Blue by SalemGray

Format: Commander

Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-Blue Artifact Tokens strategy commanded by Sai, Master Thopterist. The primary game plan revolves around casting inexpensive artifact spells to steadily generate a flying army of 1/1 Thopter tokens while converting spare artifacts into card advantage via Sai's activated sacrifice ability. Supported by cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector, the deck ramps into midgame engine pieces such as Shimmer Dragon, Thopter Spy Network, and Padeem, Consul of Innovation. Once a critical mass of artifacts and flying tokens is established, the deck pivots into lethal pressure around Turn 6 by deploying potent stat multipliers and massive artifact beaters, including Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut, Master of Etherium, Forsaken Monument, and Kappa Cannoneer. While the list excels at sustained card flow, board rebuilding, and evasive aerial damage, it relies on natural draws without tutors and remains vulnerable to mass artifact wipes.

Decklist (99 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 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Juggernaut
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 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 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Launch Mishap
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 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 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Slate of Ancestry
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 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 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirler Rogue