how can you avenge machines? by zertoup

Format: Commander

Commander: Cyan, Vengeful Samurai

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck leverages mono-white artifact self-mill and graveyard recursion to fuel Cyan, Vengeful Samurai. Early turns focus on deploying 2-drop mana accelerators and mill engines such as Mesmeric Orb, Millikin, and Perpetual Timepiece to rapidly load the graveyard with creature cards. Each creature in the graveyard discounts Cyan's 7-mana casting cost, enabling an early commander deployment for as little as one white mana. Once deployed, Cyan's natural double strike pairs with high-impact equipment like Blackblade Reforged and Tarrian's Soulcleaver to eliminate opponents through lethal commander damage in single combat steps. Graveyard recursion tools such as Sun Titan, Sevinne's Reclamation, and Scrap Trawler continuously retrieve fallen pieces, triggering +1/+1 counters on Cyan whenever creature cards leave the graveyard. The deck wins by protecting Cyan with Mother of Runes and Swiftfoot Boots while methodically knocking out opponents across successive combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 35 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Relic Golem
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Salvation Engine
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Selfless Savior
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shard of Broken Glass
  • 1 Shriekhorn
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sterling Hound
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Watcher of the Wayside
  • 1 Workshop Assistant