
Art by Julia Vasilyeva
Commander deckU
Ironheart, Clever Champion
Swarm the board with cheap artifacts and artifact creature tokens, then leverage Ironheart's ability granting improvise to all noncreature spells to cast massive, game-ending artifacts, enchantments, and spells ahead of curve.
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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
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Ironheart, Clever Champion
4ULegendary Artifact Creature — Human Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Sol Ring
1Artifact
Essential mana acceleration and artifact body to tap for improvise

Arcane Signet
2Artifact
Standard colored mana rock that provides improvise utility

Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Ramp that eliminates maximum hand size with heavy card draw

Everflowing Chalice
0Artifact
Scalable mana rock that enters cheaply or ramps massively

Liquimetal Torque
2Artifact
Mana rock that can turn any nonartifact permanent into an improvise tap enabler

Moonsnare Prototype
UArtifact
Taps artifacts for mana early and acts as removal in the late game

Springleaf Drum
1Artifact
Turns early utility creatures and thopters into fast mana

Gilded Lotus
5Artifact
Heavy colored ramp that can easily be cast early with improvise
Card Draw
10
Reverse Engineer
3UUSorcery
Draws three cards for cheap utilizing tapped artifacts

Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
2UULegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Loots, discounts activated abilities, and turns artifacts into threats

Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
Draws a card every time an artifact spell is cast

The Magic Mirror
6UUULegendary Artifact
Massive continuous card advantage engine easily cast with improvise

Dig Through Time
6UUInstant
Instant-speed selection that can be discounted by improvise and delve

Treasure Cruise
7USorcery
Ancestral Recall equivalent discounted further by graveyard and artifacts

Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
Instant-speed card advantage spell easily cast with leftover artifacts
Removal
11
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
Free counterspell to protect Ironheart from removal

Swan Song
UInstant
One-mana interaction against instant, sorcery, or enchantment threats

An Offer You Can't Refuse
UInstant
Cheap counter protection for our big noncreature plays

Resculpt
1UInstant
Exiles problematic opposing artifacts and creatures for two mana

Reality Shift
1UInstant
Exile-based creature removal that bypasses indestructible

Cyclonic Rift
1UInstant
One-sided board wipe that can be improvised out for cheap

All Is Dust
7Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
Sweeps all colored permanents while preserving colorless artifacts

Portal to Phyrexia
9Artifact
Mass sacrifice board control that can be cast early with improvise
Threats/Wincons
21
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Creates a swarm of flying thopter tokens to tap for improvise

Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
Turns all noncreature artifacts into 4/4 flying beaters for an overrun finish

Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Unblockable, ward-protected powerhouse that grows rapidly

Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
Generates thopters on cast or serves as an alternate win condition

Thopter Spy Network
2UUEnchantment
Generates artifact tokens every turn and draws cards when they connect

Shark Typhoon
5UEnchantment
Enchantment easily cast with improvise that generates huge flying sharks

One with the Multiverse
6UUEnchantment
Game-breaking enchantment castable for free mana via improvise

Omniscience
7UUUEnchantment
Allows casting all subsequent spells for free once improvised into play

Darksteel Forge
9Artifact
Makes the entire artifact board indestructible, locking down the game

Spine of Ish Sah
7Artifact
Repeatable permanent destruction that is easily improvised

Cityscape Leveler
8Artifact Creature — Construct
Targeted permanent destruction on cast and attack with trample body

The Mightstone and Weakstone
5Legendary Artifact — Powerstone
Flexible artifact providing card draw, removal, or ramp

Chimil, the Inner Sun
6Legendary Artifact
Protects spells from counters and discovers a free spell every end step

Ugin, the Ineffable
6Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Discounts colorless spells, produces tokens, and destroys colored permanents

Tezzeret the Seeker
3UULegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Tutors artifacts straight to the battlefield and untaps improvise enablers

Efficient Construction
3UEnchantment
Turns every artifact cast into an additional flying thopter token

Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
Doubles your thopters and artifact tokens on combat damage

Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient high-impact threat that replaces itself when destroyed

Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
Gigantic flying, vigilance, and trample threat that splits upon death

Mindslaver
6Legendary Artifact
Allows controlling opponent turns, castable cheaply with improvise

Karn's Temporal Sundering
4UULegendary Sorcery
Extra turn spell castable cheaply by tapping artifacts with improvise
Utility
8
Clock of Omens
4Artifact
Untaps tapped artifacts to generate insane value and combo potential

Unwinding Clock
4Artifact
Untaps all artifacts during each opponent's untap step for interaction

Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates a massive construct and turns every artifact into a sapphire

Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Recursion engine for any artifacts put into the graveyard

Master Transmuter
3UArtifact Creature — Human Artificer
Bounces cheap tokens to cheat massive artifacts into play

Fabricate
2USorcery
Cheap tutor to find key combo pieces or high-impact artifacts

Whir of Invention
XUUUInstant
Instant-speed improvise tutor that puts any artifact into play directly

Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Ironheart and other key creatures with shroud and haste















