Art by Jodie Muir
Commander deckBUW
The Borg Queen
Ramp rapidly to deploy The Borg Queen, using blink effects and haste enablers to assimilate opposing creatures and turn them into massive artifact beaters enhanced by her anthem.
Asked for“The Borg Queen commander 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 · 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
1The Borg Queen
4WUBLegendary Artifact Creature — Borg Noble
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
artifact creature that taxes opponents for draw
Thought Monitor
6UArtifact Creature — Construct
cheap artifact flier that draws two cards
Sharding Sphinx
4UUArtifact Creature — Sphinx
creates artifact thopters on combat damage to draw cards
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
draws cards whenever your artifact creatures connect
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
cantripping deathtouch artifact creature
Removal
10
Organic Extinction
8WWSorcery
one-sided board wipe that spares your artifact creatures
Threats/Wincons
24
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
animates noncreature artifacts into flying 4/4s
Master Transmuter
3UArtifact Creature — Human Artificer
cheats large artifacts into play and blinks Borg Queen
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient lifelink and deathtouch artifact beater
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
artifact creature that destroys a creature and gains life
Cataclysmic Gearhulk
3WWArtifact Creature — Construct
trims opposing boards while preserving your best pieces
Torrential Gearhulk
4UUArtifact Creature — Construct
flash artifact threat that recasts key instants
Steel Overseer
2Artifact Creature — Construct
pumps your entire assimilated artifact creature army
Bronze Guardian
4WArtifact Creature — Golem
gives ward 2 to artifacts and grows into a lethal threat
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
2WLegendary Creature — Elephant Artificer
protects attacking artifact creatures and draws cards
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
unblockable ward threat that grows with every artifact
Digsite Engineer
2WCreature — Dwarf Artificer
creates massive construct tokens when artifacts enter
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
spits out flying artifact tokens on artifact casts
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
generates thopters or functions as an alternate win condition
Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
generates a construct, taps artifacts for mana, and sinks mana
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
4WLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles enter-the-battlefield assimilation triggers
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
naming Borg doubles all Borg Queen triggered abilities
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
drains opponents whenever artifacts are put into graveyards
Phyrexian Metamorph
3UPArtifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
copies the best artifact or creature on board
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
lands ramp and replaces itself on death
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
scalable artifact creature that leaves behind flying tokens
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
flexible mana sink and removal that receives +2/+2 anthem
Thopter Assembly
6Artifact Creature — Thopter
produces waves of flying artifact creature tokens
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
artifact creature that scales and drains from card draw
Metalwork Colossus
11Artifact Creature — Construct
frequently free 10/10 that benefits from Borg anthem
Utility
8
Teleportation Circle
3WEnchantment
flickers The Borg Queen each end step to assimilate again
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible flicker engine to repeatedly trigger assimilation
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives Borg Queen haste to attack and assimilate immediately
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
provides haste and hexproof for Borg Queen protection
Strionic Resonator
2Artifact
copies assimilate enter-the-battlefield or attack triggers
