Living metal by burrgo1

Format: Commander

Commander: Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This Sydri, Galvanic Genius deck is a midrange artifact-value engine that turns its vast collection of artifacts, Vehicles, and artifact creatures into a combat-focused board presence. The commander serves as a versatile tool: her first ability animates noncreature artifacts into creatures (key for Vehicles and mana rocks), and her second grants deathtouch and lifelink to any artifact creature, turning even small tokens into formidable attackers and blockers. The primary plan involves ramping with artifact mana sources, deploying value generators like Thopter Spy Network and Forensic Gadgeteer, then overwhelming opponents with a swarm of artifact creatures, Vehicles, and counter-synergies (Steel Overseer, Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade). Alternate win conditions include Strixhaven Stadium (accumulate 10 point counters) and White Sun's Twilight for a board-wipe+token finish. The deck is resilient through recursion (Hanna, Ship's Navigator, Hourglass of the Lost) but lacks explosive speed or infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Air Response Unit
  • 1 Anchovy & Banana Pizza
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Animating Faerie // Bring to Life
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Slith
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Bonder's Ornament
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Combat Thresher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Sentinel
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Dependable Quinjet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Disorder in the Court
  • 1 Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Feat of Resistance
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Fortuitous Find
  • 1 Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Haunted Fengraf
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 1 Hullcarver
  • 1 Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Machine God's Effigy
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexian Rebirth
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Project Deathlok Soldier
  • 1 Renegade's Getaway
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Roadkill Rodney
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shambling Suit
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 1 Strixhaven Stadium
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sydri, Galvanic Genius
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The Flesh Is Weak
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thundering Chariot
  • 1 Tidy Conclusion
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Underhanded Designs
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vibranium Energy Daggers
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine