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Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus

Card: Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus

Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome // Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome

Color identity: Red · Blue · White · Jeskai

Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus is Jeskai (red, blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.

Rules text:
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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Vigilance, trample
Whenever The Golden-Gear Colossus enters or attacks, transform up to one other target double-faced artifact you control. Create two 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens.

Reference price of the card: €0.25

Average lands in decks for Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus: 35

ArtifactsTokensTransformMillSelf-MillGnomesHistoricCraft

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🎲 How the average Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus deck starts over 4,000 games

The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.

3.0average turn the commander comes down
100 %of games have it on the battlefield before turn 7
15 %of games miss at least one land drop in the first six turns (mana screw)
10 %of games flood (three or more turns with nothing to cast)
100 %of games close out the table before turn 12
8median closing turn

Deck health of the average list: C+ (65/100)

See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (25 nonbasic, 4 Plains, 5 Island, 1 Mountain)

Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand · Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift · Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core · Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph · The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools · Clay-Fired Bricks // Cosmium Kiln · Arcane Signet · Sol Ring · Dowsing Device // Geode Grotto · Azor's Gateway // Sanctum of the Sun · Inverted Iceberg // Iceberg Titan · Braided Net // Braided Quipu · Emry, Lurker of the Loch · Master's Guide-Mural // Master's Manufactory · Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot · The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment · Etherium Sculptor · Enthusiastic Mechanaut · Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison · Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory · Treasure Map // Treasure Cove · Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca · Organic Extinction · Illustrious Wanderglyph · Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale · Wake the Past · Threefold Thunderhulk · Dispatch · Foundry Inspector · Oteclan Landmark // Oteclan Levitator · Fabrication Foundry · Sai, Master Thopterist · Swords to Plowshares · Chrome Host Seedshark · Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass · Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher · Padeem, Consul of Innovation · Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan · Market Gnome · Sunbird Standard // Sunbird Effigy · Dire Flail // Dire Blunderbuss · Losheel, Clockwork Scholar · Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon · Path to Exile · Dance of the Manse · Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain · Thought Monitor · Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader · Waterlogged Hulk // Watertight Gondola · Urza, Prince of Kroog · Counterspell · Thoughtcast · Mirrodin Besieged · Thopter Spy Network · Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul · Forensic Gadgeteer · Kappa Cannoneer · Solemn Simulacrum · Alibou, Ancient Witness · Bronze Guardian · Chalice of Life // Chalice of Death · Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold · Daretti, Scrap Savant · Sevinne's Reclamation · Command Tower · Razortide Bridge · Silverbluff Bridge · Seat of the Synod · Rustvale Bridge · Ancient Den · Great Furnace · Mystic Monastery · Exotic Orchard · Darksteel Citadel · Spire of Industry · Glacial Fortress · Raugrin Triome · Clifftop Retreat · Hallowed Fountain · Power Depot · Sulfur Falls · Archway of Innovation · Buried Ruin · Sacred Foundry · Steam Vents · Academy Ruins · Sea of Clouds · Training Center · Shivan Reef

🃏 Recommended cards for Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus

The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus, with their inclusion rate.

CardInclusionSynergy
Thousand Moons Smithy 92% +89%
Matzalantli, the Great Door 88% +87%
Unstable Glyphbridge 87% +86%
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 88% +86%
The Everflowing Well 86% +85%
Clay-Fired Bricks 82% +81%
Dowsing Device 80% +78%
Azor's Gateway 78% +77%
Inverted Iceberg 78% +77%
Braided Net 76% +75%
Master's Guide-Mural 75% +74%
Spring-Loaded Sawblades 69% +68%
The Enigma Jewel 68% +67%
Emry, Lurker of the Loch 75% +66%
Golden Guardian 66% +65%
Eye of Ojer Taq 65% +64%
Treasure Map 65% +64%
Thaumatic Compass 63% +62%
Dowsing Dagger 58% +57%
Silverbluff Bridge 69% +56%
Illustrious Wanderglyph 59% +56%
Razortide Bridge 69% +56%
Oteclan Landmark 56% +55%
Rustvale Bridge 67% +55%

💰 The best cards for your Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus deck, by budget

Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.

Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card

The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.

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Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card

The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.

  • Great Furnace€2.15 · 64% inclusion
  • Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon€4.16 · 40% inclusion
  • Mirrodin Besieged€3.75 · 33% inclusion
  • Academy Ruins€5.36 · 31% inclusion
  • The Mightstone and Weakstone€3.40 · 23% inclusion
  • Desynchronization€5.74 · 24% inclusion
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Tier 3 · No cap no cap

The cards your price cap was hiding from you.

  • Illustrious Wanderglyph€17.48 · 59% inclusion
  • Simulacrum Synthesizer€16.48 · 26% inclusion
  • Inventors' Fair€10.16 · 26% inclusion
  • Urza, Lord High Artificer€14.58 · 22% inclusion
  • Goblin Welder€17.40 · 18% inclusion
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Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus's color identity?

Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus is Jeskai (red, blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.

What turn does Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?

In the average Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 15 % of the time and floods 10 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).

How many lands should a Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus deck run?

Real Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.

What are the best cards for Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus?

The three highest-synergy cards are Thousand Moons Smithy, Matzalantli, the Great Door, Unstable Glyphbridge. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus decks.

What combos does Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus have?

We have no known combos catalogued for Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.

How much does a Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus deck cost?

You can start cheap: Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Silverbluff Bridge, Razortide Bridge are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.

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