Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target non-Equipment artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn. Untap it.
How Living Brain decks play in EDH
Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel is a colourless commander costing 4, and its legendary artifact creature - robot villain line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. It wants to be suited up, so cheap protection and equipment that grants evasion take priority over expensive gear. The cards below are the ones Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $115Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Removal (2)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (5)
Synergy & payoffs (11)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel deck?
Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel is colourless, so the deck can only play colourless cards and basic-land-produced mana. It is one of the tightest deckbuilding restrictions in Commander.
What are the best cards for Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel?
The cards played most often in Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel decks include Crystalline Entity, Transmogrifying Licid, Thought Dissector. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $115 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.