Art by Carlos Dattoli
Commander deckBUW
Hugh, First of Many
Cast efficient artifacts and pay replicate costs with Hugh to generate overwhelming board states of artifact tokens, capitalizing on token doubling, artifact cost reducers, and potent artifact enter-the-battlefield triggers.
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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 · 62 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
1Hugh, First of Many
1WUBLegendary Artifact Creature — Borg
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Etherium Sculptor
1UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Reduces the casting cost of all artifact spells
Jhoira's Familiar
4Artifact Creature — Bird
Reduces costs of historic and artifact spells
Card Draw
10
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
Cheap cantrip artifact creature that replicates into multiple deathtouch blockers and draws
Thought Monitor
6UArtifact Creature — Construct
Affinity-based card draw creature that draws two cards each time it or a copy enters
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Early game card draw engine scaling with artifact power
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
Draws a card whenever an artifact spell is cast
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
Explosive card advantage against spell-heavy opponents
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Turns replicated token creatures into massive card advantage
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
Spawns Thopter tokens on combat damage to widen the board
Research Thief
4UArtifact Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
Draws cards whenever artifact creatures deal combat damage
Removal
10
Anguished Unmaking
1WBInstant
Flexible instant-speed exile for any nonland permanent
Dispeller's Capsule
WArtifact
Cheap artifact that can be replicated and cracked for artifact and enchantment destruction
Executioner's Capsule
BArtifact
Replicable artifact removal for opposing nonblack creatures
Threats/Wincons
22
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
Turns replicated noncreature artifact tokens into flying 4/4 game-ending threats
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents for lethal damage whenever artifact tokens die
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents whenever artifact tokens enter and leave play
Mirkwood Bats
3BCreature — Bat
Burns opponents on creation and sacrifice of replicate artifact tokens
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Becomes unblockable and grows immensely from artifact copy ETBs
Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Creates a huge token and taps replicated artifacts for mana to feed replicate
Urza, Chief Artificer
3WUBLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Gives artifact creatures menace and creates massive Construct tokens each turn
Master of Etherium
2UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
Scales in size with total artifacts and buffs other artifact creatures
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
Repeatedly pumps entire board of artifact creatures and tokens
Digsite Engineer
2WCreature — Dwarf Artificer
Pay extra mana on artifact cast to build Construct armies
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
2WWLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Doubles the artifact tokens created by replicate copies
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Scales in power with artifact draw spells and damages the table
Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
Massive resilient artifact beater that splits into more tokens upon death
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Devastating threat to duplicate that leaves lifelink and deathtouch tokens
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Removes creatures and gains life on ETB, fantastic when replicated
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
7Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Menacing lifelink threat with ward that punishes opponents heavily
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Recurs key artifacts from the graveyard as tokens are sacrificed
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
Floods the board with Myr tokens and deals direct burn damage
Bronze Guardian
4WArtifact Creature — Golem
Grants ward to all artifacts and hits hard with high artifact counts
Metalwork Colossus
11Artifact Creature — Construct
Castable for near-zero mana to replicate into multiple 10/10 beaters
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
2WLegendary Creature — Elephant Artificer
Protects attacking artifact creatures and draws extra cards on combat
Utility
9
Time Sieve
UBArtifact
Converts excess replicated artifact tokens into extra turns
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
4UBLegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Affinity for planeswalkers, mass drain, and artifact recursion
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Free equip protection and haste for key creatures
Unwinding Clock
4Artifact
Untaps all artifacts each turn to leave replicate mana open
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Recurs destroyed or sacrificed artifacts back to hand or castable from graveyard
Dance of the Manse
XWUSorcery
Mass recursion for artifacts that doubles as an alpha strike
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
Creates tokens on cast or offers an alternate win condition
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Allows casting artifacts off the top of the library to trigger replicate chains
