Buckle Up by user1528566

Format: Commander

Commander: Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Artifact and Vehicle midrange strategy led by Shorikai, Genesis Engine. Operating from the command zone, Shorikai provides continuous card filtering and Pilot tokens while remaining immune to conventional creature sweepers. The deck accelerates with early mana rocks and cost reducers to deploy high-impact Vehicles and artifact threats. In the midgame, it uses mass animation effects like Cyberdrive Awakener, swarm engines like Sai, Master Thopterist, and heavy hitters like Parhelion II to construct an overwhelming airborne combat force. The deck supports this aggressive engine with efficient single-target exile removal, asymmetric board wipes such as Organic Extinction, and defensive layers from Padeem, Consul of Innovation. While the list excels at generating steady card advantage and winning through attrition, it relies on combat damage over multiple turns and lacks dedicated stax locks or infinite combo finishes.

Decklist (94 cards)

  • 1 Aerial Surveyor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
  • 1 Imperial Recovery Unit
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Katsumasa, the Animator
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Master of Etherium
  • 1 Mechtitan Core
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mobilizer Mech
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Mu Yanling, Wind Rider
  • 1 Myrsmith
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Officious Interrogation
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Parhelion II
  • 1 Peacewalker Colossus
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prodigy's Prototype
  • 1 Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reckoner Bankbuster
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Surgehacker Mech
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Synthesizer Labship
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Vedalken Engineer
  • 1 Weatherlight