helicopter… hella thopters by april.mikey

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck is led by Sai, Master Thopterist, focusing on swarming opponents with an evasive army of flying 1/1 Thopter tokens. The strategy accelerates through low-cost mana rocks and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector, enabling rapid spell chaining that triggers Sai's token creation. Card velocity is sustained through combat triggers such as Bident of Thassa and Research Thief, alongside Sai's activated ability. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by deploying artifact anthems and stat doublers, including Master of Etherium, Stridehangar Automaton, Forsaken Monument, and Cybermen Squadron. A backup infinite colorless mana combo exists via Basalt Monolith and Forsaken Monument. Without dedicated tutors, the deck plays at a high-synergy casual level, trading hyper-compact combo lines for board resiliency, steady recursion via Emry, Lurker of the Loch and Scrap Trawler, and overwhelming aerial combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Battered Golem
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyberman Patrol
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Donatello, Way with Machines
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Masterful Replication
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mm'menon, the Right Hand
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Steelfin Whale
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Workshop Assistant