Art by Lixin Yin
Commander deckBUW
One, Borg Evolved
Ramp aggressively into an army of artifact creatures and tokens, then deploy One, Borg Evolved to grant your entire board double strike, evasion, vigilance, menace, and lifelink for devastating combat swings.
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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
1One, Borg Evolved
4WUBLegendary Artifact Creature — Borg Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Etherium Sculptor
1UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
artifact cost reducer that also benefits from commander keywords
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
artifact creature that taxes opponents for card advantage
Thopter Spy Network
2UUEnchantment
produces evasive artifact creature tokens and draws cards on combat damage
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
draws cards when evasive double-striking artifact creatures hit
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
draws a card whenever you cast an artifact spell
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
creates Thopter tokens and sacrifices artifacts to draw cards
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
2WLegendary Creature — Elephant Artificer
draws cards on artifact creature entry and shields them in combat
Removal
10
Anguished Unmaking
1WBInstant
flexible instant-speed exile for any nonland permanent
Dovin's Veto
WUInstant
uncounterable negation against opposing threats and board wipes
Organic Extinction
8WWSorcery
one-sided board wipe that spares all your artifact creatures
Threats/Wincons
23
Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
creates a massive construct token, taps artifacts for mana, and provides card advantage
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
turns all noncreature artifacts into lethal flying threats
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
massive unblockable beater with ward that triggers off artifact entry
Master of Etherium
2UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
huge scalable threat that buffs all other artifact creatures
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
consistently pumps the entire artifact creature board
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient deathtouch beater that leaves behind tokens upon death
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
removes an opposing threat and gains life on an artifact body
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
7Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
menacing ward creature that scales into a giant lifelinking double striker
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
creates exponential Thopter tokens when artifact creatures deal combat damage
Cataclysmic Gearhulk
3WWArtifact Creature — Construct
prunes opponent boards while leaving an artifact body intact
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
floods the board with artifact creature tokens and deals direct damage
Bronze Guardian
4WArtifact Creature — Golem
protects artifacts with ward and attacks with huge power
Digsite Engineer
2WCreature — Dwarf Artificer
creates scaling Construct tokens when casting artifacts
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
cheap artifact cantrip that becomes a lethal double-strike deathtouch blocker
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
drains opponents whenever artifacts are put into graveyards
Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
massive ward beater that splits into three keyworded artifact creatures
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
fetches a land and replaces itself while carrying commander buffs
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
recurs key artifacts from the graveyard as your board trades
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
scalable threat that floats into a swarm of Thopters upon dying
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
flexible mana sink, removal, and win condition on an artifact body
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
5WUBArtifact Creature — Sphinx
naturally dominant Esper artifact boss monster
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
4UBLegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
gives affinity to creature spells and drains the table based on artifact count
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
repeatable one-sided permanent wipe on an evasive artifact dragon
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects the 7-mana commander with hexproof and haste
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-cost equip shroud and haste for critical creatures
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
premier phased-out defense against opposing board wipes
Tempered Steel
1WWEnchantment
anthems all artifact creatures for huge combat damage
Unwinding Clock
4Artifact
untaps all artifacts on each player's turn for defense and mana reuse
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
generates Thopter tokens or functions as an alternate win condition
Dance of the Manse
XWUSorcery
mass recursion that reanimates artifacts as 4/4 creatures
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
turns small Thopter and Servo tokens into bursts of card draw
