Play This Underrated EDH GEM to Shut Your Opponent’s Artifacts Down

Here’s a cool card that has done a lot of good for me in games of Commander. It’s incredibly cheap on the secondary market right now, and I think it’s because nobody knows about it. I’m talking about MTG Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Energy Flux

MTG Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." has a lot of old printings. Chances are that if you’ve played MTG for a long time, you know what this card is. Basically, Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." is a three-mana enchantment for two generic and one blue mana that makes each player pay two for their artifacts at the beginning of their turn. Otherwise, the artifacts are sacrificed.

I’ve had a lot of success foiling unfair EDH strategies using this card. Cards like Mana Crypt Mana Crypt At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}. , Sol Ring Sol Ring {T}: Add {C}{C}. , Mana Vault Mana Vault This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. and other mana rocks get completely hosed. They get to keep their artifacts since some can tap to pay for themselves, but the advantage they get from them is gone, which is the point.

Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." can get brutal if you’re playing against an artifact deck. Suddenly an opponent’s entire board can cost two or get annihilated. If you have a player in your pod with a nasty artifact deck, Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." is an excellent way to hate them out.

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Speaking about turning everything into an artifact, if you want to make your playgroup hold some choice words for you, try Mycosynth Lattice Mycosynth Lattice All permanents are artifacts in addition to their other types.
All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are colorless.
Players may spend mana as though it were mana of any color. . This card is brutal with many different cards, and Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." is no different. Mycosynth Lattice Mycosynth Lattice All permanents are artifacts in addition to their other types.
All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are colorless.
Players may spend mana as though it were mana of any color. and Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." will force your opponents to pay two for every single card that they own on upkeep. They will generally lose a ton of cards as a result and will more than likely not be able to do anything on their turn. Just make sure you have an out to this, since you will also have to pay two for everything.

Breaking Parity

MTG Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." holds everyone to the same standards. To make this card work for you, ensure you aren’t playing very mana artifacts. Sol Ring Sol Ring {T}: Add {C}{C}. is still acceptable since it will still be its broken self in most situations. If you do play Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." while having it, it sticks around until Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." is gone. You’re holding everyone to the same standards, so it doesn’t matter much.

Don’t play other artifacts in a deck that is playing Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." , though. The advantage gained from Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." at that point is too minimal to run it. I tend to run this in landfall or Enchantment-heavy decks. Those types of decks don’t need a lot of artifacts to function, allowing Energy Flux Energy Flux All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." to shine. Consider trying it at your table and seeing what you think!