Vehicles and Pilots by user8327940

Format: Commander

Commander: Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius artifact and Vehicle deck helmed by Shorikai, Genesis Engine. The strategy focuses on establishing early mana acceleration, deploying Shorikai by Turn 3 or 4, and consistently generating Pilot creature tokens while filtering through the library. Because Shorikai and uncrewed Vehicles remain noncreature artifacts during opponents' turns, the deck is naturally insulated against standard sorcery-speed creature board wipes. It utilizes token generators like Sai, Master Thopterist and crew enablers such as Kotori, Pilot Prodigy and Peacewalker Colossus to bypass high crew costs on heavy threats like Parhelion II and Skysovereign, Consul Flagship. The deck closes games around Turn 7 to 9 through overwhelming aerial combat, mass artifact animation with Cyberdrive Awakener or Dance of the Manse, and one-sided sweepers like Organic Extinction. While resilient against creature removal, its reliance on a wide artifact footprint leaves it vulnerable to dedicated artifact sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aerial Surveyor
  • 1 Aeronaut Admiral
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcanist's Owl
  • 1 Armed and Armored
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Colossal Plow
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foundry Assembler
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Imperial Recovery Unit
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Katsumasa, the Animator
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mobilizer Mech
  • 1 Myrsmith
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Parhelion II
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prodigy's Prototype
  • 1 Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
  • 1 Raiders' Karve
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Release to Memory
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Weatherlight
  • 1 Whirler Rogue