BorosLegendary Creature — Human Artificer NobleEdgar, Master Machinist
Mana value4Rank#9,941
The 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.
Guide
Gameplan
Build an artifact-heavy Boros board, then attack with Edgar who swings as a serious beater equal to your biggest artifact's mana value. Lean on his graveyard recursion to keep recasting Vehicles, Equipment, and big artifacts for value while grinding through removal. You either pressure life totals with a buffed Edgar or assemble artifact-driven combat and combo finishes.
Strengths
- Free, repeatable artifact recursion every turn dodges most removal and grind
- Edgar can hit absurd power off a single high-MV artifact, threatening commander damage kills
- Boros artifacts package is deep and cheap, enabling fast, consistent boards
- Synergizes with Vehicles, Equipment, and artifact sacrifice/recur loops
Weaknesses
- Mono-artifact strategy folds hard to board wipes and artifact hate (Vandalblast, Bane of Progress)
- RW lacks card draw and ramp outside artifacts, leading to flooding or stalling
- Edgar is the engine, so heavy commander tax and removal slow the deck considerably
- No built-in evasion—a chump blocker stops the big Edgar swing
Key Cards
- Lightning Greaves — Protects Edgar from removal and lets a recurred haste-enabler push immediate damage.
- Darksteel Forge — A huge mana value to pump Edgar while making your artifacts indestructible against wipes.
- Goldspan Dragon — Treasure ramp and a high-MV artifact engine that fuels big Edgar attacks indirectly.
- Hammer of Nazahn — High mana value for the buff plus indestructibility and free Equipment attaches.
- Smothering Tithe — Generates Treasure artifacts each turn for ramp and recursion fodder.
- Mishra's Bauble — Cheap artifact you can recast from the yard each turn for card draw value.
Upgrade Path
Prioritize fast mana rocks (Sol Ring, Mana Crystals, signets) and a couple of high-mana-value bombs to maximize Edgar's buff while staying explosive. Add evasion and protection—Lightning Greaves, Whispersilk Cloak, or trample enablers—so the big swing actually connects. Tighten the curve with cheap recastable artifacts and a sacrifice-and-recur combo line to give the deck a non-combat closer against pillowfort tables.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from a massively buffed Edgar swing
- ▸Artifact aggro overwhelming the table with Equipment and Vehicles
- ▸Recursion-based value combos (sac-and-recur loops with payoffs)
- ▸Treasure/artifact ramp into a haymaker like an overrun-style finisher
Archetypes
- Voltron — Edgar's Tools ability turns one big artifact into a lethal commander-damage swing.
- Artifacts — His recursion and buff reward an entirely artifact-centric build with Equipment and Vehicles.
- Aristocrats — Recur sacrifice artifacts like throne/altar pieces every turn for repeated value loops.
- Combo — Free artifact recasts enable loops with cheap artifacts, untappers, and sacrifice outlets.
Combos
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Lotus Petal
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite colored mana
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Lion's Eye Diamond
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite colored mana
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Mishra's Bauble
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite storm count
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Eldrazi Displacer + Cathodion + Herald's Horn + Ashnod's Altar
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite sacrifice triggers
- Edgar, Master Machinist + Displacer Kitten + Urza's Bauble
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite storm count
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
