Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Commander / EDH

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Creature (25)

• 1x Aether Inspector
• 1x Aether Poisoner
• 1x Aether Swooper
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Contraband Kingpin
• 1x Defiant Salvager
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Elusive Tormentor  ^Flip
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mortician Beetle
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Sanctum Gargoyle
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Recruit
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Vedalken Engineer

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x Gild
• 1x Grim Discovery
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Sram's Expertise

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Island
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Warped Landscape

Instant (9)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Graceful Reprieve
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Thassa's Rebuff
• 1x Trial / Error

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Campaign of Vengeance
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Tezzeret's Touch
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Underhanded Designs

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Implement of Malice
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Oracle's Vault
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Rogue's Gloves
• 1x Silumgar Monument
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thopter Foundry

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This is a deck that lies somewhere between midrange and control, and while multiplayer viable, shines in 1v1s.

It should be noted that games with this deck either end really quickly or take eons and it is not for the impatient.

Running Sydri, Galvanic Genius it should be no surprise that the deck cares a lot about artifacts, but fact of the matter is, the deck doesn't want to turn things sideways unless its 110% sure that it will be tapping something that doesn't matter or making a value trade. I would go so far as to say that Mistmeadow Witch is the real commander of the deck seeing that most of the non-exhaustion win conditions are aided if not enabled by it. The deck relies heavily on being able to recur artifact based removal, like Executioner's Capsule and Dispeller's Capsule to out-value opponents.

Speaking of Mistmeadow Witch combo's... Show

the deck is running a Filigree Angel and a Myr Battlesphere to help it to see the end of long games and quickly build board states. The deck also runs a load of ETB effects that let us do things like tutor all of the good cards, get all it's artifacts out of the graveyard, and put all the basic lands into play. Furthermore, anything that isn't a creature can be, so if there is 4 mana open opponents simply can't target permanents on this side of the board without first targeting Mistmeadow Witch to force it to blink.

To stay alive in games that would see the deck draw itself out several times over there is an Elixir of Immortality and a Beacon of Unrest to make sure the deck never really empties.

So far as improvements that you could make to the deck, I think there are a few but suggestions are always welcome. I would maybe use a Fountain Watch to protect the board, maybe add a few more Counterspell type cards and maybe a Curse of Exhaustion to push the deck more towards control.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 30 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Gold, Myr 1/1 C, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U