Megatron by HurgleFurgle

Format: Commander

Commander: Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Mardu artifact deck is led by Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force, focusing on converting artifact sacrifice into direct damage and overwhelming colorless mana. By casting Megatron converted for {1}{R}{W}{B} via More Than Meets the Eye, the deck turns cheap artifact ramp and recursive fodder into fuel. When Megatron attacks in Vehicle form, it sacrifices an artifact to deal excess damage to opposing creatures and players, converts into its Robot form, and converts life lost into a massive postcombat colorless mana surge. This mana accelerates game-ending artifact behemoths such as Blightsteel Colossus, Darksteel Colossus, Reaver Titan, and Phyrexian Triniform well ahead of curve. Supported by resilient recursion engines like Scrap Trawler, Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa, and Wake the Past, the deck maintains steady pressure while using Boros Charm, Bronze Guardian, and Megatron's combat spell silence to protect its battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barbed Servitor
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptek
  • 1 Damping Engine
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Delete
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions
  • 1 Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Oni-Cult Anvil
  • 1 Orcish Vandal
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phantom Train
  • 1 Phyrexian Triniform
  • 1 Pia's Revolution
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruin Grinder
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spine of Ish Sah
  • 1 Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
  • 1 Street Urchin
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Trash for Treasure
  • 1 Triskelavus
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine