Mendicant Avance by user4442046

Format: Commander

Commander: Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius artifact midrange engine commanded by Mendicant Core, Guidelight. It leverages low-cost mana rocks and cost reducers to deploy a wide array of utility artifacts, Clues, and Thopter tokens. As the game develops and opponents take damage, Mendicant Core, Guidelight ramps up speed to duplicate artifact spells at Max Speed. The deck sustains card flow through engines like Shorikai, Genesis Engine, Sai, Master Thopterist, and Forensic Gadgeteer. It transitions to a decisive win by animating its artifact board into lethal evasive threats using Cyberdrive Awakener, overwhelming opponents with Kappa Cannoneer, or recurring a massive board via Dance of the Manse and Brilliant Restoration. Reactive counterspells, efficient exile removal, and asymmetric sweepers such as Organic Extinction provide defense while the token swarm closes out the game through multi-turn combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A.I.M. Synthoids
  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Canoptek Spyder
  • 1 Chrome Dome
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Ephara, God of the Polis
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krang, Master Mind
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lumen-Class Frigate
  • 1 Malcator, Purity Overseer
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host