New Untitled Deck by whoanelly

Format: Commander

Commander: Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Azorius artifact deck is commanded by Mendicant Core, Guidelight, focusing on aggressive board development and the speed mechanic. The early game establishes cheap artifact creatures, utility rocks, and evasive attackers to deal combat damage each turn, steadily advancing speed from 1 to 4. Reaching Max Speed on Turn 5 activates the commander's ability to duplicate artifact spells for {1}, generating wide token boards and compounding value. The deck converts artifact mass into lethal pressure through commander damage scaled by artifact count, backed by evasion equipment like Mechanical Glider and double strike from Fireshrieker. Midrange card advantage engines like SP//dr, Piloted by Peni and Aether Syphon maintain resources, while a responsive suite of white and blue interaction protects key assets. Although vulnerable to mass artifact sweepers, the deck leverages recursion and alternate beaters like Donatello, Gadget Master and Gearseeker Serpent to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Aether Syphon
  • 1 Aetherjacket
  • 1 Air Response Unit
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Bounce Off
  • 1 Camera Launcher
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Diversion Unit
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Donatello, Way with Machines
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Fugitive Droid
  • 1 Gearseeker Serpent
  • 1 Glitch Ghost Surveyor
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Guidelight Matrix
  • 1 Guidelight Optimizer
  • 1 Guidelight Synergist
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Hulldrifter
  • 1 Into the Roil
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Lightshield Parry
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Mechanical Glider
  • 1 Mechanical Mobster
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nesting Bot
  • 1 Nimble Thopterist
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Perilous Snare
  • 1 Pit Automaton
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Racers' Scoreboard
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Ride's End
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 SP//dr, Piloted by Peni
  • 1 Scrounging Skyray
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spotcycle Scouter
  • 1 Starting Column
  • 1 Stasis Snare
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thopter Fabricator
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Tune Up
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Voyager Glidecar
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Walking Sarcophagus