Affinity by user5820046

Format: Commander

Commander: Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact midrange strategy piloted by Noctis, Prince of Lucis. The primary game plan rapidly deploys artifact lands, low-cost mana rocks, and utility artifacts to fuel explosive affinity spells and token engines. Once established on Turn 4, the deck uses token powerhouses like Urza, Chief Artificer, Simulacrum Synthesizer, and Sai, Master Thopterist to flood the board with scaling Construct and Thopter tokens. On Turn 5, finishers like Cyberdrive Awakener, Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge, and Kappa Cannoneer turn this wide board into lethal pressure, closing the game by Turn 7. Noctis provides unmatched mid-to-late game resilience by allowing you to cast wiped or sacrificed artifacts directly from the graveyard for 3 life, turning self-sacrificing cantrips into a continuous stream of cards and ensuring that board wipes only temporarily slow down your offensive momentum.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Ravager
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frogmite
  • 1 Gearseeker Serpent
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Myr Enforcer
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 Noctis, Prince of Lucis
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sojourner's Companion
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 Thopter Foundry
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Chief Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Windwright Mage