptor
*1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
*1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
*1 Master Transmuter
*1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
*1 Scrap Trawler
*1 Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
*1 Workshop Elders
[/Creatures]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
[/Planeswalkers]"></span></div>


<h2>Parting of the Ways</h2>
<p>Removing cards from a deck is always hard, especially from decks in this series as they're so synergistic and have meaning and a story within the deck itself. For this deck, I chose to focus on artifacts as the main theme of the deck, which meant that while Cybermen and Daleks had a home, 17 cards in the deck had to go.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rassilon, the War President"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Beast, Deathless Prince"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Toymaker&#039;s Trap"></div></div>
<p>I chose to remove most of the Masters, as they felt like commanders to their own decks, each with a unique talent and theme. An argument could be made to include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Master, Multiplied" href="#" target="_blank">The Master, Multiplied</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in this upgraded deck, but I'll leave that up to you.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Masters of Evil Cards Removed" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Creatures]
*1 Rassilon, the War President
*1 Renegade Silent
*1 Sontaran General
*1 Sycorax Commander
*1 The Beast, Deathless Prince
*1 The Flood of Mars
*1 The Master, Formed Anew
*1 The Master, Mesmerist
*1 The Master, Multiplied
*1 The Rani
*1 The Valeyard
*1 Time Reaper
*1 Vashta Nerada
*1 Vislor Turlough
*1 Zygon Infiltrator
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 The Sound of Drums
*1 The Toymaker&#039;s Trap
[/Enchantments]"></span></div>


<h2>What Remains</h2>
<p>With only 17 changes in this deck, there's a lot of flavor left to be had. All of the original spells are still in the deck as well as our Cybermen. This gives the deck a Cybermen vs. Dalek feel, which flavorfully is fun and interesting. The land base is set to 37, and this is the first time I didn't drop any basics in a precon upgrade. Some things could be tweaked to make this deck even more unique or powerful, and I'd love to see your deck lists below.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Masters of Evil Precon Upgrade Guide" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Davros, Dalek Creator
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Ashad, the Lone Cyberman
*1 Auton Soldier
*1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
*1 Clockwork Droid
*1 Cult of Skaro
*1 Cyberman Patrol
*1 Cybermat
*1 Cybermen Squadron
*1 Dalek Drone
*1 Dalek Squadron
*1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
*1 Etherium Sculptor
*1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
*1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
*1 Master Transmuter
*1 Missy
*1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
*1 Scrap Trawler
*1 Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 The Cyber-Controller
*1 The Dalek Emperor
*1 The Master, Gallifrey&#039;s End
*1 Weeping Angel
*1 Workshop Elders
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Blasphemous Act
*1 Delete
*1 Doomsday Confluence
*1 Ensnared by the Mara
*1 Exterminate!
*1 Feed the Swarm
*1 Great Intelligence&#039;s Plan
*1 Hunted by The Family
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Blink
*1 Day of the Moon
*1 Death in Heaven
*1 Genesis of the Daleks
*1 Propaganda
*1 Wound Reflection
[/Enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Commander&#039;s Sphere
*1 Cybership
*1 Izzet Signet
*1 Laser Screwdriver
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Lithoform Engine
*1 Midnight Crusader Shuttle
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Mystic Forge
*1 Oni-Cult Anvil
*1 Relic of Sauron
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Creativity
*1 Talisman of Dominance
*1 Talisman of Indulgence
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Wayfarer&#039;s Bauble
[/Artifacts]
[Instants]
*1 Cyber Conversion
*1 Don&#039;t Blink
*1 Snuff Out
*1 This Is How It Ends
[/Instants]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
[/Planeswalkers]
[Lands]
*1 Canyon Slough
*1 Choked Estuary
*1 Command Tower
*1 Creeping Tar Pit
*1 Crumbling Necropolis
*1 Darkwater Catacombs
*1 Dragonskull Summit
*1 Drowned Catacomb
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fetid Pools
*1 Fiery Islet
*1 Foreboding Ruins
*1 Frostboil Snarl
*1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
*1 Haunted Ridge
*2 Island
*1 Lavaclaw Reaches
*2 Mountain
*1 Ominous Cemetery
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 River of Tears
*1 Shadowblood Ridge
*1 Shipwreck Marsh
*1 Smoldering Marsh
*1 Stormcarved Coast
*1 Sunken Hollow
*2 Swamp
*1 Temple of Deceit
*1 Temple of Epiphany
*1 Temple of Malice
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Thriving Moor
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<p>Let me know in the comments what you think, and make sure to check out my <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/precon-primer-masters-of-evil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precon primer for this deck</a>. In the next few weeks, I'll have the other three Doctor decks for you to check out. Thank you for reading. If you liked this article make sure to check out some more.</p>
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