Art by Julia Vasilyeva
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: Ironheart, Clever Champion commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Ironheart, Clever Champion
{4}{U}Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11 cards
Sol Ring
{1}Artifact
Essential mana acceleration and artifact body to tap for improvise
Arcane Signet
{2}Artifact
Standard colored mana rock that provides improvise utility
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Ramp that eliminates maximum hand size with heavy card draw
Everflowing Chalice
{0}Artifact
Scalable mana rock that enters cheaply or ramps massively
Liquimetal Torque
{2}Artifact
Mana rock that can turn any nonartifact permanent into an improvise tap enabler
Moonsnare Prototype
{U}Artifact
Taps artifacts for mana early and acts as removal in the late game
Springleaf Drum
{1}Artifact
Turns early utility creatures and thopters into fast mana
Gilded Lotus
{5}Artifact
Heavy colored ramp that can easily be cast early with improvise
Card Draw
10 cards
Reverse Engineer
{3}{U}{U}Sorcery
Draws three cards for cheap utilizing tapped artifacts
Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Loots, discounts activated abilities, and turns artifacts into threats
Vedalken Archmage
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Vedalken Wizard
Draws a card every time an artifact spell is cast
The Magic Mirror
{6}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Artifact
Massive continuous card advantage engine easily cast with improvise
Dig Through Time
{6}{U}{U}Instant
Instant-speed selection that can be discounted by improvise and delve
Treasure Cruise
{7}{U}Sorcery
Ancestral Recall equivalent discounted further by graveyard and artifacts
Fact or Fiction
{3}{U}Instant
Instant-speed card advantage spell easily cast with leftover artifacts
Removal
11 cards
Counterspell
{U}{U}Instant
Efficient, universal answer to any game-threatening spell
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
Free counterspell to protect Ironheart from removal
Swan Song
{U}Instant
One-mana interaction against instant, sorcery, or enchantment threats
An Offer You Can't Refuse
{U}Instant
Cheap counter protection for our big noncreature plays
Resculpt
{1}{U}Instant
Exiles problematic opposing artifacts and creatures for two mana
Reality Shift
{1}{U}Instant
Exile-based creature removal that bypasses indestructible
Cyclonic Rift
{1}{U}Instant
One-sided board wipe that can be improvised out for cheap
All Is Dust
{7}Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
Sweeps all colored permanents while preserving colorless artifacts
Portal to Phyrexia
{9}Artifact
Mass sacrifice board control that can be cast early with improvise
Threats/Wincons
21 cards
Sai, Master Thopterist
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Creates a swarm of flying thopter tokens to tap for improvise
Cyberdrive Awakener
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Turns all noncreature artifacts into 4/4 flying beaters for an overrun finish
Kappa Cannoneer
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Unblockable, ward-protected powerhouse that grows rapidly
Mirrodin Besieged
{2}{U}Enchantment
Generates thopters on cast or serves as an alternate win condition
Thopter Spy Network
{2}{U}{U}Enchantment
Generates artifact tokens every turn and draws cards when they connect
Shark Typhoon
{5}{U}Enchantment
Enchantment easily cast with improvise that generates huge flying sharks
One with the Multiverse
{6}{U}{U}Enchantment
Game-breaking enchantment castable for free mana via improvise
Omniscience
{7}{U}{U}{U}Enchantment
Allows casting all subsequent spells for free once improvised into play
Darksteel Forge
{9}Artifact
Makes the entire artifact board indestructible, locking down the game
Spine of Ish Sah
{7}Artifact
Repeatable permanent destruction that is easily improvised
Cityscape Leveler
{8}Artifact Creature — Construct
Targeted permanent destruction on cast and attack with trample body
The Mightstone and Weakstone
{5}Legendary Artifact — Powerstone
Flexible artifact providing card draw, removal, or ramp
Chimil, the Inner Sun
{6}Legendary Artifact
Protects spells from counters and discovers a free spell every end step
Ugin, the Ineffable
{6}Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Discounts colorless spells, produces tokens, and destroys colored permanents
Tezzeret the Seeker
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Tutors artifacts straight to the battlefield and untaps improvise enablers
Efficient Construction
{3}{U}Enchantment
Turns every artifact cast into an additional flying thopter token
Sharding Sphinx
{4}{U}{U}Artifact Creature — Sphinx
Doubles your thopters and artifact tokens on combat damage
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient high-impact threat that replaces itself when destroyed
Triplicate Titan
{9}Artifact Creature — Golem
Gigantic flying, vigilance, and trample threat that splits upon death
Mindslaver
{6}Legendary Artifact
Allows controlling opponent turns, castable cheaply with improvise
Karn's Temporal Sundering
{4}{U}{U}Legendary Sorcery
Extra turn spell castable cheaply by tapping artifacts with improvise
Utility
8 cards
Clock of Omens
{4}Artifact
Untaps tapped artifacts to generate insane value and combo potential
Unwinding Clock
{4}Artifact
Untaps all artifacts during each opponent's untap step for interaction
Urza, Lord High Artificer
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates a massive construct and turns every artifact into a sapphire
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Recursion engine for any artifacts put into the graveyard
Master Transmuter
{3}{U}Artifact Creature — Human Artificer
Bounces cheap tokens to cheat massive artifacts into play
Fabricate
{2}{U}Sorcery
Cheap tutor to find key combo pieces or high-impact artifacts
Whir of Invention
{X}{U}{U}{U}Instant
Instant-speed improvise tutor that puts any artifact into play directly
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects Ironheart and other key creatures with shroud and haste
