Sai, old school affinitist by user3481030

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue artifact-affinity swarm deck helmed by Sai, Master Thopterist, built to evoke the classic Legacy/Vintage Affinity feel: dump cheap artifacts, reduce costs, generate a flying Thopter army, and close the game through combat damage. Every artifact spell cast triggers Sai (and Efficient Construction, Mirrodin Besieged, Thopter Spy Network) to make tokens, while affinity beaters like Myr Enforcer, Thought Monitor, and Memory Guardian come down for near-free. The board is then pumped by Master of Etherium, Forsaken Monument, Chief of the Foundry, and Favorable Winds. Card flow comes from Mystic Remora, Bident of Thassa, Fateful Discovery, Skullclamp, and Thoughtcast. There are no infinite combos - the plan is relentless, redundant, and combat-focused, exactly the "solid bracket 2" the pilot wants.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief Engineer
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 22 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Metallic Rebuke
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Myr Enforcer
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Sage of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sojourner's Companion
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stoic Rebuttal
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Surgical Skullbomb
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Welding Jar