Satya, Aetherflux Genius
Menace, haste Whenever Satya attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of up to one other target nontoken creature you control. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters). At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice that token unless you pay an amount of {E} equal to its mana value.
How Satya decks play in EDH
Satya, Aetherflux Genius is a Jeskai commander in white, blue and red costing 1URW, 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. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Satya, Aetherflux Genius decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $63.67Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
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Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Lands (1)
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What colours can I use in a Satya, Aetherflux Genius deck?
Satya, Aetherflux Genius has a Jeskai colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Satya, Aetherflux Genius?
The cards played most often in Satya, Aetherflux Genius decks include Gleaming Splendor, Bard, King of Dale, Flickering Hound. 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 Satya, Aetherflux Genius deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $63.67 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 Satya, Aetherflux Genius 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.