Pilot Episode by SunlitMono

Format: Commander

Commander: Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius artifact midrange strategy led by Shorikai, Genesis Engine. Shorikai acts as a self-contained card advantage engine and token producer from the command zone, drawing two cards and filtering your hand each turn while generating Pilot tokens that crew large Vehicles. The deck ramps on early turns using mana rocks and cost-reducers, deploys utility Vehicles and token generators, and controls the board with efficient exile removal like Dispatch and the one-sided board wipe Organic Extinction. The deck closes games through evasive combat damage by crewing massive threats like Parhelion II, overrunning the table with Cyberdrive Awakener, or recurring an army of animated 4/4 artifacts using Dance of the Manse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aerial Surveyor
  • 1 Aeronaut Admiral
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armed and Armored
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cloudspire Captain
  • 1 Colossal Plow
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Country Roads
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Guidelight Pathmaker
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Interface Ace
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Katsumasa, the Animator
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Lifecraft Engine
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mobilizer Mech
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Parhelion II
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prodigy's Prototype
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Tune Up
  • 1 Unidentified Hovership
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Weatherlight
  • 1 Whirler Rogue