Cid, Timeless Artificer by Alucard11

Format: Commander

Commander: Cid, Timeless Artificer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a go-wide artifact creature strategy built around the unique ability to run any number of copies of its commander, Cid, Timeless Artificer. The core plan is to flood the battlefield with multiple Cids, each a 4/4 Artificer for only three mana, and let their cumulative pump ability turn the entire artifact creature army into a lethal force. The deck also includes a suite of "Job select" Equipment (Dragoon's Lance, Machinist's Arsenal, etc.) that create 1/1 Hero tokens and attach themselves, providing a second wave of creatures. Thrumming Stone is the critical enabler, letting each Cid cast from hand ripple into additional copies, rapidly assembling an overwhelming board. The primary win condition is combat damage from a massive, pumped-up swarm of artifact creatures, with Cyberdrive Awakener and Bronze Guardian acting as finishers. The deck lacks infinite combos, fast mana, or powerful interaction, relying on sheer redundancy and board presence to close out games.

Decklist (81 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Campground
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Bottle Gnomes
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Cephalopod Sentry
  • 1 Cid, Timeless Artificer
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Covert Technician
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dragoon's Lance
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Shieldmage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 G'raha Tia
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Instant Ramen
  • 1 Iron Giant
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Mirage Mesa
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Night Market
  • 1 Paladin's Arms
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Relentless X-ATM092
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Sage's Nouliths
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Fair Basilica
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thief's Knife
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Tidus, Blitzball Star
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Weapons Vendor
  • 1 White Mage's Staff
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine