Saheeli, Thopter-Maker by user8512877

Format: Commander

Commander: Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet artifact tokens strategy led by Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar. The primary plan accelerates into Saheeli on Turn 4, using low-cost noncreature spells and artifacts to generate an army of 1/1 flying Thopters with haste. The deck scales its damage output on Turn 6 through mass burn engines like Impact Tremors, Reckless Fireweaver, and Ingenious Artillerist, as well as swarm pump effects like Draconic Visitor, Master of Etherium, and The Antiquities War. Flying evasion and haste allow the deck to close games around Turn 8. While the deck boasts strong card flow and solid engine redundancy, it lacks unconditional tutors, hard stax pieces, and free countermagic. It relies on standard combat pressure and incremental noncombat burn to defeat opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Awaken the Inferno
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galazeth Prismari
  • 1 Galvanic Blast
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Pia, Determined Rebuilder
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shrapnel Blast
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 The Antiquities War
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Traxos, Academy Guardian
  • 1 Twinned Vision
  • 1 Whirler Rogue