Pacific Shorikai NGE like by Nevian

Format: Commander

Commander: Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Shorikai, Genesis Engine deck is a synergistic Azorius artifact and Vehicle deck built to grind card advantage and close games through wide airborne combat. Shorikai sits in the command zone as a noncreature card-advantage and token engine that dodges traditional creature removal. The deck accelerates in the early turns using mana rocks and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector, setting up Shorikai by Turn 4 to reliably draw cards and create Pilot tokens. In the mid-game, the deck establishes resilience through Padeem, Consul of Innovation and Bronze Guardian, while disrupting opponents with efficient interaction like Swords to Plowshares, Fierce Guardianship, and Organic Extinction. The primary win condition arrives around Turn 6 with mass animation effects like Cyberdrive Awakener, overloaded Rise and Shine, or a crewed Parhelion II, swarming the table with 4/4 flying artifact creatures to eliminate all three opponents over two combat cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerial Surveyor
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hotshot Mechanic
  • 1 Imperial Recovery Unit
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Mech Hangar
  • 1 Mechtitan Core
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
  • 1 Mindlink Mech
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mobilizer Mech
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Parhelion II
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prodigy's Prototype
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reckoner Bankbuster
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tameshi, Reality Architect
  • 1 Tempered Steel
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thundersteel Colossus
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Unlicensed Hearse
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Weatherlight