Art by Aaron Miller
Saved commander deck
Traxos, Scourge Eternal
Deploy Traxos as an early 7/7 trampling commander, using a high density of cheap artifacts and untap engines to continually ready it for lethal voltron swings alongside massive colorless threats.
Prompt: Traxos, Scourge Eternal commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Traxos, Scourge Eternal
{4}Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11 cards
Mana Vault
{1}Artifact
explosive mana acceleration that can be untapped by key effects
Basalt Monolith
{3}Artifact
efficient colorless ramp that also triggers Traxos on cast
Worn Powerstone
{3}Artifact
solid two-mana ramp artifact for colorless mana generation
Thran Dynamo
{4}Artifact
taps for three mana to accelerate into high-cost artifacts
Everflowing Chalice
{0}Artifact
scalable rock that untaps Traxos even when cast for zero
Palladium Myr
{3}Artifact Creature — Myr
creature ramp that provides two colorless mana
Card Draw
9 cards
Mystic Forge
{4}Artifact
lets you play colorless spells directly from the top of your library
The One Ring
{4}Legendary Artifact
indestructible engine providing massive card advantage and protection
Palantír of Orthanc
{3}Legendary Artifact
guaranteed card draw or high life loss in a high-mana-value deck
Staff of Nin
{6}Artifact
draws an extra card each upkeep and picks off small utility creatures
Tome of Legends
{2}Artifact — Book
accumulates page counters rapidly with Traxos attacking every turn
Mazemind Tome
{2}Artifact — Book
cheap early scry and draw engine that untaps Traxos
Reckoner Bankbuster
{2}Artifact — Vehicle
cheap artifact engine for card draw that creates a treasure and pilot
Memory Jar
{5}Artifact
burst draw that provides seven fresh options to storm out artifacts
Removal
11 cards
All Is Dust
{7}Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
asymmetrical colorless board wipe that leaves your entire board intact
Introduction to Annihilation
{5}Sorcery — Lesson
unconditional colorless exile removal for any permanent
Scour from Existence
{7}Instant
instant-speed unconditional exile for any problematic permanent
Meteor Golem
{7}Artifact Creature — Golem
artifact creature that destroys any target nonland permanent on entry
Duplicant
{6}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
exiles a creature threat and copies its stats and types
Steel Hellkite
{6}Artifact Creature — Dragon
flying threat that can wipe all opposing permanents of chosen mana value
Perilous Vault
{4}Artifact
exiles all nonland permanents to reset difficult board states
Oblivion Stone
{3}Artifact
catch-all board sweeper that can protect your key pieces with fate counters
Cityscape Leveler
{8}Artifact Creature — Construct
destroys nonland permanents on cast and attack triggers
Ugin, the Ineffable
{6}Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
colorless cost reducer that creates blockers and provides spot removal
Karn Liberated
{7}Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
planeswalker providing repeated spot exile for any permanent
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Commander's Plate
{1}Artifact — Equipment
gives Traxos +3/+3 and protection from every color in the game
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grants trample and lifelink while stripping opposing hexproof and indestructible
Loxodon Warhammer
{3}Artifact — Equipment
massive power boost with trample and lifelink to buffer your life total
Fireshrieker
{3}Artifact — Equipment
grants double strike, turning Traxos into a fourteen-damage clock
Blackblade Reforged
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
boosts Traxos into lethal commander damage territory easily
Batterskull
{5}Artifact — Equipment
resilient threat and equipment offering vigilance and lifelink
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient creature that splits into two lifelink and deathtouch wurms
Blightsteel Colossus
{12}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
indestructible one-shot infect win condition
Platinum Angel
{7}Artifact Creature — Angel
prevents you from losing the game and opponents from winning
Platinum Emperion
{8}Artifact Creature — Golem
locks your life total in place against aggressive opponents
Void Winnower
{9}Creature — Eldrazi
shuts off opposing even-cost spells and blocks
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
{10}Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
draws four cards on cast and provides annihilator pressure
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
{8}{C}{C}Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
refills hand to seven and provides countermagic utility
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
{10}Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
exiles two permanents on cast and mills twenty cards per attack
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
{11}Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
destroys a permanent on cast and attacks with annihilator 4
Endbringer
{5}{C}Creature — Eldrazi
untaps on each player's untap step to deal damage, stop attacks, or draw
Metalwork Colossus
{11}Artifact Creature — Construct
frequently cast for free due to high noncreature artifact mana values
Walking Ballista
{X}{X}Artifact Creature — Construct
versatile mana sink and targeted removal finisher
Hangarback Walker
{X}{X}Artifact Creature — Construct
scales through the game and replaces itself with thopters upon death
Phyrexian Triniform
{9}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
massive body that leaves behind three 3/3 golems and has encore
Triplicate Titan
{9}Artifact Creature — Golem
flying vigilance trampler that splits into three distinct golem tokens
Myr Battlesphere
{7}Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
creates a swarm of myr tokens and deals direct damage on attack
Darksteel Colossus
{11}Artifact Creature — Golem
indestructible 11/11 trampling beater
Utility
8 cards
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
protects Traxos with hexproof and grants immediate haste
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
zero-cost equip for instant haste and shroud on Traxos
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
makes Traxos completely unblockable and untargetable
Unwinding Clock
{4}Artifact
untaps all artifacts on each other player's turn, including Traxos
Clock of Omens
{4}Artifact
taps utility artifacts to untap Traxos or mana rocks anytime
Manifold Key
{1}Artifact
untaps Traxos or makes it completely unblockable for combat
Expedition Map
{1}Artifact
tutors critical colorless utility lands like Urza's lands or Darksteel Citadel
