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Edgar, Master Machinist
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer Noble · {2}{R}{W} · Red/White commander
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an artifact spell from your graveyard. If you cast a spell this way, that artifact enters tapped.
Tools — Whenever Edgar attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
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What Edgar, Master Machinist actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Edgar attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
- Static ability · restrictionOnce during each of your turns, you may cast an artifact spell from your graveyard. If you cast a spell this way, that artifact enters tapped.
What an Edgar, Master Machinist deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts (its text counts them)
- self-mill, discard and recursion (the graveyard is a resource its text reads)
- haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)
The Edgar, Master Machinist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 6× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Edgar, Master Machinist
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- The Fire Crystal4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
- Fervor3 mana
- Hammer of Purphoros3 mana
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Eden, Seat of the Sanctum0 mana
- Millikin2 mana
- Perpetual Timepiece2 mana
- Ghoulcaller's Bell1 mana
- Palantír of Orthanc3 mana
- Sequestered Stash0 mana
- Excavated Wall1 mana
- Wand of Vertebrae1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Combos with Edgar, Master Machinist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Edgar, Master Machinist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Welding Jar2 decks
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Lotus Petal1 decks
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Mishra's Bauble1 decks
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Lion's Eye Diamond1 decks
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Urza's Bauble
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Tormod's Crypt
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