Cloning Machine by user8594313

Format: Commander

Commander: Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Azorius deck is led by Mendicant Core, Guidelight, focusing on artifact synergy, storm velocity, and scalable board presence. The primary victory route leverages cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor alongside Mystic Forge (or Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass) and Sensei's Divining Top. This engine draws the entire library at zero mana cost, generating arbitrary storm count and life via Aetherflux Reservoir to eliminate all three opponents on Turn 5. As a secondary plan, Simulacrum Synthesizer, Cyberdrive Awakener, and Master of Etherium generate massive Construct armies and animate utility artifacts into lethal flying threats. The deck maintains steady acceleration through low-cost mana rocks and protects its lines using free or efficient countermagic like Fierce Guardianship and Mana Drain. While susceptible to mass artifact exile and missing dedicated stax locks, the list balances combo inevitability, rapid card flow, and resilient recursion through Dance of the Manse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Syphon
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Cephalopod Sentry
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Ironheart, Clever Champion
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 March of Progress
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak