Halfdane's Utility Belt [EDH]

[Oversoul]

I've long been torn on what kind of theme my Halfdane deck would use, once I eventually got around to building one. Well, I've been stuck in a deckbuilding rut for most of this year, but I'm settling on an equipment deck. Equip a big creature to make it even bigger, copy its power/toughness with Halfdane, then move the equipment over to Halfdane for a "Voltron" kill condition that is even bigger.

Commander:
1 Halfdane

1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Denial
1 Arcum's Astrolabe
1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
1 Argentum Armor
1 Arid Mesa
1 Assault Suit
1 Balan, Wandering Knight
1 Batterskull
1 Blackblade Reforged
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brainstorm
1 Brass Squire
1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
1 Clackbridge Troll
1 Colossus Hammer
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Damn
1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
1 Dark Petition
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echo of Eons
1 Echoing Deeps
1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Ever After
1 Flooded Strand
1 Generous Gift
1 Glasspool Mimic
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Halvar, God of Battle
1 Hammer of Nazahn
1 Hunted Horror
5 Island
1 Kaldra Compleat
1 Kami of False Hope
1 Kappa Cannoneer
1 Lazav, the Multifarious
1 Leyline Axe
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lion Sash
1 Mana Drain
1 Marsh Flats
1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mother of Runes
1 Open the Armory
1 Otawara, Soaring City
5 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
1 Puresteel Paladin
1 Reanimate
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rite of Consumption
1 Rout
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Serra Ascendant
1 Sram, Senior Edificer
1 Steelshaper's Gift
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Stonehewer Giant
1 Strip Mine
5 Swamp
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Terminus
1 The Watcher in the Water
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
1 Tundra
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Unburial Rites
1 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Victimize
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woolly Razorback

 

[Oversoul]

To my surprise, this deck won its first game. Oh, it's jank alright, but things worked out in my favor. Despite my commander being neutralized by an aura and then later killed in a board wipe, I was able to get value out of Clackbridge Troll, then bring Halfdane back with Volrath's Stronghold. Opponents realized they were in trouble after I started a turn with Halfdane targeting Clackbridge Troll while it was equipped with Leyline Axe and Sword of Fire and Ice, then moved both equipment onto Halfdane, swinging in with a 14/14 trampling, double-striking commander with protection from blue and red. The only other creatures I played were The Watcher in the Water (hit by a Palace Jailer for a while, it didn't get to do anything until the last turn of the game, when I targeted it with Halfdane), Kami of False Hope (sacrificed when it was going to die to some random damage trigger anyway) and Glasspool Mimic (copying Clackbridge Troll, which was awesome).

I don't think this clunky "Voltron" deck is going to perform well in the generally powered-up environment that EDH has in 2025, but it did surprise me with this first game, doing exactly what I built it to do but didn't think it would be able to pull off.