Commander of Thopters: Sai by mgm67

Format: Commander

Creator: mgm67

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact token swarm strategy helmed by Sai, Master Thopterist. The primary game plan focuses on deploying Sai early and casting low-cost artifacts to generate an army of 1/1 flying Thopters. Cost reducers such as Etherium Sculptor and Cloud Key accelerate spell velocity, while cards like Skullclamp, Vedalken Archmage, and Sai's activated ability convert the board into card advantage. Sacrificing artifacts to Ashnod's Altar or Krark-Clan Ironworks provides explosive colorless mana bursts to cast high-end win conditions. The deck aims to close the game on Turn 6 by landing Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut to turn the Thopter swarm into 5/3 flying Juggernauts, or burning opponents out with Glaring Fleshraker and Psychosis Crawler. Asymmetric board wipes such as All Is Dust and Desynchronization keep opposing boards in check while leaving artifact permanents intact.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wastes
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welding Jar