Shorikai 3.0 by user1989167

Format: Commander

Commander: Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Artifact and Vehicle control strategy commanded by Shorikai, Genesis Engine. The primary game plan revolves around deploying Shorikai early to generate steady card advantage and a continuous army of 1/1 Pilot tokens. Because Vehicles and Shorikai remain non-creatures on opponents' turns, the deck breaks parity on powerful creature sweepers like Supreme Verdict, Vanquish the Horde, and Farewell. Once the opposing board is cleared, the deck deploys high-end combat threats such as Parhelion II, Reaver Titan, and Thundersteel Colossus, animating them via Pilots, Kotori, Pilot Prodigy, or Peacewalker Colossus to close out the game through overwhelming evasive damage. Additionally, the deck contains a compact infinite combo in Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal, which allows it to draw its entire library with Shorikai and win via Laboratory Maniac. Solid protection engines and mass graveyard recursion ensure strong late-game staying power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Surveyor
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anchor to Reality
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Armed and Armored
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Brotherhood Vertibird
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consulate Dreadnought
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hotshot Mechanic
  • 1 Interface Ace
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Knight Paladin
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lita, Mechanical Engineer
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mech Hangar
  • 1 Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
  • 1 Mobilizer Mech
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Parhelion II
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prodigy's Prototype
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Redress Fate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thundersteel Colossus
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Weatherlight