Sami, Ship's Engineer
At the beginning of your end step, if you control two or more tapped creatures, create a tapped 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token.
How Sami decks play in EDH
Sami, Ship's Engineer is a Boros commander in white and red costing 2RW, 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 Sami, Ship's Engineer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $3.25Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (3)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Sami, Ship's Engineer 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 Sami, Ship's Engineer deck?
Sami, Ship's Engineer has a Boros colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Sami, Ship's Engineer?
The cards played most often in Sami, Ship's Engineer decks include Chief Magistrate of Mercadia, Charge the Sanctum, Nori, Teller of Tales. 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 Sami, Ship's Engineer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $3.25 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 Sami, Ship's Engineer 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.