Art by Ivan Shavrin
Saved commander deck
Happy Hogan, Dauntless Driver
Deploy low-cost artifact ramp and value creatures to crew a high-octane fleet of Vehicles, running over opponents with heavy combat damage and red artifact synergies.
Prompt: Happy Hogan, Dauntless Driver commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Happy Hogan, Dauntless Driver
{R}Legendary Creature — Human Pilot
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Liquimetal Torque
{2}Artifact
Taps for mana and turns permanents into artifacts for synergy
Foundry Inspector
{3}Artifact Creature — Construct
Reduces the cost of all Vehicles and artifact spells
Card Draw
10 cards
Faithless Looting
{R}Sorcery
Cheap filtering that fills the graveyard with artifacts to reanimate
Thrill of Possibility
{1}{R}Instant
Instant-speed card filtering at low mana cost
Demand Answers
{1}{R}Instant
Draws two cards by discarding or sacrificing spare artifacts
Wrenn's Resolve
{1}{R}Sorcery
Functional duplicate of Reckless Impulse for card velocity
Light Up the Stage
{2}{R}Sorcery
Extremely cheap card advantage enabled by vehicle combat
Wheel of Misfortune
{2}{R}Sorcery
Refuels the hand when dumping cheap artifacts on board
Quicksmith Genius
{2}{R}Creature — Human Artificer
Loot trigger whenever an artifact enters the battlefield
Removal
10 cards
Blasphemous Act
{8}{R}Sorcery
Often a single red mana board wipe that Vehicles can dodge if uncrewed
Chain Reaction
{2}{R}{R}Sorcery
Sweeper that punishes wide boards while leaving inactive Vehicles intact
Abrade
{1}{R}Instant
Modal removal dealing with small creatures or problematic artifacts
Lightning Bolt
{R}Instant
Efficient, classic spot burn to pick off utility creatures
Brotherhood's End
{1}{R}{R}Sorcery
Flexible sweeper for small creatures or low-cost artifacts
Shattering Spree
{R}Sorcery
Replicate allows picking off multiple opposing artifacts at once
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Smuggler's Copter
{2}Artifact — Vehicle
Efficient flying vehicle that loots on attack and blocks reliably
Cultivator's Caravan
{3}Artifact — Vehicle
Mana rock early that doubles as a mid-sized beater
Heart of Kiran
{2}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Under-costed, aggressive 4/4 flying and vigilance vehicle
Fleetwheel Cruiser
{4}Artifact — Vehicle
Attacks immediately with trample without needing a crew turn one
Ovalchase Dragster
{4}Artifact — Vehicle
High-powered 6/1 trampler with haste for immediate pressure
Untethered Express
{4}Artifact — Vehicle
Grows larger and gains trample whenever it attacks
Raiders' Karve
{3}Artifact — Vehicle
Easy to crew and ramps lands onto the battlefield when attacking
High-Speed Hoverbike
{2}Artifact — Vehicle
Flash vehicle that taps down an opponent's key threat
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
{5}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Evasive bomb that deals 3 damage on entry and attack
Thunderhawk Gunship
{6}Artifact — Vehicle
Creates tokens to crew it and gives attackers flying
Reaver Titan
{7}Artifact — Vehicle
Devastating attacker that drains each opponent for 5 damage
Knight Paladin
{5}Artifact — Vehicle
Burns every opponent for 4 damage upon entry and tramples
Nautiloid Ship
{4}Artifact — Vehicle
Exiles an opponent's graveyard and cheats creatures onto your board
Surgehacker Mech
{4}Artifact — Vehicle
Vehicles-matter removal on entry that stays as a 5/5 threat
Weatherlight
{4}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Digs five cards deep for historic cards upon dealing combat damage
Weatherlight Compleated
{2}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Turns dead pilots into card draw and eventually becomes a creature
Unlicensed Hearse
{2}Artifact — Vehicle
Graveyard hate that scales into a gigantic combat threat
Mechtitan Core
{2}Artifact — Vehicle
Merges multiple vehicles into a game-ending 10/10 flying trampler
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
{1}{R}Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker
Creates Treasures when tapping to crew vehicles and tutors artifacts
Goblin Welder
{R}Creature — Goblin Artificer
Recurs destroyed high-value Vehicles straight to play
Goblin Engineer
{1}{R}Creature — Goblin Artificer
Tutors artifacts to grave and brings back key Vehicles
Scrap Trawler
{3}Artifact Creature — Construct
Provides resilient artifact recursion whenever pieces are destroyed
Daretti, Scrap Savant
{3}{R}Legendary Planeswalker — Daretti
Planeswalker that filters cards and reanimates fallen Vehicles
Pia and Kiran Nalaar
{2}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Provides multiple bodies to crew vehicles and flings artifacts for reach
Utility
8 cards
Start Your Engines
{3}{R}Sorcery
Animates all Vehicles without needing pilots and pumps them for an alpha strike
Reckless Crew
{3}{R}Sorcery
Generates a swarm of Dwarf pilots scaling with your Vehicles
Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer
{1}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin Artificer
Grants indestructible to key Vehicles at instant speed for free
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects your commander and key pilots with hexproof and haste
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Free equip cost offering shroud and immediate haste
Jhoira's Familiar
{4}Artifact Creature — Bird
Historic cost reducer that also serves as an evasive crew pilot
Professional Face-Breaker
{2}{R}Creature — Human Warrior
Generates Treasures from combat damage and converts mana into card advantage
Trading Post
{4}Artifact
Versatile engine producing chump/crew tokens, life, and artifact recursion
