james optimus by africangeranium

Format: Commander

Commander: Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai artifact midrange and aggro strategy built around Optimus Prime. The primary game plan accelerates out cost reducers and artifact creatures early, then casts Optimus Prime converted using More Than Meets the Eye on turn 4. Bolster triggers, modular creatures, and proliferate effects continuously grow the team into large combat threats. On turn 6, the deck pivots into critical onset by swinging with a massive trample board or casting game-ending overruns like Craterclaw Colossus or Cyberdrive Awakener. The deck features strong board resilience thanks to Optimus Prime's built-in conversion on death, modular counter transfers, and phased protection via Ripples of Potential. While the list excels at incremental board growth and combat pressure, it lacks hard stax locks, high-density countermagic, and tutors, leaving its clock tied to natural draws and multi-turn combat rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Mouser
  • 1 Arcbound Shikari
  • 1 Arcbound Slasher
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Cayth, Famed Mechanist
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyberman Patrol
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Walking Skyscraper
  • 1 Weatherlight Compleated