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Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome // Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome
Whenever Tetzin or another double-faced artifact you control enters, mill three cards. You may put an artifact card from among them into your hand. Craft with six artifacts {4} ({4}, Exile this artifact, Exile the six from among other permanents you control and/or cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
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“Transform your gnome into a giant artifact creature by crafting tokens.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Tokens, Artifact Synergies, Spellslinger
Strategy
Tetzin is a crafty little gnome with big ambitions—you're building a deck that leverages the Craft mechanic to transform him into an unstoppable artifact creature. The core gameplan is to accumulate artifact tokens and resources early, then spend them to activate Craft and flip Tetzin into The Golden-Gear Colossus, a trampling vigilant beater that also mills opponents. This gives you flexibility: play the long game assembling Craft fodder, or pivot to aggressive pressure once you're ready to transform.
The deck thrives in the Jeskai colors by combining artifact generation (Treasures, Clues, Tokens), cheap spells to enable Craft triggers, and payoffs that care about artifacts. You'll want mana dorks and artifact ramp to hit your Craft threshold quickly, then seal games with Commander damage or just overwhelming board presence. Once Tetzin transforms, he's a 6/6 vigilant trampler that mills—perfect for breaking through stalled boards while slowly grinding opponents down.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey artifact tutors like Enlightened Tutor; lean on common Treasure generators (Village Rites, Jeweled Lotus substitutes like Ritual of Hope) and play utility creatures over expensive planeswalkers.
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