optimus by HulkingPotato

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Jeskai aggro-midrange build centered around Optimus Prime, Hero and artifact-based +1/+1 counter mechanics. It leverages cheap cost-reduction creatures like Etherium Sculptor and mana rocks to rapidly deploy artifact creatures and legendary utility pieces. Once Optimus Prime, Hero enters, its bolster triggers distribute counters across the board, growing smaller creatures into potent threats. Proliferate engines like Inexorable Tide and Kilo, Apogee Mind accelerate this growth, powering payoffs like Lux Artillery and All Will Be One. Combat evasive enablers such as Herald of Secret Streams and massive top-end threats like Krang, Utrom Warlord translate counter volume into rapid player eliminations. The commander provides exceptional inherent resilience by converting back to the battlefield when destroyed, allowing the deck to sustain aggressive pressure through standard sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Biorganic Carapace
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Elite Scaleguard
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist // Jetfire, Air Guardian
  • 1 Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 SP//dr, Piloted by Peni
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Salvation Colossus
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Throne of Geth
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vivisurgeon's Insight
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 War Machine, Avenging Arsenal