Engine of Descent by ChaseOfSpades

Format: Commander

Commander: Mishra, Eminent One

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Grixis artifact deck is commanded by Mishra, Eminent One, turning noncreature artifacts into aggressive 4/4 Mishra's Warform creature tokens every combat. The primary strategy ramps in early turns with cheap mana rocks, deploys value artifacts such as Ichor Wellspring and The Mightstone and Weakstone, and resolves Mishra on Turn 4. From Turn 5 onward, Mishra duplicates heavy burn vehicles including Knight Paladin and Reaver Titan, dealing direct damage to every opponent while applying heavy combat pressure. End-turn manipulation tools like Sundial of the Infinite and Obeka, Brute Chronologist allow the deck to keep temporary Warform tokens permanently. Robust graveyard recursion engines (Goblin Welder, Emry, Lurker of the Loch) ensure resilient recovery against removal, while efficient counterspells and board wipes protect the game plan through a Turn 7 table finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Audacious Reshapers
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Esoteric Duplicator
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
  • 1 Iron Man, Titan of Innovation
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jester's Cap
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Knight Paladin
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Machine God's Effigy
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Mishra, Eminent One
  • 1 Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Muzzio, Visionary Architect
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Obeka, Brute Chronologist
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
  • 1 Slobad, Iron Goblin
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Worldwalker Helm