Automatons (HD2 deck) by ekateckin

Format: Commander

Commander: Mishra, Eminent One

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Grixis artifact midrange strategy led by Mishra, Eminent One. The primary game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 to deploy noncreature utility artifacts like The One Ring, Hedron Archive, or signets, followed by Mishra on Turn 4. At combat, Mishra clones a noncreature artifact into a 4/4 Construct with haste, generating recurring card advantage, mana bursts, or chip damage. In the midgame, the deck transitions into lethal combat pressure through Cybermen Squadron, giving myriad to Warform tokens and heavy beaters like Darksteel Colossus and Wurmcoil Engine. Graveyard reanimation packages centered on Goblin Welder, Daretti, Scrap Savant, and Emry, Lurker of the Loch provide resilience against removal. With free protective countermagic like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat alongside asymmetric wipes like Cyclonic Rift, the deck controls the board while building an overwhelming artifact army.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bosh, Iron Golem
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chief Engineer
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daretti, Scrap Savant
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Mishra, Eminent One
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Pili-Pala
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Their Name Is Death
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine