Madison Li, Thopter Architect

Commander / EDH Artifact Artificer Combo RUW (Jeskai, America) Thopter

Zenterous

Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x HELIOS One
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 7x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 6x Plains
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Farewell
• 1x Jolted Awake
• 1x One with the Machine
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Wake the Past

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aether Revolt
• 1x Consulate Surveillance
• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Creature (20)

• 1x Aethersquall Ancient
• 1x Aethertorch Renegade
• 1x Blaster Hulk
• 1x Brotherhood Scribe
• 1x Chrome Courier
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Janjeet Sentry
• 1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x Liberty Prime, Recharged
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Minister of Inquiries
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Razorfield Ripper
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Salvation Colossus
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Whirler Virtuoso

Instant (12)

• 1x Aether Spike
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Electrosiphon
• 1x Experimental Augury
• 1x Galvanic Blast
• 1x Galvanic Discharge
• 1x Glimmer of Genius
• 1x Harnessed Lightning
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Tune the Narrative

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherworks Marvel
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bespoke Battlewagon
• 1x Consulate Turret
• 1x Decoction Module
• 1x Fabrication Module
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Izzet Generatorium
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Retrofitter Foundry
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solar Transformer
• 1x Stone Idol Generator
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Unwinding Clock

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Synopsis

This is an early version of a Dr. Madison Li deck. Without seeing the decklist of the precon it's hard to know if this will change at all. I wanted to make a deck with Madison Li that would be based around Thopter 1/1 C production. It's an attempt to make a commander version of my deck:20-07-23-thopter-foundry deck.

Win Conditions

The win condition this was based around is the infinite thopter loop with Whirler Virtuoso and Decoction Module. To get this infinite you need three copies of the effect of Decoction Module. This can be done with Sculpting Steel and Panharmonicon. There also a ton of other ways with this deck to make energy tokens so even if you can't go infinite you should be able to make a ton of thopters. Once you go infinite or near infinite you can defeat your opponent by either overwhelming them with 1/1 flying tokens or deal direct damage with Reckless Fireweaver or Impact Tremors.

However this is very difficult and unlikely to pull off due to the fact that you absolutely need Whirler Virtuoso. So there are plenty of other ways to create thopters like with Sai, Master Thopterist or Efficient Construction. You will also be generating a ton of energy counters and there are a bunch of fun things to do with them. There are a lot of cards in this deck that do stuff with energy counters so there are too many to list here.

There are a couple other non thopter or energy token related win cons. The Millennium Calendar should be easy to ramp up with all the artifacts you will have out there. I have Aetherflux Reservoir in the side board. I would put this in the main deck but some people I play with get annoyed with it so I decided to keep it out.

Pros/Cons

This deck has a ton of synergy within it. Creating tons of energy tokens and then doing stuff with them or creating a ton of thopters. So if you really like a ton of triggers happening every time you play something then this deck is for you.

However there really isn't anything too powerful in this deck. It definitely is not a competitive deck. It is mostly for fun and should hold its own with any casual decks.

I Have an Unhealthy Obsession with Thopters

So I made a couple thopter art pieces. These are to go along with my two thopter decks because I'm extra like that. This is a thopter-based card sleeve design. It's based on the diagram art like in Ornithopter. If anyone wants to use it for anything you're more than welcome to. It could also probably work as a custom token if you want. If anyone is interested in using this as a token let me know and I can add "Thopter" to the top and "Flying" and "1/1" at the bottom.

The other thing I made is a 3D model of this thopter design. I used it to glue to a deck box but it can be used as a token or just have a thopter buddy chilling. Or whatever really.

3D Thopter Model

Date added	11 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Construct 4/4 C, Construct 6/12 C, Energy Reserve, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C
Based on	Jhoira, Thopter Architect Zenterous EDH