Gojo by billisxman

Format: Commander

Commander: Satoru, the Infiltrator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Dimir artifact deck is helmed by Satoru, the Infiltrator, leveraging a low-curve suite of 0-mana and 1-mana artifact creatures and affinity mechanics to maintain relentless card flow and tempo. The deck rapidly floods the board in the early turns, using Satoru to draw cards whenever zero-mana or discounted creatures enter the battlefield. Mana velocity is accelerated through cost-reducers like Etherium Sculptor and convoke from Chief Engineer. The primary victory path revolves around deploying high-scaling equipment and affinity beaters—most notably Cranial Plating, Nettlecyst, and Kappa Cannoneer—to eliminate opponents through evasive combat by Turn 7. A compact infinite loop featuring Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Mirran Spy, and zero-cost artifact creatures provides an alternative storm finish alongside Glaring Fleshraker. While vulnerable to mass artifact removal, the deck's low mana curve, tutor density, and flexible interaction make it an explosive artifact aggro threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Arcbound Worker
  • 1 Artistic Refusal
  • 1 Augmenting Automaton
  • 1 Bonded Construct
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Canoptek Spyder
  • 1 Chief Engineer
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chronomaton
  • 1 Clay Revenant
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Combat Courier
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Demonic Junker
  • 1 Drillworks Mole
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forever Young
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frogmite
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Halo Hopper
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hope of Ghirapur
  • 1 Inquisitive Puppet
  • 1 Iron Apprentice
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Marketback Walker
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Merchant's Dockhand
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Mirran Spy
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Myr Scrapling
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Paradoxical Outcome
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Pile On
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Roterothopter
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Signal Pest
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sojourner's Companion
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sparring Construct
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vault Skirge
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vector Asp
  • 1 Virulent Silencer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Walking Bulwark
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whir of Invention