Keen Engineering (Copy) by gman91

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power mono-blue artifact deck commanded by Sai, Master Thopterist. It uses format-ceiling fast mana such as Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Mana Vault, and Sol Ring to deploy Sai on Turn 2 or 3. Once on the battlefield, every cheap artifact spell generates 1/1 flying Thopter tokens that fuel card draw engines like Skullclamp and The One Ring. The deck transitions into a lethal threat around Turn 4 by casting large payoff cards such as Simulacrum Synthesizer, Urza, Lord High Artificer, and Kappa Cannoneer. These cards create massive Construct tokens that scale with your total artifact count. The deck protects its game plan with free counterspells like Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will. It closes the game by Turn 6 through overwhelming evasive air strikes and unblockable combat damage, often cleared by an overloaded Cyclonic Rift.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Whirler Rogue