how can you avenge machines? by zertoup

Format: Commander

Commander: Cyan, Vengeful Samurai

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This mono-white deck leverages an artifact-based self-mill engine to maximize Cyan, Vengeful Samurai. By stocking the graveyard early with cards like Mesmeric Orb, Millikin, and Perpetual Timepiece, the deck drastically reduces Cyan's casting cost. Once Cyan enters the battlefield, any creature cards leaving the graveyard—via reanimation spells such as Sun Titan, Sevinne's Reclamation, or Helping Hand—place +1/+1 counters on Cyan. Backed by inherent double strike and powerful equipment like Blackblade Reforged, Tarrian's Soulcleaver, and Loxodon Warhammer, Cyan rapidly becomes a lethal Voltron threat on Turn 5. Evasion from Spirit Mantle and Key to the City alongside protection from Mother of Runes and Giver of Runes ensures attacks connect. While lacking targeted tutors or infinite combos, dense functional redundancy and mass reanimation from Brilliant Restoration provide resilient midrange recovery and a reliable Turn 7 closing clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 35 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Relic Golem
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Selfless Savior
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shard of Broken Glass
  • 1 Shriekhorn
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sterling Hound
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Watcher of the Wayside
  • 1 Workshop Assistant