swordplay by jonc

Format: Commander

Commander: Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue artifact midrange strategy commanded by Emry, Lurker of the Loch. It combines artifact ramp, graveyard recursion, charge counters, and proliferate mechanics to build an overwhelming board presence. In the early game, cheap artifacts reduce Emry's casting cost, allowing her to enter early and stock the graveyard with self-mill. The midgame leverages steady card advantage from recurring artifacts, generating tokens with Golem Foundry, Mechan Assembler, and Threefold Thunderhulk while multiplying counters using Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus and proliferate spells. To close the game, the deck converts its accumulated artifact infrastructure into lethal airborne damage using Cyberdrive Awakener, a towering Kappa Cannoneer, or wide combat swarms. While resilient against targeted spot removal thanks to recyclable protection like Welding Jar, the deck relies on combat damage across multiple turn cycles, making it susceptible to well-timed mass artifact and creature sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atomic Microsizer
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cerebral Download
  • 1 Chrome Companion
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Coretapper
  • 1 Corridor Monitor
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Emissary Escort
  • 1 Empowered Autogenerator
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Gavel of the Righteous
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 29 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Mechan Assembler
  • 1 Mechan Shieldmate
  • 1 Mechanozoa
  • 1 Mechtitan Core
  • 1 Mindless Automaton
  • 1 Mirran Spy
  • 1 Moxite Refinery
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nanoform Sentinel
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Specimen Freighter
  • 1 Spectral Deluge
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Steelswarm Operator
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thopter Assembly
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tractor Beam
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros Scanship
  • 1 Virulent Silencer
  • 1 Vivid Creek
  • 1 Voltaic Construct
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Voltaic Servant
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Wurmwall Sweeper