5.25 - Keen Engineering by PeanutsOfAwe

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact token swarm deck commanded by Sai, Master Thopterist. The primary strategy focuses on deploying inexpensive utility artifacts, mana rocks, and cost reducers to trigger Sai, building a dense aerial armada of 1/1 Thopter tokens while filtering through cards via Sai's activated sacrifice ability. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions from token accumulation into lethal combat pressure through scaling anthems, affinity beaters, and decisive finishers like Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut, Forsaken Monument, Master of Etherium, and Kappa Cannoneer. The deck supports its board development with defensive layers including Propaganda and Padeem, Consul of Innovation, alongside card draw engines such as Shimmer Dragon and Research Thief. Lacking compact infinite combos or heavy tutor density, the deck wins through honest combat math, relying on evasive flying damage to eliminate opposing life totals over multiple attack steps while using artifact resilience to out-value slower tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fall from Favor
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 34 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire Golem
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue