Sydri, Rogue Artificer

Commander / EDH

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Lands (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Removal (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Card Advantage (2)

• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Rhystic Study

Trinket Toolbox (13)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Glasses of Urza
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Salvaging Station
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Universal Solvent
• 1x Walking Ballista

Artifact Synergy (8)

• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Resilience (6)

• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Blade Of Selves (5)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah

Tutors (3)

• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Whir of Invention

Commander (1)

Mana Rocks (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Artifact Value Creature Package (8)

• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Vedalken Archmage

Sydri Synergy (4)

• 1x Caltrops
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Staff of Nin

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Charge Counters (8)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon

Lifegain/Combo package (4)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Tutors (2)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor

Sydri Synergy (1)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers

Artifact Value Creature Package (2)

• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Muzzio, Visionary Architect

Resilience (2)

• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Removal (1)

• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator

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Sydri, Rogue Artificer

Sydri nodded and started muttering, mostly to herself. "A psycho-audio lattice charm, easy enough, layered slowly, tuned to a specific person's energy... time and materials... custom design..." She scribbled a few notes on a piece of paper, then looked up. "A hundred and fifty thousand."

Rogue Artificer is a Sydri, Galvanic Genius deck, avoiding the standard combos with Sydri, and seeking deeper synergy. It's built to be resilient to removal, artifact hate, and board wipes while packing enough of its own to handle major threats.

The Deck

There are a few subthemes in the deck to consider.

Trinkets

There are 13 "Trinkets" (1 CMC artifacts, named for Trinket Mage, as well as Salvaging Station and Artificer's Intuition ). This features a lot of the pretty common hate cards in Modern sideboards and the like, as well as some repeatable removal ( Executioner's Capsule + Salvaging Station, for example). This helps Sydri lock down other degenerate strategies, infinite combos, and the like.

Blade of Selves

I think the interaction between Sydri and Blade of Selves is really interesting. There are several artifacts in the deck that are selected specifically for their ETB abilities. For example, Spine of Ish Sah, when animated and equipped with Blade of Selves is not just a 7/7 beater, but also an opportunity to destroy the biggest threats on the board.

Resilience

One of the major themes of the deck is resilience to artifact hate, board wipes, and spot removal. There are a number of cards selected to either protect my board ( Teferi's Protection ), dodge removal or artifact wipes by bouncing to hand (gaining card advantage off of Paradoxical Outcome is particularly sweet), or recovering immediately from a board wipe ( Faith's Reward ).

Sydri Synergies

Sydri has a number of interesting synergies with cards in this deck. Rite of Replication seems somewhat bad in this deck (given the limited number of creatures) until you consider replicating some key artifact. Caltrops is a standard synergy, as is Staff of Nin and Liquimetal Coating.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Copy Clone, The Monarch