Thopter Time by Martellooooo

Format: Commander

Commander: Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet artifact combo and token swarm engine commanded by Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar. The strategy blends explosive artifact acceleration with token generation, using Saheeli to produce hasty flying Thopters whenever noncreature spells are cast. Fast mana pieces like Sol Ring, Mana Vault, and Chrome Mox power out early value engines like The One Ring, Rhystic Study, and Urza, Lord High Artificer. The primary win conditions consist of compact artifact loops: Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal to generate infinite mana and infinite hasty Thopters, or Grim Monolith enchanted by Power Artifact to fuel a game-ending Walking Ballista. The deck protects its combo turns with free counterspells and redirection effects, creating a fast, resilient game plan that transitions easily from mid-game token pressure to an instant-speed combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curious Obsession
  • 1 Dack Fayden
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Detection Tower
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry of the Consuls
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Intervene
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Invasion of Kaladesh // Aetherwing, Golden-Scale Flagship
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Power Artifact
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turn Aside
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Whirlermaker