Shorikai, Reanimator Engine

Commander / EDH WU (Azorius)

Hausar

Lands (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 6x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Utility (7)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mass Polymorph
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Valorous Stance

Ressurection Targets (15)

• 1x Ancient Gold Dragon
• 1x Angelic Arbiter
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Celestial Force
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Lord of Change
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Serra's Emissary
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Triplicate Titan
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Removal (9)

• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Card Draw (7)

• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Faithful Mending
• 1x Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
• 1x Thirst for Discovery
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Thirst for Meaning
• 1x You Find the Villains' Lair

I+S Recursion (4)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Bond of Insight
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Scholar of the Lost Trove

Commander (1)

Ramp (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sonic Screwdriver
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Recursion (8)

• 1x Breath of Life
• 1x False Defeat
• 1x Invoke Justice
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Late to Dinner
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Miraculous Recovery
• 1x Resurrection

Counterspells (4)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Render Silent

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Maybeboard

Other (9)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Swift Reconfiguration
• 1x Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

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{W}{U}Welcome to my Commander deck featuring the massive mech, Shorikai, Genesis Engine{U}{W}

Shorikai is a fantastic card and just does so much. When it first got spoiled I knew I wanted to make a deck for it. While my initial idea was just replacing Kotori as the face commander of a vehicles deck, since Shorikai makes those excellent Pilot tokens, I wanted to try something different. Being able ti discard off of Shorikai gave me the idea of a reanimator shell, which is the direction I've gone with. Finally being able to make good use of whites stellar graveyard recursion spells like Resurrection and Breath of Life we can bin the big stuff with Shorikai's tap ability and bring it all back all while being in Azorius colours, my personal favourite colour pairing.

Thanks to Shorikai's tap ability we can shift through our deck super quickly. Using Sonic Screwdriver and Manifold Key to double up on these gets us churning through faster, all while creating Pilots to block with. You can use them to crew, since Shorikai is a 3 turn clock for a commander damage win, it's not advisable since he has no built in evasion or trample and is easy to chump back unless we are in a commanding lead. Tapping to attack means we miss out on that sweet card draw / discard we built around. If you wanted to be less reliant on Shorikai to do so, replace the previously mentioned cards with actual card draw spells in a similar vein to the 'Thirst for' draw/discard spells. Because a lot of our vital recursion is Instant and Sorcery cards we have a small package to recur them also, allowing us to double dip on them.

As for our recursion targets, I've included a variety of big bads and value targets. We have some control options like Angelic Arbiter, Hullbreaker Horror and Void Winnower. Blazing Archon does an excellent job of protecting us and Ancient Gold Dragon helps us build an army (with a bit of luck!).

Overall my experience of the deck is pretty fun so far. I'm still in the process of tuning and playtesting a bunch of different cards, trying to find the right balance of Recursion spells, stuff to recur and removal spells. Any suggestions are greatly welcome!

Thanks for checking out my Shorikai deck. I hope this inspired you to give the value engine that is Shorikai, Genesis Engine a go. If you enjoyed this deck, please feel free to check out my other decks below:

{W}{U}Taigam, Ojutai Master - Taigam, Master of Rebound{U}{W}
{R}{W}General Ferrous Rokiric - The Red and White Army{W}{R}
{R}{G}Thromok the Insatiable - Hungry Hungry Hellion{G}{R}
{U}{R}Aegar, the Freezing Flame - Aegarbombs{R}{U}
{G}{U}Roalesk, Apex Hybrid - Next Thing She's Wearing My Roalesk{U}{G}
{W}{B}Breena, the Demagogue - Bird Politics{B}{W}
{W}{U}{B}Chromium, the Mutable - Controlmium The Mutable{B}{U}{W}
{W}{B}{G}Kethis, the Hidden Hand - A Legendary Deck{G}{B}{W}

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.12
Tokens	Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh, Faerie Dragon 1/1 U, Food, Golem 3/3 C w/ Flying, Golem 3/3 C w/ Trample, Golem 3/3 C w/ Vigilance, Human 1/1 W, Pilot 1/1 C
Folders	bluewhite, Shorikai