Keen Engineering by JazzlikeOnion

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This mono-blue artifact deck is led by Sai, Master Thopterist, focusing on swarming the battlefield with evasive 1/1 flying Thopter tokens and leveraging them for card advantage, mana efficiency, and decisive combat damage. The game plan centers on casting low-cost artifacts, generating Thopters with Sai, and drawing cards via engine pieces like Thopter Spy Network, Vedalken Archmage, and Sai's activated ability. As the artifact count grows, the deck transitions into a lethal offensive using affinity beaters like Broodstar and Kappa Cannoneer, or team-wide pump effects like Master of Etherium, Forsaken Monument, and Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut. Defense is bolstered by Propaganda, Aetherize, and All Is Dust to stall aggression and clear opposing colored boards. While the deck boasts immense board-building capability and steady card replenishment, its heavy reliance on combat steps and vulnerability to mass artifact sweepers require careful sequencing and selective counterspell protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Broodstar
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chief of the Foundry
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fall from Favor
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 34 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Memory Guardian
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire Golem
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue