How it grades
Fundamentals 80/100. Plays like Artifacts and Tokens.
This reads as Artifacts · Tokens, built around Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy. 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. Its strongest fundamental is ramp (22 ramp effects (want 11+ for this curve for Artifacts)); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 20% of spells cost ≤2, 18% cost 6+.
- AMana reliability
- B+Land count
- B-Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- B+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- B+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Land count38 lands. About 41 fits this curve for Artifacts.
- B-Mana curve20% of spells cost ≤2, 18% cost 6+.
- B+Card draw8 draw effects (want 10+ for Artifacts).
- B+Commander synergyOnly 30 of 61 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, +1/+1 counter support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Artifacts, Tokens, Treasure; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #3,535
Strong on mana reliability, ramp, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
79 cards graded: A- 7, B+ 32, B 32, B- 4, C+ 4. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Tinker Time from B to A-.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation3U$2.42
In place of Vampires' Vengeance: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your artifact engine (17 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders.
Forensic Gadgeteer2U$2.88
In place of Weirding Wood: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan. EDHREC Artifacts staple.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.39
In place of Sandsteppe War Riders: weakest slot in the deck (49/100)
Pays off your treasure engine (8 producers). Fits the treasure build players run with your commanders. Pays off your artifact engine (17 producers).
Urza, Lord High Artificer2UU$16.37
In place of Path of the Animist: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (51/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' token payoff. Pays off your artifact engine (17 producers).
Master Transmuter3U$5.50
In place of Echo Storm: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (16 in deck). Pays off your artifact engine (17 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders.
Sai, Master Thopterist2U$0.66
In place of Reverse Engineer: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Fuels your token payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' token payoff.
Etherium Sculptor1U$0.68
In place of Aid from the Cowl: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Works with the commander directly. Fuels your artifact payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Thopter Spy Network: weakest slot in the deck (74/100)
Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (16 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Enthusiastic MechanautUR$0.27
In place of Everquill Phoenix: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (16 in deck). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer4UR$0.36
In place of Saheeli's Artistry: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (5 in deck). Fuels your artifact payoffs (16 in deck). Feeds the commanders' token payoff.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 22
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 8
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Sorceries 11
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Artifacts 13
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 38
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- B×7
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