3.5 Colorless Card Monte

Deck Designer: Daniel Worobec

Format: Legacy

Last Updated: February 10, 2023

3.5 Colorless Card Monte (Version 1.0)

Main Deck:
4x Karn, the Great Creator
4x Grindstone
4x Painter’s Servant
4x Dark Depths
4x Thespian’s Stage
4x Phyrexian Dreadnought
4x The Mycosynth Gardens
4x Serum Powder
1x Expedition Map
4x Grim Monolith
4x Lion’s Eye Diamond
4x Lotus Petal
4x Mox Opal
4x Urza’s Saga
4x Ancient Tomb
3x City of Traitors

Sideboard:

1x Mycosynth Lattice
1x Liquimetal Coating
1x Torpor Orb
1x Expedition Map
1x Helm of Obedience
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Tormod’s Crypt
2x Pithing Needle
1x The Stone Brain
1x Haywire Mite

Introduction

The idea behind 3.5 Colorless Card Monte is to put a bunch of colorless game winning combos into one deck along with a bunch of mana to enable it. The deck features three combos: Grindstone/Painter’s Servant, Dark Depths/Thespian’s Stage, Phyrexian Dreadnought/The Mycosynth Gardens and the one card combo (the 0.5) Karn, the Great Creator (Mycosynth Lattice lock) and 35 mana sources (along with 4x Serum Powder) to enable one or more combinations to work. The idea behind it is that you keep taking mulligans along with Serum Powder till you get one or more combos into your hand. Though the deck has little disruption and evasion, the idea is to keep applying pressure, constantly playing threat after threat till the game is over. The sideboard can be utilized for an additional combo with Leyline of the Void and Helm of Obedience that are located in the sideboard.

The cards of 3.5 Colorless Card Monte

Grindstone/Painter’s Servant: Classic mill the opponent’s deck combo

Dark Depths/Thespian’s Stage: Create a 20/20 Flying Indestructible, Marit Lage token. Thespian’s Stage can also produce mana.

Phyrexian Dreadnought/The Mycosynth Gardens: Cast Phyrexian Dreadnought, copy it with The Mycosynth Gardens then sacrifice the copy to the original Phyrexian Dreadnought. The original can then be copied by future The Mycosynth Gardens. The Mycosynth Gardens can also be used as a mana source as well as other utilities.

Karn, the Great Creator: Use Karn, the Great Creator’s last ability to wish for a Mycosynth Lattice is usually enough to lock the opponent out of the game. Karn, the Great Creator has other uses for enabling other combos as well as some disruption and/or evasion and can get cards exiled with Serum Powder.

Serum Powder: Used to help start the opening hand with one or more card combinations with mulligans. Can also be used as a mana source.

Expedition Map: Can be used to get a combo land card or other mana source.

Urza’s Saga: Mana source. Alternate win condition with Construct tokens. Last ability can be used to tutor for Grindstone, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Expedition Map or other artifact mana source.

Grim Monolith, Lion’s Eye Diamond, Lotus Petal, Mox Opal: Fast mana.

Ancient Tomb, City of Traitors: Mana sources.

Sideboard Cards

Mycosynth Lattice: Wished for by Karn, the Great Creator and combos with Karn to create a lock.

Liquimetal Coating: Wished for by Karn, the Great Creator and combos with Karn to destroy lands. Liquimetal Coating can also make Dark Depths into an artifact to be copied with The Mycosynth Gardens to create a Marit Lage token.

Torpor Orb: For stopping opponent win conditions as well as preventing your own Phyrexian Dreadnought’s sacrifice ability. Wishable by Karn, the Great Creator

Expedition Map: Wishable by Karn, the Great Creator and see above.

Helm of Obedience: Wishable by Karn, the Great Creator for an addition game winning combo when a Leyline of the Void is on the battlefield.

Leyline of the Void: Sideboard as graveyard hate and also combos with Helm of Obedience. Good to get with Serum Powder.

Tormod’s Crypt: Graveyard hate. Can also be wished for by Karn, the Great Creator and/or tutored for with Urza’s Saga.

Pithing Needle: More hate to stop the opponent. Can also be wished for by Karn, the Great Creator and/or tutored for with Urza’s Saga.

The Stone Brain: More hate that can stop combo decks. Can also be wished for and reoccurred with Karn, the Great Creator.

Haywire Mite: Utility that can be wished for by Karn, the Great Creator and/or tutored with Urza’s Saga.

Other

3.5 Colorless Card Monte can be altered into 4.5 Card Monte by taking out the 4x Grim Monolith and adding 4x Leyline of the Void.