Sai, Master Thopterist [B3.5] - Guys That Magic (2026) by GottaGame9000

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck is helmed by Sai, Master Thopterist, focusing on translating low-cost artifact spells into a wide swarm of evasive 1/1 Thopter tokens while converting spare artifacts into card advantage. The deck ramps on early turns using mana rocks and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor, deploying Sai by Turn 3. Once established, it chains artifact deployments to generate a substantial flying board, scaling token power through static buffs such as Master of Etherium, Chief of the Foundry, and Forsaken Monument. In addition to going wide, the list generates towering Construct tokens via Simulacrum Synthesizer and Urza, Lord High Artificer. Interaction is focused on tactical counterspells, defensive tools like Propaganda, and utility bounce, creating a balanced tempo strategy. While vulnerable to artifact and creature sweepers, the deck sustains momentum using graveyard recursion lands and redundant card-draw engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Glaring Fleshraker
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Ugin, Eye of the Storms
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Whirler Rogue