Counter Intelligence Precon by BoogieLou

Format: Commander

Commander: Inspirit, Flagship Vessel

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai artifact midrange engine that harnesses charge counters, +1/+1 counters, and the station mechanic. Helmed by Inspirit, Flagship Vessel, the deck uses early turns to deploy cheap artifact mana and cost-reducers, establishing Inspirit on Turn 3. Inspirit rapidly accumulates charge counters by stationing utility creatures and placing counters on target artifacts at combat. As charge counters build, engines like Insight Engine and Etched Oracle provide steady card flow, while proliferate cards like Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus accelerate counter totals. Once Inspirit reaches eight charge counters, it transforms into an evasive 5/5 attacker and shields your entire artifact board with hexproof and indestructible. The deck finishes games around Turn 6 to 8 by animating its artifacts with Cyberdrive Awakener or Depthshaker Titan, overwhelming opponents with flying combat damage or burning the table down with Lux Artillery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coretapper
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Empowered Autogenerator
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etched Oracle
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gavel of the Righteous
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Long-Range Sensor
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Mindless Automaton
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Moxite Refinery
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Titan Forge
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Wake the Past