Art by Nathaniel Himawan
Saved commander deck
Ultron, Unlimited
Maximize Ultron's connive ability by triggering frequent discards and attacks, leveraging +1/+1 counters and an army of 2/2 artifact tokens alongside graveyard recursion and artifact payoffs.
Prompt: Ultron, Unlimited commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Ultron, Unlimited
{1}{U}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Sacrifice outlet for generated robot tokens into mana
Card Draw
10 cards
Ledger Shredder
{1}{U}Creature — Bird Advisor
Connives on double spells to fuel Ultron's token trigger
Hypnotic Grifter
{U}Creature — Human Rogue
Repeatable activated connive ability to produce tokens
Cephalid Facetaker
{2}{U}Creature — Octopus Rogue
Connives on attack and copies the best creature in play
Psychic Pickpocket
{4}{U}Creature — Octopus Rogue
Connives on entry while bouncing a problematic nonland permanent
Thirst for Knowledge
{2}{U}Instant
Excellent draw-discard instant in artifact-heavy decks
Thought Monitor
{6}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Cheap artifact creature that draws two cards with affinity
Frantic Search
{2}{U}Instant
Free card filtering that puts reanimation targets in the graveyard
Removal
11 cards
Bitter Triumph
{1}{B}Instant
Cheap creature/planeswalker removal with discard upside
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Black's cleanest answer to enchantments and creatures
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
Free protection spell while Ultron is on the battlefield
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
Artifact creature removal that gains life and serves as a reanimation target
Threats/Wincons
21 cards
Cyberdrive Awakener
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Animates all artifact tokens into flying 4/4s for an alpha strike
Marionette Master
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents whenever artifact tokens are sacrificed or die
Nadier's Nightblade
{2}{B}Creature — Elf Warrior
Drains opponents when artifact tokens leave the battlefield
Mirkwood Bats
{3}{B}Creature — Bat
Deals massive damage whenever tokens are created or sacrificed
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
{4}{U}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Affinity payoff that drains opponents and protects artifacts
Tezzeret the Seeker
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Tutors key artifacts and untaps mana rocks
Karn, Scion of Urza
{4}Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
Creates massive Construct tokens scaling with artifact count
Urza, Lord High Artificer
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Taps robot tokens for blue mana and creates a giant Construct
Sai, Master Thopterist
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates flying Thopters on casting artifact spells
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Recasts key artifacts from the graveyard
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Plagues opponent boards with -1/-1 counters on connive discards
Feast of Sanity
{3}{B}Enchantment
Drains any target whenever connive triggers a discard
Containment Construct
{2}Artifact Creature — Construct
Allows playing cards discarded to connive triggers
Currency Converter
{1}Artifact
Treasures or extra creature tokens off discarded connive cards
Reanimate
{B}Sorcery
One-mana resurrection of massive creatures discarded to connive
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Efficient enchantment reanimation for connived threats
Toxrill, the Corrosive
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Slug Horror
High-impact reanimation target that wipes enemy boards
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Uncounterable control finisher easily pitched and reanimated
Scrap Trawler
{3}Artifact Creature — Construct
Recovers artifacts as tokens or engines are destroyed
Kappa Cannoneer
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows huge and becomes unblockable as robot tokens enter
Utility
6 cards
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects Ultron with hexproof and grants haste for immediate attacks
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Free equip haste and shroud for Ultron to attack immediately
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
Preserves +1/+1 counters generated by connive when creatures die
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Ensures Ultron attacks safely each turn to trigger connive
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
Grabs discarded creatures back from the graveyard
Wonder
{3}{U}Creature — Incarnation
Easy discard to connive that grants the entire army flying
