Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic
Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). At the beginning of your end step, you may pay one or more {E}. If you do, create an X/X colorless Vehicle artifact token named Nalaar Aetherjet with flying and crew 2, where X is the amount of {E} paid this way.
How Pia Nalaar decks play in EDH
Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic is a Temur commander in blue, red and green costing GUR, and its legendary creature - human artificer line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $29.98Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (5)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (1)
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What colours can I use in a Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic deck?
Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic has a Temur colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue, red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic?
The cards played most often in Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic decks include Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar, Fateful Discovery, Craterclaw Colossus. 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 Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $29.98 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 Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic 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.