Counter Intelligence (Copy) by Reddbeard

Format: Commander

Creator: Reddbeard

Commander: Inspirit, Flagship Vessel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai artifact midrange engine commanded by Inspirit, Flagship Vessel. It leverages charge counters, +1/+1 counters, and the Station mechanic to steadily grow a fortified board. Early turns focus on establishing mana ramp via cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and flexible mana rocks like Everflowing Chalice and Astral Cornucopia. Once Inspirit is deployed and stationed with mid-sized creatures, it distributes counters every combat, quickly reaching the 8-counter threshold to grant all other artifacts hexproof and indestructible. Midgame turns leverage proliferate engines like Kilo, Apogee Mind and Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus to multiply counters across permanents. The deck closes out games around Turn 7 to 9 using overwhelming artifact overrun effects like Cyberdrive Awakener and Depthshaker Titan, massive unblockable swings from Kappa Cannoneer, or direct burn via Lux Artillery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coretapper
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Empowered Autogenerator
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etched Oracle
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gavel of the Righteous
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Golem Foundry
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kilo, Apogee Mind
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Long-Range Sensor
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Mindless Automaton
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Moxite Refinery
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge Conductor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Threefold Thunderhulk
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Titan Forge
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Wake the Past