Nick Valentine by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Nick Valentine, Private Eye

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Nick Valentine leads a mono-blue artifact-Clue deck that turns death and clue-making into card advantage, then animates a critical mass of artifacts for a one-shot combat kill. The commander is a cheap unblockable artifact creature that smooths the early game; the real engine is the artifact-token suite (Academy Manufactor, Tamiyo's Journal) and the finishing pair of Cyberdrive Awakener or Tangletrove Kelp plus Senator Peacock. Secondary paths are Thopter/Detective swarms with Sharding Sphinx and March of Progress. No infinite combos exist; the deck wins by overwhelming combat after assembling eight to ten artifacts. Its card draw is strong but conditional, and it lacks stack protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Agency Outfitter
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
  • 1 April, Reporter of the Weird
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Behemoth of Vault 0
  • 1 Burden of Proof
  • 1 Cold Case Cracker
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Crimestopper Sprite
  • 1 Curie, Emergent Intelligence
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths
  • 1 Detective of the Month
  • 1 ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exit Specialist
  • 1 Final-Word Phantom
  • 1 Five Hundred Year Diary
  • 1 Fleeting Memories
  • 1 Flitwing, Lyev Detective
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Forensic Researcher
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Grand Architect
  • 1 Hotshot Investigators
  • 1 Iron Man, Modern Marvel
  • 34 Island
  • 1 Jaded Analyst
  • 1 Machine Over Matter
  • 1 Magnetic Flux
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Martha Jones
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mirage Mockery
  • 1 Mister Gutsy
  • 1 Mistway Spy
  • 1 Neurok Transmuter
  • 1 Nick Valentine, Private Eye
  • 1 Paranormal Analyst
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
  • 1 Projektor Inspector
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Robobrain War Mind
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Senator Peacock
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steamcore Scholar
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Surveillance Monitor
  • 1 Synth Infiltrator
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Tangletrove Kelp
  • 1 Thinking Cap
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Tunnel Surveyor
  • 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Workshop Elders