Counter Intelligence by Zigmoverman

Format: Commander

Commander: Inspirit, Flagship Vessel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai artifact midrange list centered on charge counters and proliferate synergies led by Inspirit, Flagship Vessel. It establishes early mana velocity through cost reducers and scaling charge rocks like Astral Cornucopia. By Turn 4, Inspirit enters the battlefield to distribute charge counters and station into an active 5/5 flying creature. Once Inspirit reaches 8 counters, it shields all other artifacts with hexproof and indestructible. The deck leverages this protection to execute decisive win conditions, including Cyberdrive Awakener animating the board into an unblockable flying fleet, Lux Artillery burning the entire table for 10 damage each turn, and alt-win artifacts like Darksteel Reactor. While the deck lacks universal tutors and fast mana, it generates steady card advantage through engines like Insight Engine and Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain. Defensive spells such as Ripples of Potential and asymmetric wipes like Organic Extinction ensure the deck can stabilize and close out games reliably by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetheric Amplifier
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coretapper
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Empowered Autogenerator
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etched Oracle
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Long-Range Sensor
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Magistrate's Scepter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mindless Automaton
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Moxite Refinery
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Millennium Calendar
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Titan Forge
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Wake the Past