Keen Engineering by Grandado

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck is commanded by Sai, Master Thopterist, focusing on generating a wide swarm of evasive 1/1 flying Thopter tokens from casting low-cost artifacts. The deck accelerates in the opening turns using efficient two-mana mana rocks and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector. Once Sai is deployed, every artifact cast converts into board presence and expendable fodder for Sai's card-draw ability. Card velocity is sustained through continuous engines such as Thopter Spy Network, Vedalken Archmage, and Shimmer Dragon. To close out games, the deck transforms its token army into a lethal air force using global power amplifiers like Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut, Forsaken Monument, and Master of Etherium, alongside standalone threats like Kappa Cannoneer and Myr Battlesphere. While vulnerable to mass artifact wipes, the deck leverages Padeem, Consul of Innovation and Darksteel Forge to protect its board state.

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 Forge
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fall from Favor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 31 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 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 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 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue