The Cid by Serenis78300

Format: Commander

Commander: Cid, Timeless Artificer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Azorius artifact aggro deck leverages the unique 'any number' deckbuilding clause of Cid, Timeless Artificer by packing 14 copies in the 99 alongside the commander. The game plan revolves around flooding the board with low-cost artifact tokens—via enablers like Sai, Master Thopterist, Illustrious Wanderglyph, Simulacrum Synthesizer, and Retrofitter Foundry—and cycling extra copies of Cid for {W}{U} to simultaneously dig through the library and stack massive +1/+1 static anthems across all artifact creatures and Heroes. With dense cost reduction from Etherium Sculptor, Chief Engineer, and Foundry Inspector, the deck ramps efficiently into Turn 4 commander deployment and establishes a must-answer aerial clock by Turn 5. Standalone win conditions like Cyberdrive Awakener provide explosive alpha-strike capability, while on-board protection from Padeem, Consul of Innovation and Bronze Guardian shields key permanents. The deck achieves exceptional redundancy and resilience, converting creature deaths and cycling into compounding board-wide power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Automated Artificer
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Chief Engineer
  • 15 Cid, Timeless Artificer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lita, Mechanical Engineer
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Oltec Matterweaver
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thief's Knife
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Prince of Kroog
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windswept Heath