Art by Dallas Williams
Commander deckU
Flitwing, Lyev Detective
Generate massive amounts of tokens and convert them into Clues with Flitwing, then leverage artifact synergies, Clue-cracking payoffs, and artifact-based win conditions.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Flitwing, Lyev Detective
2ULegendary Creature — Faerie Detective
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12
Inspiring Statuary
3Artifact
Turns abundant Clue tokens into mana rocks via improvise
Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Taps Clue tokens for blue mana immediately without sacrificing them
Forensic Gadgeteer
2UCreature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
Generates Clues and reduces their activation cost to crack for one mana
Five Hundred Year Diary
3ULegendary Artifact — Book Clue
Taps for blue mana equal to the number of Clues controlled
Midnight Clock
2UArtifact
Provides mana early and refills hand after cracking Clues
Card Draw
10
Thopter Spy Network
2UUEnchantment
Generates artifact creature tokens or Clues and draws cards on hit
Shimmer Dragon
4UUCreature — Dragon
Taps artifact Clues to draw two cards repeatedly without cracking them
Thought Monitor
6UArtifact Creature — Construct
Affinity for artifacts enables drawing two cards for a single blue mana
Thoughtcast
4USorcery
Classic affinity card draw for one mana with a board full of Clues
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
Draws a card whenever casting artifact spells
Reverse Engineer
3UUSorcery
Improvise draws three cards using Clues to pay the cost
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards when attacking creatures deal combat damage
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
Doubles all card draw from cracking Clues
Riddlesmith
1UCreature — Human Artificer
Loots whenever an artifact spell is cast
Removal
10
Rapid Hybridization
UInstant
Flexible one-mana creature removal that creates a frog lizard
Swan Song
UInstant
One-mana counterspell that disrupts key opposing noncreature spells
Imprisoned in the Moon
2UEnchantment — Aura
Neutralizes commanders, planeswalkers, or lands
Threats/Wincons
22
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows massive and unblockable with every Clue created
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
Animates all Clue tokens into flying 4/4 artifact creatures for a lethal swing
Mechanized Production
2UUEnchantment — Aura
Alternate win condition that triggers easily by controlling eight Clues
Nettlecyst
3Artifact — Equipment
Equipment and creature that scales exponentially with artifact tokens
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Creates Tentacles or Clues whenever you draw cards by cracking Clues
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows from drawing cards and explodes into squid tokens or Clues upon death
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Creates Thopters or Clues on casting artifacts and can sacrifice them to draw
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Spits out Drakes or Clues for every instant and sorcery cast
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Generates Bird Illusion tokens or Clues from spellcasts
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
2UCreature — Human Wizard // Artifact
Creates Zombie tokens or Clues and transforms to turn tokens into 3/3s
Minn, Wily Illusionist
1UULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
Creates scaling Illusion tokens or Clues when drawing second cards
Shark Typhoon
5UEnchantment
Spits out flying Sharks or Clues whenever noncreature spells are cast
Ominous Seas
1UEnchantment
Accumulates counters from drawing cards to generate 8/8 Krakens or Clues
The Antiquities War
3UEnchantment — Saga
Digs for artifacts and turns all Clues into 5/5 juggernauts on chapter three
Hard Evidence
USorcery
Cheap sorcery that produces both a Crab blocker and a Clue token
Whirler Rogue
2UUCreature — Human Rogue Artificer
Enters with tokens and taps Clues to make your creatures unblockable
Masterful Replication
5UInstant
Turns all your Clues into copies of your best artifact creature until end of turn
Filigree Attendant
2UUArtifact Creature — Homunculus
Flying beater whose power scales with your huge Clue count
Broodstar
8UUCreature — Beast
Classic affinity flying threat with power and toughness equal to your artifacts
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains all opponents each time you draw from your Clues
Tamiyo's Journal
5Legendary Artifact — Book
Creates Clues every upkeep and tutors any card by sacrificing three Clues
Utility
7
Whir of Invention
XUUUInstant
Improvise tutor that puts any artifact directly onto the battlefield using Clues
Academy Manufactor
3Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
Supercharges Clue creation by making Food and Treasure alongside every Clue
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Casts key artifacts out of the graveyard with affinity cost reduction
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
Spits out tokens on artifact casts or functions as an alternate win con
Trading Post
4Artifact
Incredible versatility generating tokens, recurring artifacts, and gaining life
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Flitwing and grants haste to key utility creatures
