Art: Kekai Kotaki · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus

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Legendary Artifact Creature — Gnome · from $0.30

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.) 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.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

54 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
16	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
17	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
18	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
19	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
20	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
21	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
22	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
23	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
24	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
25	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
26	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
27	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
28	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
29	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
30	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
31	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
32	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
33	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
34	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
35	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
36	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
37	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
38	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
39	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
40	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
41	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
42	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
43	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
44	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
45	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
46	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
47	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
48	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
49	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
50	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
51	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
52	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
53	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
54	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
55	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
56	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
57	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
58	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
59	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
60	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
61	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
62	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
63	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
64	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
65	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
66	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
67	Teferi's Protection	Instant	3	$34.90
68	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
69	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
70	Shivan Reef	Land	0	$0.22
71	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
72	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
73	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
74	Battlefield Forge	Land	0	$0.20
75	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
76	Enlightened Tutor	Instant	1	$21.99
77	Talisman of Creativity	Artifact	2	$0.45
78	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
79	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
80	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
81	Talisman of Progress	Artifact	2	$0.25
82	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
83	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
84	Adarkar Wastes	Land	0	$0.34
85	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
86	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
87	Talisman of Conviction	Artifact	2	$0.35
88	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
89	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
90	Training Center	Land	0	$17.67
91	Pongify	Instant	1	$2.21
92	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
93	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
94	Windfall	Sorcery	3	$4.78
95	Ghostly Prison	Enchantment	3	$5.72
96	Mystical Tutor	Instant	1	$14.99
97	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
98	Sea of Clouds	Land	0	$19.56
99	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
100	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	Instant	3	$9.68

Curve of these staples

Combos with Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus

6 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Alibou, Ancient Witness + Breath of Fury + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Anger + Breath of Fury + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite creature tokens with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Roar of Resistance + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite creature tokens with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Gimli's Reckless Might + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Hammer of Purphoros + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Mass Hysteria + Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite creature tokens with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

15th of 19 — CEDH Wednesday on Topdeck.ggJul 8, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Romeo Brooks

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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