“Dessert is mandatory!”
Art:Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
by Michal Ivan
Pricing Courtesy of Moxfield.com
Table of Contents
Todays Featured Commander Is:
Syr Ginger is a really cool commander, the primary gameplan in our deck is to combo off and make infinitely big creatures with our infinite mana, but when we have sac outlets and ways to constantly recur artifacts we can also go on the beatdown plan with Syr Ginger! Syr Ginger is a ton of fun to play and also well positions us against aggressive strategies since we can gain a ton of life through their ability and cycle through the deck when we buff her! Syr Ginger is the first commander we are building for Wilds of Eldraine and they are a ton of fun to play! Without further adieu lets get it!
The Deck:
Syr Ginger $200 Artifact Combo!
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5 Helpful Upgrades:
Since we are a budget deck there is of course cards that were left out of the list, below are the first 5 cards I would recommend you add if you decide to upgrade this list!
There is no particular order to these cards, pick up what you can, when you can. This is a great starting guide to cards that will absolutely make the deck better but did not make it into the budget version dude to costs
Why Syr Ginger, Meal Ender?
The main reason we chose Syr Ginger is how well they interact with a bunch of our combos so that when we make infinite mana or infinite sacrifice triggers we can infinitely scry and pump up Syr Ginger. While this is a different approach then a lot of Syr Ginger deck’s it is still a great fast and efficient deck even in its budget form! Syr Ginger is the real deal and one of the coolest cards from the new set!
Deck Overview:
This section contains information about cards in the deck and how they function within the deck! For explanations of the combos please refer to the “Main Win Conditions” section below!
Creatures:
The two most important creatures in our deck are Hangarback Walker
and Walking Ballista
both of which are great ways to get huge creatures and end games when we have infinite mana! Cathodion
is a cool card that is a super beneficial creature since we trigger Syr Ginger and get some mana out of the deal, a true win-win situation for our deck! Since we almost never try to win through combat cards like Silent Arbiter
really only hurt our opponents and stop aggressive strategies or stompy strategies from hitting us too hard! If we do ever have to go the combat route to end a game Steel Overseer
is a great way to constantly buff up our creatures! Arcbound Crusher
is a great way to buff up every time an artifact enters and when Crusher dies that goes straight to Syr Ginger!
Planeswalkers:
Ugin, the Ineffable
is a really sweet planeswalker who drastically reduces every card in our deck and is such a good card even if it is only around for 1 or 2 turns! We rarely use Ugin’s plus ability but his minus is a great removal spell! Karn, Living Legacy
is a really cool card who can get us some mana, help us cycle through the deck and if we can ult him can be an effective way to end the game on its own!
Instants:
Our instant package is pretty small, there is not a ton of options for solely colorless spells! Not of This World
is a really cool protection spell that can sometimes be free! Scour from Existence
is a card that is expensive but since we can easily produce a ton of mana we can easily cast this and it is one of our best pieces of removal! Desecrate Reality
is a really good card that lets us exile the best thing our opponent has and get a permanent back! Warping Wail
is a great card that we mostly use as a counterspell but occasionally will use the other modes if the situation warrants!
Sorceries:
We only have two sorceries but they are both super impactful! All Is Dust
is an insane board wipe in our deck since it doesn’t affect us at all! We can effectively destroy all of our opponents stuff while we stay at full strength! All is Dust is an absolute bomb in this deck. Introduction to Annihilation
is a good piece of removal that does give our opponents a card but this is a fair trade for a spell we can cast really early if needed!
Artifacts:
We are an artifact deck so of course we have a ton of artifacts! Sol Ring
and Basalt Monolith
are both early and great mana sources and in the case of monolith has some serious combo potential within our deck! Ashnod's Altar
is a really great card that allows us to have a sac outlet for some of our creatures which is a great way to get some mana and trigger Syr Ginger! One of the most unique artifacts in our deck is Portcullis
which will absolutely frustrate your opponents and possibly you when it takes away a bunch of creatures! Semblance Anvil
is a great way to get a huge discount on a bunch of our cards! Tamiyo's Journal
is a card draw engine and a great way to tutor through our deck!
Land Base:
We dont need a super involved land base since we are in colorless but we do have a ton of great lands like Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
that allow us to get a mana advantage! Sanctum of Ugin
is a basic colorless land with a bunch of upside! We are a big mana deck so of course we have Tron, while we dont have a ton of ways to assemble this we can draw into pretty easily!
Strengths of the Deck:
- Easy to make infinite mana / combo off
- Easy to draw cards and go through deck
- Syr Ginger can help us gain life against aggressive strategies
Weaknesses of the Deck:
- Not much interaction
- Weak to artifact hate
- Very weak to countermagic
Deck Stats:
Sample Hands:
Main Win Conditions:
We are a combo deck at heart typically looking to make infinite mana and cast a Hangarback Walker or Walking Ballista once we establish infinite mana especially in the case of Hangarback we can use a sac outlet to scry through our whole deck, combine this with some draw effects and we can easily find a ballista! Below you will find all of the combos in our deck explained!
Scrap Trawler
+ Sculpting Steel
+ Ashnod's Altar + Foundry Inspector
Requires:
Scultping Steel in hand. All other permanents on the battlefield. A player controls a nonlegendary artifact creature with mana value four or greater. 2 available.
Steps:
- Cast Sculpting Steel by paying 2, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of any nonlegendary artifact creature with mana value four or greater.
- Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Sculpting Steel, adding CC.
- Sculpting Steel dies, triggering Scrap Trawler, returning Sculpting Steel from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite storm count.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Animation Module
+ Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control at least one additional artifact creature.
Steps:
- Activate Ashnod’s Altar by sacrificing another artifact creature, adding CC.
- When the creature dies, Syr Ginger triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to scry 1.
- Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay 1 to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana. Infinite +1/+1 counters on Syr Ginger. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite scry 1.
Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield.
Steps:
- Activate Basalt Monolith’s first ability by tapping it, adding CCCC.
- Activate Basalt Monolith’s last ability by paying 3, untapping it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana.
Arcbound Crusher + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You have a way to cause an artifact to enter the battlefield under your control. 1 available.
Steps:
- Cause an artifact to enter the battlefield under your control.
- Arcbound Crusher triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
- Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay 1 to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
- When the Servo enters the battlefield, Arcbound Crusher triggers.
- Holding priority, activate Ashnod’s Altar by sacrificing the Servo, adding CC.
- Resolve the Arcbound Crusher trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat from step 3.
- Once you have infinite mana, you may forego sacrificing the Servos, as well as sacrifice Arcbound Crusher to Ashnod’s Altar to put its +1/+1 counters on any artifact creature you control.
Results:
Infinite creature tokens. Infinite colorless mana. Infinite +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature you control. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
Mirrorworks
+ Myr Retriever
+ Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
Myr Retriever in hand. All other permanents on the battlefield. 2 available.
Steps:
- Cast Myr Retriever.
- Mirrorworks triggers.
- In response to the trigger, sacrifice Myr Retriever to Ashnod’s Altar, adding CC.
- Resolve the Myr Retriever death trigger with no targets.
- Pay for Mirrorworks’ trigger, creating a token copy of Myr Retriever.
- Sacrifice the token copy of Myr Retriever to Ashnod’s Altar, adding CC.
- The token copy of Myr Retriever triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite storm count.
Nim Deathmantle
+ Cathodion + Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield.
Steps:
- Activate Ashnod’s Altar by sacrificing Cathodion, adding CC.
- Cathodion and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- Resolve the Cathodion trigger, adding CCC.
- Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, causing you to pay 4 to return Cathodion from your graveyard to the battlefield, and then attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite colorless mana.
Blade of the Bloodchief
+ Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. Blade of the Bloodchief attached to any creature you control. You control at least one additional creature.
Steps:
- Activate Ashnod’s Altar by sacrificing any other creature you control, adding
. - Blade of the Bloodchief triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the creature it is attached to.
- Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite +1/+1 counters on the creature with Blade of the Bloodchief attached, you may activate Blade of the Bloodchief’s equip ability, attaching it to another creature you control.
- If you do, you may repeat step 5 for each creature you control.
to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.Results:
Infinite colorless mana. Infinite +1/+1 counters. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
Dross Scorpion
+ Myr Turbine
+ Ashnod's Altar
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield.
Steps:
- Activate Myr Turbine by tapping it, creating a 1/1 Myr artifact creature token.
- Activate Ashnod’s Altar by sacrificing a Myr token, adding CC.
- Dross Scorpion triggers, untapping Myr Turbine.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
Conclusion:
Syr Ginger is a super sweet and new commander who is just a ton of fun to play! Syr Ginger is the perfect commander for a deck that focuses on comboing off! This deck is fast efficient and a ton of fun to play and can stand tall at some pretty tough EDH tables, not really CEDH in any way but high end EDH this deck can absolutely compete! Hope you enjoyed this article, dont forget you can always request a commander for Budget EDH, CEDH, PDH and EDH on our twitter or discord! New videos coming soon and two new PDH WOE decks coming this weekend!