Art by Scott M. Fischer
Commander deckBRU
Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Turn Mishra's singleton-defying ability into massive card advantage using chaotic older pieces like Possibility Storm, Blood Funnel, and Planar Chaos that cheat your artifacts directly onto the battlefield. Grind down opponents through recursive graveyard engines and vintage artifact beatsticks.
Asked for“Weird value artifact centric deck with older cards”
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
1Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
1UBRLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Shimmer Dragon
4UUCreature — Dragon
turns excess artifacts into repeatable card draw
Thopter Spy Network
2UUEnchantment
creates flyers and draws cards on combat damage
Quicksmith Genius
2RCreature — Human Artificer
filters cards whenever an artifact enters
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
draws a card on every artifact cast
Removal
10
Spine of Ish Sah
7Artifact
destroys any permanent and returns to hand when sacrificed
Bedevil
BBRInstant
unconditional removal for creatures, artifacts, or planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
23
Goblin Welder
RCreature — Goblin Artificer
legendary vintage engine swapping cheap baubles for huge threats
Goblin Engineer
1RCreature — Goblin Artificer
tutors artifacts to the yard and reanimates them
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
chains graveyard recursion as artifacts die
Myr Retriever
2Artifact Creature — Myr
staple recursion piece when sent to the graveyard
Junk Diver
3Artifact Creature — Bird
flying body that recovers key artifacts from graveyard
Workshop Assistant
3Artifact Creature — Construct
redundant graveyard recovery on death
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
self-mills and casts artifacts directly from graveyard
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
floods the board with flying Thopters from artifact casts
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
drains opponents heavily whenever your artifacts are sacrificed
Combustible Gearhulk
4RRArtifact Creature — Construct
large first-striking threat that draws cards or deals burn
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
artifact creature that removes threats and gains life
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient classic threat that leaves tokens upon dying
Master of Etherium
2UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
scales massively with total artifact count
Herald of Anguish
5BBCreature — Demon
improvise threat that strips opponent hands and removes creatures
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
4URLegendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Artificer
converts all utility tokens into copies of your best threat
Bosh, Iron Golem
8Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem
flings high-cost artifacts at opponents for direct damage
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
snowballs Thopter generation with each artifact hit
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
classic value body that ramps and cantrips
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
sweeps opposing permanents based on mana value
Phyrexian Triniform
9Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
huge artifact body with encore and death trigger tokens
Scuttling Doom Engine
6Artifact Creature — Construct
evasive threat that domes an opponent for six on death
Hellkite Tyrant
4RRCreature — Dragon
steals enemy artifacts on hit and serves as an alternate win con
Cranial Plating
2Artifact — Equipment
turns any utility creature or Thopter into a lethal threat
Utility
9
Blood Funnel
1BEnchantment
Mishra retrieves artifacts countered by Blood Funnel while granting a two-mana discount
Possibility Storm
3RREnchantment
disrupts opponents while Mishra pulls the original cast artifact from library alongside the storm spell
Planar Chaos
2REnchantment
coin-flip tax that Mishra bypasses by fetching countered artifacts from graveyard
Praetor's Grasp
1BBSorcery
steals an opponent's staple artifact which lets Mishra tutor your own copy
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
casts opponent Sol Rings or rocks while Mishra pulls yours from deck
Grinning Totem
4Artifact
weird vintage artifact that lets you cast an opponent card and tutor your duplicate
Trading Post
4Artifact
classic Swiss Army knife artifact for sacrifice, life, tokens, and recursion
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Mishra from removal while granting haste
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-cost protection for key value creatures
