Optimus Prime, Hero by aaronsilber18

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Jeskai artifact midrange list helmed by Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana through artifact lands, low-cost mana rocks, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Enthusiastic Mechanaut before deploying commander-driven bolster engines and Vehicles. The deck generates rapid card velocity through premier engines including Shorikai, Genesis Engine, Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, and Shimmer Dragon. Usable assembly occurs on Turn 4 via the commander's alternative cast or mid-tier engines, transitioning into a critical combat onset on Turn 5. Game-ending pressure is delivered through mass evasion and power buffs from Cyberdrive Awakener, myriad swarms from Cybermen Squadron, or unblockable lethal strikes with Kappa Cannoneer. While vulnerable to mass artifact exile such as Farewell due to an absence of countermagic, the list maintains strong resilience against targeted removal through Bronze Guardian, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, and comprehensive graveyard recursion via Scrap Mastery and Daretti, Scrap Savant.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcee, Sharpshooter // Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Daretti, Scrap Savant
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Depala, Pilot Exemplar
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Dr. Madison Li
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist // Jetfire, Air Guardian
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mech Hangar
  • 1 Mechtitan Core
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Wellspring
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle
  • 1 Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reckoner Bankbuster
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Scrap Mastery
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Copter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steel Seraph
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Unidentified Hovership
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Urza, Powerstone Prodigy
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Weatherlight
  • 1 Weatherlight Compleated