D-Squad by gameshow349

Format: Commander

Commander: Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius artifact midrange strategy led by Mendicant Core, Guidelight. It leverages low-cost, evasive artifact creatures to trigger the 'Start your engines!' mechanic and rapidly accelerate to Max Speed (speed 4) by Turn 4 or 5. Once at Max Speed, the commander copies every artifact spell cast for a single generic mana, creating overwhelming board presence and doubling the value of threats, utility pieces, and mana rocks. The deck converts this resource advantage into victory through scaling combat beatdown, utilizing power-boosting staples like Bronze Guardian, Master of Etherium, Illustrious Wanderglyph, and Cybermen Squadron. Supporting pieces such as Organic Extinction and Desynchronization clear opposing blockers while leaving your historic and artifact board untouched. While lacking infinite combos and fast mana, the deck boasts exceptional resilience through graveyard recursion and passive protection engines like Padeem, Consul of Innovation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aetherjacket
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Avishkar Raceway
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cogwork Wrestler
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyberman Patrol
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Diversion Unit
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabrication Foundry
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Guidelight Synergist
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hope of Ghirapur
  • 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
  • 8 Island
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Mandibular Kite
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nesting Bot
  • 1 Network Disruptor
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Snare
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silver Raven
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Swooping Lookout
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Worldwalker Helm
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine