Sai, Master Thopterist (The Machine)

Commander / EDH*

justnthrguy

Artifact (29)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (22)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mechanized Production

Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Reshape

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 24x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon

Instant (3)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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Artifact (28)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Barbed Sextant
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Scrabbling Claws
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Summoning Station
• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Terrarion
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Universal Solvent
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (15)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whirler Rogue
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Instant (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Whir of Invention

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x The Antiquities War
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Reverse Engineer

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This deck is designed to be a casual derp deck. I'm not going hard in on combos and the few games I've played the tutors have been used to stop degenerate things from my opponents. Overall, I just feel like Sai kinda quietly sits there doing his thing.

Problems with the deck:

• Lack of strong win-cons
• Minimal ability to oppose threats
• Weak removal in general
• Surprisingly weak on drawing cards

Overall, I feel like Sai really wants to play a stax-y game plan. Slow everything down and eventually peck everyone to death. That version of the deck can be found here.

Currently, I am trying to find cuts for "The Machine" (aka the Stations from 5th Dawn) as I prefer for that to be the primary win condition. Regardless of whether I can fit all the pieces in, Blasting Station should be in the list.

The Machine (Have Blasting Station , Grinding Station , Salvaging Station , Summoning Station on the board and a 1 CMC or less Artifact in the graveyard. For this exercise we'll use Darksteel Citadel ):

1. Activate Summoning Station creating a 2/2 Pincher token.
2. Activate Grinding Station sacrificing Darksteel Citadel . Untap Summoning Station.
3. Activate Salvaging Station putting Darksteel Citadel onto the battlefield. Untap Grinding Station.
4. Activate Blasting Station sacrificing the Pincher token. Untap Salvaging Station.
5. Activate Summoning Station creating a 2/2 Pincher token. Untap Blasting Station.

Including Flayer Husk eliminates the need for Summoning Station and Blasting Station (Have Grinding Station , Salvaging Station , and Flayer Husk on the board):

1. Activate Grinding Station sacrificing Flayer Husk . Untap Salvaging Station due to the Germ dying to state based effects.
2. Activate Salvaging Station putting Flayer Husk onto the battlefield. Untap Grinding Station.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Goat 0/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U
Folders	Built