Sai, Master Thopterist EDH

Commander / EDH* Artifact Mono-Blue Tokens Tribal

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Creature (45)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Arcbound Crusher
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Broodstar
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mycosynth Golem
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Myr Sire
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Vedalken Humiliator
• 1x Voltaic Servant
• 1x Whirler Rogue
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Retrofitter Foundry
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Instant (1)

• 1x Cancel

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master

Commander (1)

Land (31)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 26x Island
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Reshape

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Artifact (11)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lens of Clarity
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Servo Schematic
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Land (1)

• 1x Academy Ruins

Creature (9)

• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Atlas

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Tinker

Instant (5)

• 1x Artificer's Epiphany
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Whir of Invention

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Ancestral Knowledge
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x The Antiquities War

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Not the -best- possible Thopter EDH deck, but it's what's in my budget. Hopefully someone gets something out of this.

The idea generally is to get Sai, Master Thopterist out as soon as possible, and start throwing out cheap artifacts to generate Thopters from Sai, Master Thopterist and Efficient Construction, which are buffed through cards like Coat of Arms, Stoneforge Masterwork, Gravitational Shift, Adaptive Automation, etc. Thopters can also be generated with Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Retrofitter Foundry, Thopter Spy Network, etc.

There's plenty of resurrection with Junk Diver, Workshop Assistant, Scrap Trawler, etc, which can be sacked with Ashnod's Altar to generate mana and bring back important stuff from the graveyard, should it end up there. Ashnod's Altar (or other cards) can be tutored for with Trophy Mage.

There are cards like Chief Engineer, Foundry Inspector, Etherium Sculpter, Mycosynth Golem, etc, which reduce the cost of your artifacts, meaning that you get to play many of them for free and generate buff Thopters for nothing. Plenty of colorless mana ramp with cards like Sol Ring, Palladium Myr, Alloy Myr, Silver Myr, etc. If you can't pay for the big guys, you can cheat them out with Thran Temporal Gateway, Arcum Dagsson, Tinker, Polymorph, etc.

Win cons are swinging with massive hoards of giant Thopters, or with Mechanized Production. Broodstar, Master of Etherium, Darksteel Juggernaut, and Archbound Crusher all can get very big, and should have flying with Archetype of Imagination.

Removal is done with artifacts like Spine of Ish Sah and Meteor Golem. A Cancel or Counterspell can help deal with threats before they enter the board.

I didn't include Skullclamp, because the idea is generally to be buffing your Thopters, so they shouldn't be staying small enough to be able to draw off Skullclamp. And, there's plenty of card draw potential with Riddlesmith, Sai, Master Thopterist, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, Vedalkin Archmage, Thopter Spy Network etc. And many of those choices are free; no sacing nor mana required.

I intentionally avoided infinite combos, but there are a lot you could put in this deck, like Tidespout Tyrant + any two 0 cost artifacts to give you an infinite number of thopters from Sai.
Another option is Banishing Knack + Battered Golem + Sai, Master Thopterist and a zero cost artifact for a second infinity of thopters thopters.

There are others, but you get the idea.

So yeah.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Banishing Knack + Battered Golem + Sai, Master Thopterist
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Construct 4/4 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Goat 0/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U
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