Magic The Gathering The Brothers’ War Retro-Frame Commander Deck - Mishra’s Burnished Banner (Blue-Black-Red) & The Brothers’ War Bundle, 8 Set Boosters

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Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + put any other artifact into play = you generate 4energy when you copy the Heart, then 4 more energy when you cast another artifact (2 per Heart), then spend the 8 energy and sacrifice the Heart token to take an extra turn. As long as you can put another artifact into play each extra turn you can repeat this infinite times.

Another card we have that likes all those high-mana value artifacts is Glint Raker. Coming down as an early threat, its power scales with whatever non-creature artifacts you can get out. And it then rewards you by finding more artifacts whenever it hits, which is the real powerhouse ability of the card. There is an interesting note here that I want to make before we go on. Usually, if you used an ability like, for example, Katusmasa, the Animator to turn a non-creature artifact into an artifact for the turn and then copy that creature with an effect like Rite of Replication, the copy would enter the battlefield as a non-creature artifact again. However, if you use Rite of Replication to copy a Mishra’s Warform, that copy is still a 4/4 creature with all the abilities of the artifact. Copy Spells Ashnod still likes artifacts with activated abilities, but a greater focus is placed on finding those activated abilities that require a sacrifice. The fact that she also looks for creatures with sacrificing abilities means she doesn’t even need a dedicated artifact theme or subtheme at all. She can be an odd Grixis Aristocrats Commander.In addition to your copy-able artifacts, you will also need some copy spells. Here are a few to consider: Surprisingly, there are not very many cards from this new set that work very well with this specific strategy. I supposed you could play any of the non-creature artifact cards for it, but there are no vehicles and a fairly small number of relevant other cards. However, these four seem like they would be interesting:

This is a pretty well-oiled machine out of the box. But that doesn’t mean we can’t give a bit of a tune up. Upgrades Why hit one artifact when you can hit all the artifacts except your own? Abrade does have the added benefit of taking out smaller creatures in a pinch, but we’ll take the bigger upside here. Not earth-shatteringly different, but it is a little more focused, a little more powerful and not all that much more expensive. End Step Have Mishra, Eminent One, Bloodthirster, and an artifact that can copy a creature in play (like Cursed Mirror or Machine God’s Effigy). They do not need to be a copy of Bloodthirster at the beginning to the comboWe have also made schematic cards that are their own unique pieces of Magic's history. Each of the 63 schematic cards has 500 serialized versions. Each serialized card is numbered from 1 and 500 and appears on a double rainbow version of our traditional foil: There are 63 retro artifacts: 18 uncommons, 30 rares, and 15 mythic rares. Each Set and Draft Booster contains a retro artifact . Collector Boosters contain retro artifacts as well—you can read below for the full product details. Schematic Artifacts There is another interesting ability from this set that utilizes delayed triggers to balance cards. That ability is unearth, and it exiles the creature at the end of the turn. With Obeka-style effects, though, you can keep your unearthed creatures (or artifacts) forever. Here is a list of cards that have unearth:

There is also an interesting thing you can do if you have some non-artifact permanents. For example, let’s say you have a bunch of enchantments or lands with abilities that sacrifice a creature (like Attrition, Bloodfire Infusion, Miren, the Moaning Well, or Hostile Hostel). You can turn those into artifacts with these cards: There are a lot of artifacts that sacrifice permanents for an effect. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of them that create mana as a result of this. Ashnod can’t copy those abilities, because if the ability produces mana, it counts as a mana ability. However, here are a few artifacts that do something cool without making mana: Non-foil retro or schematic artifacts: Each Collector Booster contains 1 retro artifact and 1 schematic artifact, one of which will be rare or mythic rare.Powerful and varied synergies between the cards. A decent number of good tutors. Good mana curve. Has an efficient and consistent way to win on turns 10-12 (level 7) or 7-9 (level 8). Some social rules — like no mass land destruction, no consistent combo wins — still exist. You can find a Transformers card in 10% of Set Boosters. Each Bundle also contains a non-foil Transformers card, and each Gift Bundle contains a foil Transformers card. Mishra’s ability will trigger again and create a new Bloodthirster, effectively getting around the restrictions that Bloodthirster has In a third of boosters replacing a common, 1 traditional foil card that can be a basic land, common, uncommon, rare, or mythic rare, or a retro artifact or retro schematic card At least 1 rare or mythic rare card (approximately 42% to have 2, 13% to have 3, 1% to have 4, and < 1% to have 5)