Mechanized Spells by Jormungrandr

Format: Commander

Commander: Saheeli, the Gifted

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Izzet artifact ramp strategy commanded by Saheeli, the Gifted. The core game plan focuses on deploying inexpensive mana rocks, artifact lands, and cost reducers during the first three turns to build a high permanent count. On Turn 4, Saheeli enters the battlefield and uses her second loyalty ability to grant affinity for artifacts to the next spell cast. This massive mana discount allows the deck to cast game-ending colorless and artifact bombs on Turn 5, including Blightsteel Colossus, Cybermen Squadron, Portal to Phyrexia, and Triplicate Titan. Alternate cheat engines like Master Transmuter and Sneak Attack provide strong backup paths if the commander is removed. The deck excels at rapidly flooding the board with resilient, indestructible threats, but it runs minimal instant-speed interaction and depends heavily on combat steps over two full response cycles to eliminate all opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Cyberman Patrol
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reconstruction
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Saheeli's Artistry
  • 1 Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Saheeli, the Gifted
  • 1 Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
  • 1 Scrap Welder
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Triplicate Titan
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vedalken Humiliator
  • 1 Wastes
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine