Invent Superiority
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- Commander
- Breya, Etherium Shaper
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $102.56
- Grade
- B-
How it grades
Fundamentals 74/100. Plays like Artifacts.
This reads as Artifacts, built around Breya, Etherium Shaper. An artifact engine deck: cost reducers and cheap trinkets snowball into board states and card advantage that scale with the artifact count itself. The pieces are individually weak but the whole is far more than the sum, and a single well-timed Vandalblast is the scariest card in the room. Breya, Etherium Shaper sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is land count (37 lands. About 39 fits this curve for Artifacts); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 26 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, lifegain support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Artifacts, Tokens; from EDHREC).
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- AMana curve
- A+Ramp
- A-Card draw
- A+Interaction
- B-Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B-Commander synergyOnly 26 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, lifegain support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Artifacts, Tokens; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #5,868
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
93 cards graded: A 1, A- 9, B+ 24, B 44, B- 10, C+ 4, C- 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Invent Superiority from B- to A-.
Marionette Apprentice1B$2.17
In place of Whipflare: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (38/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers). Pays off the commanders' artifact plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.44
In place of Trial // Error: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Fits the commander's plan. EDHREC Artifacts staple. Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers).
Urza, Lord High Artificer2UU$16.28
In place of Coastal Breach: weakest slot in the deck (51/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers). Pays off the commanders' artifact plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Monitor6U$0.33
In place of Read the Runes: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Fuels your artifact payoffs (7 in deck). Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers).
Marionette Master4BB$2.86
In place of Parting Thoughts: sorcery-speed removal: can't answer on their turn (56/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers). Pays off the commanders' artifact plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Forensic Gadgeteer2U$2.84
In place of Curse of Vengeance: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers). Pays off the commanders' artifact plan.
Master Transmuter3U$5.49
In place of Grave Upheaval: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (56/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers). Fuels your artifact payoffs (7 in deck). Pays off the commanders' artifact plan.
Esper SentinelW$60.38
In place of Trading Post: weakest slot in the deck (74/100)
Works with the commander directly. Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Fuels your artifact payoffs (7 in deck).
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.70
In place of Grip of Phyresis: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (13 producers). Fills the draw gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Works with the commander directly.
Cyberdrive Awakener5U$1.49
In place of Chief Engineer: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan. Pays off your artifact engine (37 producers).
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 30
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 4
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 17
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Enchantments 1
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Lands 37
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