How it grades
Fundamentals 92/100. Plays like Artifacts.
This reads as Artifacts, built around Dr. Madison Li. 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 land count (37 lands. About 39 fits this curve for Artifacts); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 32 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw, graveyard, energy support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Energy, Artifacts; from EDHREC).
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- B+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Commander synergyOnly 32 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw, graveyard, energy support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Energy, Artifacts; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #5,841
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
92 cards graded: A- 10, B+ 39, B 39, B- 2, C+ 2. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Science! from A- to A+.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.43
In place of Vault 13: Dweller's Journey: weakest slot in the deck (49/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (40 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Urza, Lord High Artificer2UU$16.37
In place of Overencumbered: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (3 in deck). Fits the commander's plan. EDHREC Artifacts staple.
Master Transmuter3U$5.50
In place of Expert-Level Safe: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
Fuels your artifact payoffs (10 in deck). Pays off your artifact engine (40 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders.
Esper SentinelW$58.41
In place of C.A.M.P.: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Works with the commander directly. Fuels your artifact payoffs (10 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch2U$0.68
In place of Sentry Bot: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (5 in deck). Feeds the commanders' graveyard payoff. Pays off your artifact engine (40 producers).
Thought Monitor6U$0.32
In place of Rex, Cyber-Hound: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (40 producers). Fuels your artifact payoffs (10 in deck). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders.
Soul WardenW$3.41
In place of Vault 112: Sadistic Simulation: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar1WW$2.90
In place of Open the Vaults: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Fuels your token payoffs (3 in deck). Works with the commander directly.
Mentor of the Meek2W$4.77
In place of Synth Infiltrator: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.61
In place of Plasma Caster: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (13 producers). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 23
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Instants 8
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Sorceries 4
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Artifacts 22
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Enchantments 5
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Lands 37
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