Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn.

: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Discussion (51)

multimedia on Upgraded Breya

2 days ago

Hey, nice budget upgrade so far of the precons.

It looks like you've mixed the Osgir precon with the Breya precon which is interesting. Osgir kind of has some negative synergy with Breya or Silas as Commander because Osgir's best ability is to exile an artifact from your graveyard. With Breya and Silas you want to take advantage of being able to reanimate/recur artifacts meaning you don't want to exile them from your graveyard. Akiri has nice interaction with Osgir because he makes token copies of artifacts that make Akiri bigger. In saying this if you want to better utilize Osgir then play Akiri/Silas as Commanders.

Osgir's exile ability is powerful, but it doesn't go with Breya therefore in my opinion Osgir is out of place. I play budget Breya and not Akiri/Silas thus I may have some bias, but these Commanders seem very different in gameplay. With Akiri/Silas attacking seems important, using Commander damage as a source of winning and value. Breya is less about attacking with her and more about using her ability sacing artifacts for modes for value to control the game. Breya's best strength as Commander is being a win condition combo piece with the two Thopters she creates.

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With Breya as Commander I would play Silas in the 99 because he's an artifact, but not Akiri. With Akiri/Silas I would play Breya in the 99 because she's an artifact who's three artifacts for four mana. Akiri/Silas want evasion to be able to do as much combat Commander damage therefore I would include more budget artifacts to give them evasion:

• Zephyr Boots
• Trailblazer's Boots
• Key to the City

You don't really want these with Breya instead budget combo pieces:

• Grand Architect + Pili-Pala
• Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry

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All these Commander choices are better with less creatures and more artifacts. Lots of creatures is not what you want unless they're artifact creatures because all these Commanders abilities are only good with artifacts. 40 creatures is a lot of creatures for any Commander deck that's not tribal like Elves. Consider cutting creatures for more artifacts?

There are some exceptions here for nonartifact creatures:

• Hellkite Tyrant : can be a win condition.
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain : powerful repeatable draw with more artifacts.
• Chief Engineer : with more artifacts ramp for artifacts.
• Digsite Engineer : repeatable source of creating artifacts.
• Emry, Lurker of the Loch : repeatable cast artifacts from your graveyard.
• Padeem, Consul of Innovation : protect artifacts and can be repeatable draw.

Whirler Rogue seems very good with Akiri/Silas to make either or both unblockable, but is subpar with Breya. You could cut all the others that I didn't name for artifacts or other cards.

Some cards to consider cutting to get to 99:

• Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer
• Hellkite Igniter
• Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
• Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
• Sydri, Galvanic Genius
• Thopter Engineer
• Alibou, Ancient Witness
• Sun Titan
• Osgir, the Reconstructor if Breya is Commander.
• Akiri, Line-Slinger if Breya is Commander.
• Whirler Rogue if Breya is Commander.

I offer more advice. Would you like more advice? Good luck with deck.

TheVectornaut on Who dat boi - please help

1 month ago

Hey, I saw your comment. Is this an alternate account for twechsler or is this deck just inspired by theirs? Either way, I'll go into greater depth on some possible build paths. libraryjoy is correct in that if you're (mostly) mono-green, your best way to destroy creatures is often to take advantage of the abilities on your own creatures. You already have the deathtouch style shell so I'd just focus on that. But even with deathtouch, there are a fair number of options for guaranteeing that damage gets dealt. There are the bow/staff cards like I use in my artifact commander deck A Pile of Cans with the deathtouch from Sydri, Galvanic Genius . Then there's fight effects which you can see working with Wren's Run Packmaster in my wolfless wolf deck Size of the Fight in the Dog (although this strategy doesn't require DT if your creatures have high enough power). A final approach is forced combat damage. Since it's been mentioned the least, that's what I'll focus on here.

Forced block cards like Lure , Gift of the Deity , Indrik Umbra , Ochran Assassin , Roar of Challenge , Tempting Licid , Provoke , Irresistible Prey , or Tangle Angler are the core of such a deck. Most of these cards are rather costly in terms of CMC, and I'd consequently only recommend such a deck for slower casual play. It should be pretty strong in creature-heavy metas though. If that sounds reasonable, the next thing you have to decide on are the creatures and supporting cards. These choices aren't always obvious because of the many things a deck like this wants. For example, it may be better to play cheap deathtouch creatures like Deathcap Cultivator , Gifted Aetherborn , Narnam Renegade , Wasteland Viper , and Nightshade Peddler so you can start controlling the board sooner. But if all your DT creatures have low power, they'll only be able to kill 1 or 2 things off a big forced block. Thus, it may be better to instead grant deathtouch with other cards like Basilisk Collar , Deadly Allure , Virulent Swipe , Bow of Nylea , Archetype of Finality , or Ohran Frostfang . Then, you could just run creatures with high attack for their cost. Still, I think there's something to be said of looking for other abilities that interact well with deathtouch. First strike and double strike are the most obvious examples because they can let your creatures survive combat to attack all over again on later turns. Viridian Claw , Glissa, the Traitor , and Grappling Hook see play in such decks for this reason. Alternatively, you can learn from the synergy of the Frostfang that abilities triggering on face damage pair well with deathtouch. Only a fool would block your 1/1 DT with their 3/3, but if that 1/1 is drawing you a card, suddenly that trade sounds more appealing. Cold-Eyed Selkie , Dimir Cutpurse , Edric, Spymaster of Trest , Oakhame Adversary , Ohran Viper , Tomebound Lich , Fynn, the Fangbearer , and Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons are some cards that might fill this role.

I know I've just rattled off a lot of cards here. I'll try putting together a casual deck to demonstrate what I'm talking about when I find the time.

As an aside, I see that you've included Novablast Wurm as the only meaningful white spell in this version of the deck. It's too slow to see play in anything but ramp, but it can definitely be built around as a beefy Wrath of God too. Consider using something like Heroic Intervention or a Dauntless Escort sacrifice to break the symmetry on the board wipe. Also, creatures that grant boons on death like Thragtusk or Wurmcoil Engine could find a home in a self-wipe deck, although the Wurm might be outclassed then by something more traditional like Austere Command , Settle the Wreckage , Kindred Dominance , or Phyrexian Rebirth .

Xianling69 on Sydri and Skyclave Relic copy …

4 months ago

next time, please link all cards in your question so people can read them.

Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Skyclave Relic

king-saproling on Political Intrigue and Disappearances

7 months ago

Looks good so far! You might like these: Cloudshift (works like conjurer's closet), Kaya's Ghostform, Ghostly Flicker, Deadeye Navigator, Nephalia Smuggler, Bastion Protector (protects merieke and allows you to steal legendary creatures indefinitely), Darksteel Plate (equip to a stolen creature to keep it even after merieke untaps), Chakram Retriever, Magewright's Stone, Thousand-Year Elixir, Aphetto Alchemist, Vizier of Tumbling Sands, Adarkar Valkyrie (target a stolen creature, then untap merieke to regain the stolen creature for good), Opalescence (lets you take enchantments), March of the Machines (take artifacts), Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Mick-Tis on Alela's Artifact Emporium

9 months ago

casual_competitive

Time Sieve + Thopter Foundry + Sword of the Meek

Or Sydri, Galvanic Genius + Voltaic Construct + Gilded Lotus or any artifact that produces 3 of more mana & use Exsanguinate or Blue Sun's Zenith

minisnow on chris7468

10 months ago

Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Saheeli, the Gifted, Daretti, Scrap Savant, Sydri, Galvanic Genius, Glissa, the Traitor, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

king-saproling on Merieke

1 year ago

Oo a classic. You might like these: Magewright's Stone, Thornbite Staff, Intruder Alarm, Spark Double, Bastion Protector, Shielded by Faith, Darksteel Plate, Proteus Staff, Adarkar Valkyrie, Nephalia Smuggler, Cloudshift, Kaya's Ghostform, Perplexing Chimera, Sydri, Galvanic Genius, Opalescence, March of the Machines

MurderForBrunch on The Immortal King: The Fable of Oloro [cEDH]

1 year ago

Hi! First of all, I dig the concept of the deck, it seems quite cool to play. That being said, I agree with GhostChieftain this deck it seems like is borderline cEDH or maybe "far from Top Tier cEDH" and that might limit the "home" of the deck. I'm lucky enough to have that kind of meta, and if that's your case, bingo!

Otherwise, one think I did is share about 20 cards between a Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Storm Stax cEDH deck and a Sydri, Galvanic Genius battlecruiser deck (much more casual). That way I'm playing artifacts no matter what, but in a complete different fashion!

Anyway, I wish you all the fun of brewing! :D