Art by Brad Rigney
Commander deckRU
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
Cast low-cost historic spells and artifacts to chain card draw with Jhoira, generating enormous artifact swarms and pinging opponents to death with artifact ETB triggers.
Asked for“Powerful artifact blue red deck”
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
1Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
2URLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12
Ornithopter of Paradise
2Artifact Creature — Thopter
Flying artifact creature mana dork
Card Draw
10
Quicksmith Genius
2RCreature — Human Artificer
Rummages whenever an artifact enters
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
Secondary storm engine alongside Jhoira
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards from thopter and artifact creature attacks
Shimmer Dragon
4UUCreature — Dragon
Taps idle artifacts to draw cards and gains hexproof
Thirst for Knowledge
2UInstant
Instant speed draw three filtering through artifacts
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
21
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates a flying army from artifact casts
Efficient Construction
3UEnchantment
Produces thopters each time an artifact is cast
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
Versatile token generator or alternate win condition
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows massive and becomes unblockable with artifacts
Reckless Fireweaver
1RCreature — Human Artificer
Burns every opponent whenever an artifact enters
Dragonspark Reactor
1RArtifact
Charges up with artifacts and bursts down an opponent
Whirler Rogue
2UUCreature — Human Rogue Artificer
Provides bodies and makes key creatures unblockable
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
4Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
Huge trampling threat that untaps with historic spells
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
Permanently buffs your artifact creature board
Mechanized Production
2UUEnchantment — Aura
Copies utility artifacts and offers alternate win condition
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains the table as Jhoira draws cards
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
Snowballs thopter tokens when artifact creatures deal damage
Thopter Assembly
6Artifact Creature — Thopter
Recurring source of multiple flying artifact tokens
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
4URLegendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Artificer
Transforms all tokens into your strongest artifact creature
Master Transmuter
3UArtifact Creature — Human Artificer
Cheats huge artifacts onto the battlefield at instant speed
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Recurs low-mana artifacts whenever pieces are sacrificed
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
Creates an immediate board presence and burns upon attacking
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
Scalable mana sink that splits into thopters upon death
Enthusiastic Mechanaut
URArtifact Creature — Goblin Artificer
Reduces artifact casting costs to accelerate storming
Herald of Kozilek
1URCreature — Eldrazi Drone
Discounts colorless spells and artifact casts
Foundry Inspector
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Universal one-mana discount on all artifact spells
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Jhoira with hexproof and grants haste
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Free equip protection to keep Jhoira alive
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Self-mills and casts artifacts straight from the graveyard
Goblin Welder
RCreature — Goblin Artificer
Swaps cheap artifact tokens for high-cost threats in graveyard
Goblin Engineer
1RCreature — Goblin Artificer
Tutors key artifacts to the graveyard and reanimates them
Tribute Mage
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Searches up important two-mana utility rocks and equipment
Whir of Invention
XUUUInstant
Tutors any artifact directly onto the battlefield at instant speed
